Henry VIII’s chapel hosts Catholic prayers for the first time in 450 years
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) For the first time in 450 years, a citadel of Protestant worship in England — the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace — echoed to the sound […]
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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
Global opinion varies widely on use of torture against suspected terrorists
Source: Pew Research Center BY RICHARD WIKE U.S. more likely to say torture can be justified. Around the world, public opinion is divided about whether government-sponsored torture can ever be […]
10 Reasons You Should Not Fear Muslims
Source: Huffington Post By Omar Alnatour; Palestinian-American Muslim. Student. Humanitarian. When I was a toddler, I was terrified of ladybugs. There was just something about how different they looked that […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came to Islam by studying autobiography of Malcolm X, watch his interview in CNN
Watch his interview in CNN The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley Malcolm X (1992) Movie Starring: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, et al. Directed by: Spike Lee. Runtime: 3 hrs […]
Strange monsters that prowled Australia
Source: BBC If you think modern Australian animals are scary, spare a thought for the country’s earliest human inhabitants. They had to contend with huge kangaroos and 5-metre carnivorous lizards […]
Hollywood Actress Emilie Francois, Now a Muslim, Speaks of Social Justice in Islam
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Forty Hadiths or Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad about Compassionate Living The […]
If Jesus Were to Meet Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill This Week in Cuba
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pope Francis will hold a historic first meeting with Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russian Orthodox Church, […]
Dogma Before Reason: Catholic Church, Zika Virus and Abortion
Epigraph: All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and […]
Phoenix opts for silence over prayers at public meetings
By Kimberly Winston, who is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers atheism and freethought for RNS. (RNS) The city of Phoenix has decided […]
Ash Wednesday 2016: History, Dates, Traditions Of Lent’s First Day Of Fasting
Source: Huffington Post The Christian holy day marks the beginning of Lent. Ash Wednesday is observed on February 10, 2016. The Christian holy day marks the beginning of Lent, a […]
Back to Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)
Source: Dawn By Asad Jamal Asking the CII to review the blasphemy laws is pointless. THE chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, Mohammad Khan Sherani, has indicated the CCI […]
Hillary Clinton outlines plan to stop ISIS from recruiting online
By Dan Merica from Dec, 2015 Minneapolis (CNN) Hillary Clinton argued Tuesday that the U.S. can stop homegrown terrorism, outlining a plan to combat domestic radicalization two weeks after two ISIS-inspired […]
Lauren Booth: Islam in Britain acting as a positive force
Lauren Booth, somewhat of a famous convert to Islam, underplays Islam’s dangerous and increasing presence in the UK as well as Islamification generally during an interview with George Galloway.
12 Famous Scientists On The Possibility Of God
The Muslim Times has the most extensive and the best collection on the theme of Religion & Science Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla, Religion Associate Editor When President Barack […]
Obama Visits Mosque In U.S. For First Time During His Presidency
Source: NPR President Obama is delivering remarks at a mosque in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon, in the first visit to an American mosque he’s made during his presidency. His visit, […]
Obama to rebut GOP Muslim rhetoric in first U.S. mosque visit
Source: CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer Seeking to rebut what he views as perilous election-year bombast about Muslims, President Barack Obama heads Wednesday to a mosque in […]
Video Debate: Do We Need a British Islam?
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6 Words You Should Know Before Talking About Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Aseal Tineh, who is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. A lot of the suspicion […]
Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Qualifies For Olympics, Will Become First U.S. Athlete To Compete In A Hijab
By Brandon Penny | Feb. 02, 2016, 4:57 a.m. (ET) Before even scoring a point, Ibtihaj Muhammad will make history this summer in Rio de Janeiro by being the first […]
Book Review: How Pakistan played with secularism creed
Source: The Pioneer By Ashok Malik, who is senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation. He can be reached at malikashok@gmail.com Farahnaz Ispahani in her book, Purifying the Land of […]