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
Source: The Guardian Ex-education secretary says assemblies, syllabus and admissions policy need change By Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The law on RE has become a barrier to schools’ ability to help […]
Source: The New York Times By Isabel Kershner JERUSALEM — Over five decades in control of the West Bank, Israel has marked out hundreds of thousands of acres as public […]
Source: The Washington Post By Kareem Fahim ALIAGA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected appeals to release Andrew Brunson, an American pastor being tried on terrorism-related charges whose prosecution and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Liz Sly and Mustafa SalimJuly 17Email the author BAGHDAD — The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory […]
Source: Reuters BY Sai Sachin Ravikumar, Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When Akhilesh Godi was depressed and contemplated suicide while questioning his sexuality, he could not bring himself to see […]
Source: The New York Times By Ben Hubbard LARNAKA, Cyprus — They eat falafel, live on the Mediterranean and worry that a new war could erupt across the hostile border […]
Source: The Guardian By Calla Wahlquist A Victorian judge has banned a woman whose husband is facing terrorism charges from wearing a niqab in court, saying it posed a potential security […]
Source: Reuters BY Thu Thu Aung, Aye Min Thant YANGON (Reuters) – A Reuters reporter on trial in Myanmar said the police questioning after he and a colleague were arrested in […]
Source: WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO By Kate Archer Kent University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are working to expand newborn genetic screening for Wisconsin’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite, collectively known as Plain sect communities. […]
Source: South China Morning Post In a west China city, Muslim children have been banned from religious activity, while authorities have curtailed the number of people over 16 allowed to […]
Source: The Economist As Donald Trump stormed through Brussels this week, alternatively dishing out anti-European tirades and paeans of fawning praise, he had little time to mingle with the city’s […]
Source: Foreign Policy By Emily Schultheis Relatives of people killed during the anti-drug operation participate in a Catholic-led protest in Manila on November 5, 2017. (NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) MANILA, Philippines […]
Source: NPR BY Shankar Vedantam ,Laura Kwerel,Tara Boyle ,Rhaina Cohen,Parth Shah,Lucy Perkins and Jennifer Schmidt Let’s take a moment to go back in time. For most of human history, we […]
Source: The Washington Post Recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in political Islam and jihadist violence. An array of commentators have sought to link contemporary groups such as […]
Source: Time By Tariq Ali Bakhiet Ambassador Tariq Ali Bakhiet is the Director General of Political Affairs for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the second-largest intergovernmental body in the world; […]
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russian pilgrims have walked in a procession marking the 100th anniversary of the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family. Russia’s […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Rosalie Chan (RNS) By now it is abundantly clear that religious groups have taken a stand on the moral necessity of combating climate change. Pope […]
Source: The New York Times By Shannon Sims Photographs by Nichole Sobecki JUMBI, ZANZIBAR — “People have tried to stop me from playing,” said Riziki Abdallah, sitting in her mother’s […]
Source: The New York Times By Andrew Higgins TURKU, Finland — Sergey Avilkin, one of the hundreds of Russians now sheltering in Finland to avoid arrest as “extremists” in […]
Source: NPR BY Scott Neuman India has ordered its state governments to inspect child care facilities run by the Missionaries of Charity — the Roman Catholic order founded by Mother […]