Happy New Year and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Wishing a happy and a prosperous new year 2017 to all our readers from the whole of our Editorial […]
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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
Video: Dawkins on religion: Is religion good or evil?
For the Muslim Times’ collection on Religion & Science, please click here With the headlines covering fanaticism, fundamentalism, superstition and ignorance, religion is getting a bad press these days. And […]
The Great Hypocritical Muslim Cover-Up
Source: The Daily Beast By Majid Nawaz ‘World Hijab Day’ is worse than passé. It’s time to make the veil a matter of choice in Iran and Saudi Arabia, for […]
Islamic State Issues Fatwa On How To Properly Rape Enslaved Women, Girls
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran to Blame? Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Source: Huffington Post BY JONATHAN LANDAY, WARREN STROBEL […]
Clinton Most Admired Woman for 2015
Clinton Most Admired Woman for Record 20th Time Source: Gallup By Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans again name Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama the woman and man […]
Flawed Justice After a Mob Killed an Afghan Woman
Source: New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Farkhunda had one chance to escape the mob that wanted to kill her. Two Afghan police officers pulled her onto the roof of […]
Muslim Americans Are More Likely to Reject Violence, Intolerance Than Many Other Americans
Source: Huffington Post By David Bier; Director of Immigration Policy, Niskanen Center and Matthew La Corte; Research Associate at the Niskanen Center Donald Trump has proposed profiling Muslim Americans and shutting down […]
‘We Won’t Make Frankensteins,’ Cloning Giant Boyalife’s CEO Says
Source: NBC News By DAVID LOM and ERIC BACULINAO “WE REALLY DON’T WANT THE ENTIRE SOCIETY TO BECOME ONE BILLION EINSTEINS” BEIJING — The head of a Chinese firm that […]
Why Theists Need Atheists; An Atheist’s Perspective
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison; Mormon in progress, former atheist, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife,’ Princeton PhD I spent about five years as an atheist. I […]
We are All Muslim by Michael Moore
Dear Donald Trump: You may remember (you do, after all, have a “perfect memory!”), that we met back in November of 1998 in the green room of a talk show […]
Video: Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump’s Bigotry
Fareed Zakaria: I Am Appalled By Donald Trump’s Bigotry Not As A Muslim, But As An American CNN’s Fareed Zakaria gave his take on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s hateful and […]
Uneducated Kenyan Muslims smarter than Trump and Many Republicans
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Any one who saves a life would be as if he or she has saved the whole of humanity; by his or […]
Muslim Christmas cards: Kind-hearted cabbies challenge ISIS stereotypes
Source: Daily Star By Alex Hickson BRITISH Muslim cabbies and shopkeepers have defied negative stereotypes of Islam by handing out Christmas cards to their customers. The cards have pictures of […]
24,000 Sign Letter Of ‘Radical Love’ In Support Of American Muslims
Source: Huffington Post Jaweed Kaleem; Senior Religion Reporter, The Huffington Post Carol Kuruvilla; Religion Associate Editor, The Huffington Post “We must not allow fear to undermine the values that stand […]
Top Judge Stands Up For The Constitutional Rights Of Muslims
Source: Huffington Post By Kim Bellware; Reporter, The Huffington Post Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants had a simple message for Muslim-Americans: “You do not stand alone.” The Massachusetts Supreme Court […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Unequivocal Pledge for Secularism
True Islam and the Extremists Problem Assessment: Years after 9/11, our most recent survey data still indicates persisting concerns among Americans and some Muslim Americans on Islam’s view of important […]
Greek parliament votes to recognize independent Palestinian state
Source: RT.com The Greek parliament has unanimously voted to recognize Palestine as an independent state. It comes amid an official visit to Greece by the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The […]
Jesus was not born on Christmas, but Newton was
Epigraph: “Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters, and we must act as such.” Pope Francis Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Most […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community India, Holding its Annual Convention in December
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community India is conducting its Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) on 26th, 27th & 28th of December 2015 in Qadian, Teh:Batala, Distt. Gurdaspur, Punjab -143516. This is one of the largest Muslim gatherings in India to promote Peace, in which thousands of delegates participate from more than 52 […]
Video: New Jersey Teacher Fired After Showing Malala Video
Malala Yousafzai S.St (Malālah Yūsafzay: Urdu: ملالہ یوسفزئی; Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj];[1] born 12 July 1997)[2][3] is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize […]