Do Mormons Worship Joseph Smith?
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison; who is Mormon in Progress, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ and ‘His Right Hand,’ Princeton PhD, All-American triathlete In church this […]
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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
The politics of fear: how Britain’s anti-extremism strategy has failed
Source: The Guardian By Tariq Ramadan With Prevent, the government couldn’t be further from winning the fight against radicalisation The British government, like its European and US counterparts, has been struggling […]
Trump is conning believers about his faith, author says
Source: Religion News Service Book review by Kimberly Winston, who is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers atheism and freethought for RNS. (RNS) […]
Moral injury: An assault on the soul
Source: Religion News Service By Martin E. Marty, who is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity […]
Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation
Source: The Teaching Company By Professor Mark W. Muesse, Ph.D. Rhodes College The first of these 24 half hour videos can be watched online in Youtube. What is meditation? For thousands […]
Cataloging 750 verses of the Holy Quran inspiring believers to study nature
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad writes in his book, Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth: The Quran manifestly acknowledges […]
‘The Way People Look at Us Has Changed’: Muslim Women on Life in Europe
Source: NY Times By LILLIE DREMEAUX The storm over bans on burkinis in more than 30 French beach towns has all but drowned out the voices of Muslim women, for […]
Hillary Clinton’s new book underscores Democratic Party’s leftward shift since 1992
Source: CNN By Edward Mejia Davis, CNN Washington (CNN) Twenty-four years after Bill Clinton published “Putting People First,” Hillary Clinton is about to produce her own policy tome: “Stronger Together: A […]
Many Americans are wary of using gene editing for human enhancement
Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci, who is a senior writer/editor focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. The widespread use of gene editing is rapidly becoming a present-day […]
America accepted me – an Algerian Muslim – in a way France never did
Source: The Guardian By Melyssa Haffaf, who is a PhD Candidate in Francophone Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Miami Though I mastered the French language and most […]
Video: Do we have free will?
The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC One between 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing The […]
How Media Coverage Effects My Life As A Muslim American
Source: Huffington Post By Sarene Alsharif, MPH; Nutritionist, mom and loving wife trying to make a positive impact in this world. My life is normal. I like to believe I […]
Race and racism in the 2016 campaign
By Nia-Malika Henderson, Senior Political Reporter Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton a bigot. Clinton argued that Trump was normalizing white nationalism. Trump, speaking to a nearly all-white […]
The Bible And The Quran Are Pretty Similar When It Comes To Justice
Source: The Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor Justice is a central theme in many faith traditions. For centuries, religious texts and teachings have given believers moral instruction on […]
Video: What is a Cult?
What’s the difference between a cult and a religion? Are all cults evil? What exactly is a cult? Religious scholar and host of CNN’s Believer Reza Aslan explains. Suggested Reading […]
Anne Frank Today Is a Syrian Girl
Source: NY Times A Column by Nicholas Kristof AMSTERDAM — On April 30, 1941, a Jewish man here in Amsterdam wrote a desperate letter to an American friend, pleading for […]
Video: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s KKK Analogy Sums Up ISIS Perfectly
Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stopped by Morning Joe on Monday, presumably to promote his new children’s book, Stealing the Game, but the hosts also asked him to discuss a […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Speaks Out Against Islamophobia In The U.S
Source: Huffington Post By Rahel Gebreyes; Editor, HuffPost Video “That should not be what America is about.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was 24 years old when he changed his given name andembraced […]
Video: This Woman’s App has Helped Feed 660,000 Hungry
For Komal Ahmad, CEO of the benefit corporation Copia, excess food wastage is “the world’s dumbest problem.” After an unsuccessful attempt to deliver 500 sandwiches to a nonprofit, she was […]
Black Muslims: We Exist
Source: Huffington Post By Mahmoud Mire; Unapologetically black and Muslim; I write about things I am passionate “If you are Muslim, and you love America and freedom and you hate […]