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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
Nova Documentary on Mystery of Mathematics
Suggested Reading 2016 Nobel in Physics Shows Again: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences Deism: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics […]
We could learn from President Carter – ‘Who is a Muslim?’
President Carter, Am I a Christian? Source: The New York Times By Nicholas Kristof, New York Times’ columnist on human rights, women’s rights, health, global affairs Christians celebrate Easter on […]
Justin Trudeau Speaks Punjabi In A Holiday Message For Sikhs
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Reporter “Vaisakhi diyan lakh lakh vadhaiyan!” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is celebrating his country’s religious diversity with a holiday message for Sikh Canadians. […]
Video: Pakistan Blasphemy Laws: On a Lighter Note
It is Jewish video but more applicable to the Pakistani ground reality right now. A word of caution: You have to be not living in Pakistan to enjoy the video.
32 Foods That Turn Off the Stress Hormone That’s Making You Fat
Source: http://www.msn.com By Dana Leigh Smith and The Editors of Eat This, Not That! No, you can’t eat your emotions. But you can eat foods that are proven to fight […]
Chief justice of Pakistan takes notice of Mashal Khan’s lynching
Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran and Is There Freedom of Thought or Coercion in the Holy Quran? Source of news: Dawn By […]
Dana Vollmer, the Olympic swimmer racing while six months pregnant
Source: BBC With a little more than 1,000 days to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics begin, preparation – even at this stage – is key. Such is the case […]
CNN Documentary: Ultra-orthodox Jews and Israel’s Struggle with Secularism
Parallels to this documentary about Israel can be drawn in almost every Muslim majority country of the world as well. The Muslim Times is promoting secularism in every country […]
Rape Survivor Listens As Judge Praises Former Mormon Bishop Who Abused Her
Source: Huffington Post By Hayley Miller A Utah judge called convicted sexual predator Keith Vallejo “an extraordinarily good man” before sentencing him to prison. A sexual assault survivor was forced […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed […]
25% of Christians do not believe in resurrection and Queen’s former chaplain calls them non-Christians
You CANNOT be Christian if you don’t believe in the resurrection, Queen’s former chaplain Source: Daily Express By Sophia Petkar A FORMER chaplain to the Queen has said that a […]
Malala is ‘humbled’ by honorary Canadian citizenship
Source: BBC Nobel Peace prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says she is “humbled” to become the sixth person to receive an honorary Canadian citizenship. At 19, she is also the youngest […]
Video: The doctor who was dragged off the United plane; says it was because of racism
Source: Independent News that a passenger was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines plane has gone viral all over the world, but in China the outrage has been fuelled by […]
Malala named youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace
(CNN) Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been named the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace, with a special focus on girls’ education. The 19-year-old Pakistani activist became known […]
Reza Aslan Makes the Best Case Yet for Secularism in Israel
Reza Aslan: Why I worry about Israel’s future Source: CNN By Reza Aslan (CNN) I know better than most how unexpectedly a country can be changed from within. I was […]
Meeting the Quranic Adam with Charles Darwin
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Acting on a tip from explorer of caves four years ago, scientists in South Africa discovered what […]
Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians
Source: BBC April 2017 A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the […]
Palm Sunday in Egypt: 27 killed in blasts in, near Coptic churches
Epigraph The holy Quran establishes sacredness of life in this verse: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a […]