WHO declares Zika virus a global emergency
Zika-linked condition: WHO declares global emergency Source: BBC A disease linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the […]
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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
Ted Talk: Science and Religion Conflict Resolved in 13 Minutes
For our extensive collection on religion & science, please click here. Bryan Enderle grew up in Modesto, CA though he now lives in Davis, CA with his wife, Peggy, and […]
UK scientists win permission to genetically modify human embryos for the first time
Scientists get ‘gene editing’ go-ahead Source: BBC By James Gallagher, Health editor UK scientists have been given the go-ahead by the fertility regulator to genetically modify human embryos. The research will […]
Morality and Scriptures: Sam Harris vs Reza Aslan?
Suggested Reading Violence in the Bible and Jihad in the Quran Video: Here’s What Happens When People Think Bible Passages Are From The Quran A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran […]
The cloud that resembles a fireball in the sky
Source: BBC It looks like a fireball has been travelling through the sky. Not so: this is actually a cloud that was captured earlier this week by photographer and weather blogger […]
Video: Should we tolerate theocracy?
Maajid Nawaz joins John Barron on the ABC pane; show The Drum. He’s joined on the panel by Rebecca Weisser, John Stanley and Sara Saleh on the panel to talk […]
Obama To Visit A Mosque For The First Time As President
Source: Huffington Post By Sam Levine; Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post The visit comes after he called for Muslim Americans to help fight extremism. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to […]
First container train links China to Middle East
Source: China Daily A container train linking China and Iran departed from Yiwu City in east China’s Zhejiang Province loaded with Chinese small commodities on Thursday morning. According to the […]
According to the Qur’an, Can Jews and Christians ‘Partake in the Blessings of Heaven and Earth?’
Source: Huffington Post By Kabir Helminski; Sufi shaikh and author Many Christians and Jews, ignorant of what the Qur’an proposes, instead project on Islam a version of intolerance and aggression from their […]
Video: The big questions – Can The Bible and Darwin Both Be Right?
Challenging Ben Carson to a Written Debate About Facts of Evolution from Molecular Biology Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Republican presidential […]
What I’m doing to protect my kids from sexual abuse
Source: Religion New Service By Boz Tchividjian A few months ago, I had the opportunity to connect with an amazing woman after she stepped forward to share about being re-traumatized by her former church after reporting being sexually abused as a minor. What amazed me about Natalie Greenfield is that […]
Cat Stevens: ‘Alliance of Virtue (or Get Your Bags Together)’
Source: Huffington Post By Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens; Musician, Artist, Writer, Producer and Philanthropist As we settle down into the grip of another New Year, the past slips further […]
BBC Video: Does Heaven Exist?
Suggested Reading Afterlife A Dream-State or A Virtual Reality? Stephen Hawking: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’ Surah Al Waqi’ah (The Event or the Resurrection) Video: Does Heaven Exist? https://t.co/M5QwG0DDGr pic.twitter.com/T0u71xJmT8 […]
Report: Breast-feeding increase could save more than 800,000 lives annually
Epigraph: And We have enjoined on man concerning his parents — his mother bears him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning takes two years — ‘Give thanks to Me […]
The difference between a hijab and headscarf
The Muslim Times’ collection about Hijab Source: Huffington Post By Rawan AbuShaban: She likes hummus. Hijab has been the topic of longstanding debates in both western and mainstream Islamic discourses alike. However, how […]
Crowdfunding enables diverse new frontier for journalism projects
Source: PEW Research Center By Amy MitchellLeave a comment In the digital age, new tools and pathways that attract the public’s eye – from YouTube to Twitter – can quickly […]
Video: This man’s blood has saved the lives of two million babies
Epigraph: Every human life is sacred and precious. Anyone who saves a life; it would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) […]
10 children among 24 migrants dead after boat capsizes in Mediterranean
(CNN) At least 24 migrants — 10 of them children — drowned in the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Greece after their boat capsized, a Greek coast guard representative told […]
Egyptian writer Fatima Naoot jailed for insulting Islam
Source: Indian Express In October, Naoot described in a post on her Facebook account Eid Al-Adha’s tradition of slaughtering sheep as the “greatest massacre committed by human beings”. An Egyptian […]
The Religious Sources of Christian Terrorism
KKK rally For the Muslim Times’ collection to counter terrorism Source: Huffington Post By Babak Rahimi; Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Religion at University of California, San Diego News reports live […]