John the Baptist: A Witness against Pauline Dogma
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The more we know and learn about John the Baptist, more apparent it becomes that Pauline dogma […]
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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
Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop
Source: Amazon Book written by Dr. Anna Lembke (Author) Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to the director of the Centers for […]
The Problem With the Islamic Apocalypse
Source: New York Times By Mustafa Akyol ISTANBUL — The cover of the most recent issue of Dabiq, the slick magazine that the Islamic State distributes online, shows an image […]
Turkey’s Populists See an Unlikely Ally in Trump
Turkey’s Populists See an Unlikely Ally Source: New York Times By Mustafa Akyol ISTANBUL — The election of Donald J. Trump as the next president of the United States came as […]
33 Moments In 2016 That Proved Religion Can Be A Force For Good
Source: The Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post After a difficult year, these are the stories that give us hope. It has been a devastating […]
The Muslim Sunrise Exploring Unity and Diversity in Our Global Village
The Muslim Sunrise is the oldest Muslim publication of North America. Its winter volume explores unity and diversity in our global village: Winter-2016 Editorial for the winter volume By Mubasher Ahmad, […]
Video: The Legacy Of Barack Hussein Obama – Fareed Zakaria
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, with special enthusiasm, as he does share the middle name with the President.
Atheism exposed in one paragraph
Even a few lines scribbled on a beach have a purpose and a writer, but, our complex universe, which we can barely explain with the help of complex mathematics and […]
Ted Talk: Islamophobia killed my brother. Let’s end the hate
On February 10, 2015, Suzanne Barakat’s brother Deah, her sister-in-law Yusor and Yusor’s sister Razan were murdered by their neighbor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The perpetrator’s story, that he […]
Video: Robert Wright tackling Islamophobia of Sam Harris
Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history and religion. Samuel Benjamin “Sam” Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an […]
Why Pakistan’s accusations against Ahmadi Muslims are the height of hypocrisy
Source: Religion News Service By Tahir Nasser is a physician, an Ahmadi Muslim and a regular contributor and commentator in British media. Find him on Twitter: @TahirNasser (RNS) From East […]
24 Lectures: The Science of Mindfulness: A Research-Based Path to Well-Being
Source: The Great Courses By Ronald D. Siegel, Psy.D.; Harvard University Have you ever noticed that trying to calm down before a high-stakes event often just produces more agitation? That […]
Ahok’s Blasphemy Trial on Indonesia’s national TV and mob justice threatening pluralism in every Muslim country
Indonesia blasphemy case: Emotional scenes as Ahok trial begins Source: BBC There were emotional scenes in court on the first day of the blasphemy trial of Jakarta’s governor, a Christian […]
Loretta Lynch: Spike In Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Is A ‘Stain On Our Nation’s Very Soul’
Source: Huffington Post By Hayley Miller; Reporter, The Huffington Post “When one of us is threatened, we all have to speak out.” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch called a spike in anti-Muslim […]
Mob wrests control of Ahmadi Mosque in Chakwal, Pakistan
Protesters wrest control of Ahmadi worship place in Chakwal Source: Express Tribune LAHORE: Scores of people participating in a procession organised in connection with Eid Miladun Nabi on Monday wrested […]
Mental health and relationships ‘key to happiness’
Source: BBC Good mental health and having a partner make people happier than doubling their income, a new study has found. The research by the London School of Economics looked […]
Ted Talk: Robert Wright: The evolution of compassion
Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule (“Do unto others…”), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in […]
Dutch court convicts anti-Islam politician Wilders of inciting discrimination
Source: Reuters A Dutch court on Friday convicted politician Geert Wilders of insulting a group and inciting discrimination, but it imposed no penalty on him. The charges stem from a […]
Pro-Islam billboards get 24 million views in a month, in Dallas, TX
‘Get out of America’: Pro-Islam billboards in Dallas a reaction to political climate Source: Huffington Post By Naomi Martin, Reporter Driving down Dallas highways lately, you may have noticed an unusual […]
‘Beautiful’ dinosaur tail found preserved in amber – Every discovery in evolution shows Original Sin is make belief
‘Beautiful’ dinosaur tail found preserved in amber Source: BBC The tail of a feathered dinosaur has been found perfectly preserved in amber from Myanmar. The one-of-a-kind discovery helps put flesh […]