Is Ramadan different for American Muslims?
Source: Huffington Post Ramadan Mubarak! Insha’Allah, the first fast day of Ramadan will begin on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in the United States, Canada and the Americas. Is Ramadan different […]
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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
Appeals Court Slaps Down Donald Trump’s Travel Ban Yet Again
Source: Huffington Post By Cristian Farias The court said that the president’s executive order “drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination.” In yet another setback for the Trump administration, a […]
One in five children in the UK are said to be negatively affected by their parents’ drinking
When mum or dad is an alcoholic Source: BBC One in five children in the UK are said to be negatively affected by their parents’ drinking, and the effects can […]
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
NPR interview of the author above Book review from Amazon Book Written by Thomas M. Nichols People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology […]
The Best Quote from George Orwell’s ‘1984’
“I saw great battles reported where there had been no fighting and complete silence where hundreds of men have been killed. I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as […]
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Ethiopian wins top WHO job
Our favorite posts: The Muslim Times Recommending Universal BCG Vaccination to Fight the Pandemic and A Moonshot Moment for the Muslims: Making Covid 19 Vaccine before the West and China Source: BBC Dated: 2017 Tedros […]
NPR Audio: Churchill, Orwell And The Fight Against Totalitarianism
Transcript of the talk Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Tom Ricks says the writings of Winston Churchill and George Orwell still resonate today. Ricks also discusses the generals serving in the Trump […]
History of Muslim-Jewish Co-existence Negates Islamic Anti-Semitism
By T. O. Shavanas, who wrote the book: “The Islamic Theory of Evolution: The Missing Link between Darwin and The Origin of Species.” In the contemporary Western media, it is […]
President Trump’s Full Speech and “On Islam, Trump is consistently inconsistent”
On Islam, Trump is consistently inconsistent Source of the article: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Washington (CNN)Before President Donald Trump delivered his highly anticipated speech in Saudi Arabia […]
Masculinity vs equality
Source: Dawn MOST men in the Middle East do not believe in women’s equality. This was what can be concluded from a recent survey conducted by UN Women. The 10,000 […]
Is the Old Testament dying?
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron (RNS) Brent Strawn was teaching at a Methodist church in Atlanta when he asked his class to identify the origin of Jesus’ well-known […]
A Wonderful Description of the First Revelation of the Prophet – by an Agnostic Biographer
Mohammad -“The First Muslim” by Lesley Hazelton Lesley Hazleton tells the dramatic life story of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, in her biography “The First Muslim.” Watch an interview with […]
Americans No Longer Believe the Bible to be Literal Word of God
Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God Source: Gallup Story Highlights 24% believe Bible is literal word of God, the lowest in Gallup’s 40-year trend View of […]
Women Rights: Islam and the West
Epigraph: “But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
The Best Ted Talk to understand Democratic & Republican divide in USA
The moral roots of liberals and conservatives Source: Ted Talks Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right […]
Video: Ted Talk: Take “the Other” to lunch
By Elizabeth Lesser, who is a bestselling author and the cofounder of Omega Institute, the renowned conference and retreat center located in Rhinebeck, New York. There’s an angry divisive tension […]
Book Review: Marrow: A Love Story
Ted Radio Hour: Forgiveness When loss, violence or betrayal test our willingness to forgive — how do we do it anyway? This hour, TED speakers explore the challenges and benefits […]
Visit Galapagos Islands with David Attenborough: The Best Proof for Biogeography for Evolution
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about Religion & Science https://t.co/iH3XiH0UGB pic.twitter.com/FirrYmJ4an — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) January 22, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Written and collected by Zia H […]
Book Review: Muslims Learning Secularism from Jesus Son of Mary
Book reviewed by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims Book written by […]
The Early Christians Ebionites – Closest to the Quranic Description of Christianity
Promoted post: National Geographic Video: Who is God with Morgan Freeman Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Ebionites are the closest to the Christianity that […]