Human Rights, the Just Law and the Islamic Law
Source: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2017 By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Human rights have been defined. Yes, they were defined very precisely and agreed upon […]
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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
Truck attack in Manhattan kills 8 in ‘act of terror’
(CNN) The driver of a rental truck drove down a busy bicycle path in New York near the World Trade Center, killing eight people and injuring about a dozen others […]
The latest volume of the Muslim Sunrise: System of Justice in Islam
Editorial: Source: The Muslim Sunrise From the high echelons of international relations down to the smallest domestic level, fairness and justice among members of human society are essential requirements for […]
Hazleton: Muhammad’s is one of those Rare Lives that are More Dramatic in Reality Than Legend
Epigraph: “If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.” […]
‘Incredible’ editing of life’s building blocks
Source: BBC By James Gallagher; Health and science reporter, BBC News website Scientists have demonstrated an “incredibly powerful” ability to manipulate the building blocks of life in two separate studies. […]
Ted Talk: Beyond the “creation vs. evolution” debate
Ted Talk: Beyond the “creation vs. evolution” debate | Denis Lamoureux | Evolution & Creationism: Reframing the Controversy | Rafael Rivero | Decoding the missing link: Evidence for Evolution from […]
Harford County sues ‘Muslim’ community builder
Source: The Baltimore Sun By David Anderson, Contact Reporter Harford County, the defendant in lawsuit filed in federal court by the builder of a controversial 48-lot subdivision in Joppatowne, has […]
Nepal Criminalizes Christian Conversion and Evangelism
Source: Christianity Today President approves new sanctions targeting non-Hindus and foreign missionaries. Last week, Nepal enacted a law to curb evangelism by criminalizing religious conversion, joining neighboring countries like […]
We Just Fully Blocked Muslim Ban 3.0!
Source: Huffington Post By Shayan Modarres, Contributor; Legal Counsel at the National Iranian American Council Now it’s up to Congress to pull the plug on this endless game. We just […]
Polygamy in Islam: What It Means?
By Dr. Lutf ur Rehman, Nashville, TN, USA Almost thirty years ago, I was a young man who had recently arrived in Ireland from Pakistan. Ireland was a deeply religious […]
World Leading Christian Apologist, William Lane Craig Always Presents God of Islam and Judaism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times William Lane Craig in all his debates with the atheists, and at least a dozen are available in […]
PM Justin Trudeau: Canadian Liberty and the Politics of Fear
Speech delivered by Justin Trudeau at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, March 9, 2015. Transcript of the speech Thank you, Ken, for that kind introduction. And thanks […]
How memory plays us: Elizabeth Loftus
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video […]
Laughter is the Best Medicine Against Islamophobia
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NOVA Documentary: The Illusion of Time — The Best Paradigm to Understand Fore-knowledge of God
Epigraph: He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al Quran 57:3/4) He is Allah, and there is […]
Supreme Court backs push to remove Ten Commandments monument
Source: MSN WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a lower court that ordered a New Mexico city to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the lawn […]
Jesus, the Law, and a “New” Covenant
The Department of Near Eastern Studies presented a Mendenhall Symposium at the University of Michigan – Law, Society, and Religion on October 6, 2016 at 7:00pm. Professor Bart Ehrman was […]
UK court rules Islamic school’s gender segregation is unlawful
Source: The New Arab Three British judges on Friday ruled that an Islamic faith school in Britain was guilty of sex discrimination for segregating boys and girls in lessons, during breaks […]
Jibran Nasir on Captain Safdar’s speech about Ahmadi Muslims in National Assembly
Strongly condemn Capt Safdar’s remarks about Ahmadis in National Assembly. We must all speak out and oppose this bigotry