Demystifying the Miraj – 5 facts that debunk it being a physical occurrence
By Sajid Zahid By Nauman Hadi In the 5th year of his call the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sa) was taken on a journey to the heavens by the angel Gabriel in which […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Ted Talk: Fake Videos of Real People and How to Spot Them
By Supasorn Suwajanakorn, who works on ways to reconstruct, preserve and reanimate anyone — just from their existing photos and videos. Do you think you’re good at spotting fake videos, […]
Egypt Court Sentences 75 To Death Over 2013 Sit-In
Source: Huffington Post The 2013 sit-in supported former President Mohammed Morsi who was militarily ousted following mass protests. CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on […]
Six women tell The New Yorker that CBS chief Les
Source: CNN by Jill Disis @jdisisJuly 27, 2018: 7:57 PM ET CBS chief Les Moonves accused of sexual misconduct The New Yorker has published an investigation that details allegations of sexual misconduct, intimidation […]
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington resigns after altar boy sex abuse allegation
Source: CNN By Valentina DiDonato, Dan Burke and Angela Dewan, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who once led the Archdiocese of […]
711 kids in custody haven’t been reunited with their parents. What happens to them now?
Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN)We haven’t seen their faces. We don’t know their names. We only know a number: 711. That’s how many immigrant kids from separated families […]
You Can Watch the Entire Lunar Eclipse Live. Here’s How to Stream the Blood Moon
Source: Time By GABBY RAYMOND July 27, 2018 The longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century, also referred to as a “blood moon,” will be visible across most of the world Friday […]
Strong men, caring women
Source: Pew Research Center By Kristi Walker, Kristen Bialik and Patrick van Kessel Honesty. Strength. Beauty. What traits does society value most in men and in women? What traits does society say men and women should […]
The rise, fall and rise again of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s next leader
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman LAHORE, Pakistan — Imran Khan, a charismatic cricket star who has fiercely criticized American counterterrorism policy in a region plagued by extremism, appeared […]
How one minority group could undermine Israel’s new Jewish identity law
Source: Los Angeles Times By NOGA TARNOPOLSKY Barely a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won passage of a controversial measure underscoring his country’s Jewish identity, the coalition that helped […]
‘Even monks get impatient’: Buddhist priest sorry for anger at tourist reviews
Source: The Guardian BY Daniel Hurst in Tokyo A Buddhist priest whose grumpy responses to negative hotel reviews went viral this week has taken a swipe at tourists who fail to do their […]
Munich replaces ‘disrespectful’ Holocaust memorials
Source: BBC News The authorities in Munich have begun installing new Holocaust memorials to replace brass cobblestone reminders of the Nazis’ victims. The cobblestones are considered disrespectful by Bavarian Jewish […]
Nigeria farmer-herder conflict now deadlier than Boko Haram
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria now faces a deadlier threat than its own Boko Haram insurgency, with fighting between farmers and herdsmen over scare […]
Bishops bloodied, churches besieged in Nicaragua crackdown
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN DIRIAMBA, Nicaragua (AP) — A pro-government mob shoved, punched and scratched at Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes and other Catholic leaders as they tried to enter […]
Pakistan elects first non-Muslim in modern history to general national assembly seat
Source: Independent Pakistan has elected a non-Muslim to a general seat in the national assembly for the first time in its recent history, even as the victory of ex-cricketer Imran Khan raises some concerns […]
Trump Threatens Sanctions Against Turkey Over Detained Pastor
Source: The New York Times By Julie Hirschfeld Davis WASHINGTON — President Trump abruptly announced on Thursday that the United States would impose “large sanctions” on Turkey for detaining an […]
With anti-Muslim laws, Europe enters new dark age
Source: Politico By PINCHAS GOLDSCHMIDT LONDON — What has become of Europe? New laws targeting Muslims are reminiscent of a time when innocent Jewish children were abducted by masked monks […]
The Dilemma of Jewish Privilege
Source: THE NEW REPUBLIC By JOSHUA LADON July 27, 2018 I am visibly Jewish. I wear a yarmulke; I have a beard. My tzitzit—ritual fringes—occasionally sneak out from under my shirt. […]
This may be the biggest shoe to drop from the Trump-Michael Cohen tape
Source: MSN News Longtime Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg has been subpoenaed, the Wall Street Journal reports. That should come as little surprise; he was invoked twice in Michael Cohen’s taped conversation […]
Movie: Ramanujan: A Prophet of Mathematics Born in a Hindu Family
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS (/ˈʃriːniˌvɑːsə rɑːˈmɑːnʊdʒən/;[1] listen (help·info); 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920)[2] was an Indianmathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost […]