Paradise Polled: Americans and the Afterlife
Source: Huffington Post By Kathleen Weldon; Research Coordinator for the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at UConn Since the genesis of modern polling, the American public has been asked about […]
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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
Happy Diwali to all our Hindu readers and what is the Muslim Times doing for you
Epigraph: So go on reminding; surely, reminding is profitable. (Al Quran 87:10) By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor Happy and a prosperous Diwali to all our Hindu, Sikh and Jain […]
What is Diwali and what are the best ways to celebrate the 2015 festival in the UK tonight?
Source: The Telegraph Hindus celebrate the ‘festival of lights’ this week, with Diwali Day on November 11. We look at the story behind the celebration, and the UK’s best events […]
Diwali: The Threshold Light in the Midst of Darkness
Source: Huffington Post By Anantanand Rambachan; Professor of Religion, Saint Olaf College. Latest book,”A Hindu Theology of Liberation.” The word “Diwali” means an arrangement or a row of lights. Traditionally, Diwali […]
Feds: White supremacists plotted to attack synagogues, black churches
Source: Washington Post By Matt Zapotosky November 10 at 3:58 PM The way authorities tell it, the Richmond area white supremacists got together at one of their homes in September […]
3rd Annual Holy Quran & Science Symposium, November 14
Bait-uz-Zafar Mosque 118-15 McLaughlin Avenue, Queens, NY Saturday November 14th, 2015 10AM-5PM 9:00 AM Breakfast 10:00 AM Session 1: The Quran on science & religion: Partners, not rivals Moderators: Moulana […]
University of Missouri president steps down amid race row
Saying he takes “full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred,” he asked that the university community listen to each other’s problems and “stop intimidating each other.” “This is not […]
USA Russia & China are ‘challenging the world order’ – US Defense Sec
Source: RT.com Although the US military “do not seek” a new Cold War, it is determined to oppose the rising global powers – Russia and China – in order to […]
Mushrooms May Really Be Magic After All
Source: Huffington Post By Lila Shapiro; Senior Staff Reporter, The Huffington Post New study suggests mushroom spores can make it rain. A typical mushroom shoots tens of thousands of spores into the […]
NY Times: India, France and Secularism
Source: New York Times By Sylvie Kauffmann The Indian organizers of two concerts by Ghulam Ali, a veteran Pakistani singer, did not want to take chances. They had received local […]
President Barack Obama Mocking Republicans: Laughter is the Best Medicine
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Viewpoint: The supermarkets’ guilty secret about unsold food
Source: BBC Supermarkets are discarding hundreds of tons of food every year. What can be done to stop it, asks Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. At the Unity Youth Centre in Toxteth, Liverpool, […]
Canada now has the world’s most Sikh cabinet
Washington Post This week, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, unveiled the most diverse cabinet in the country’s history. The majority Liberal government’s cabinet is now gender equal — 15 of […]
Book Review: Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report
Source: Princeton Press By Saba Mahmood, who is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the […]
Book Review: What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic
Source: Princeton University Press Author: Shahab Ahmed (1966-2015) was postdoctoral associate in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. Read a chapter online What is Islam? How do […]
On this day in 1962, the UN adopted a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid. Say no to racism in US
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
Is Religiosity Declining Or Simply Transforming?
Source: Huffington Post By Kira Brekke; Associate Editor, HuffPost Live The current revolution in religiosity is making faith more accessible. As studies indicate that the American public is becoming less religious, Diana Butler […]
Blasphemy and the death penalty: Misconceptions explained
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, ‘If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most mean (Muhammad);’ while true honor belongs to Allah and […]
History Video: Cassius Clay Changes His Name
This History Rocks video covers the history of heavyweight champion Cassius Clays’ evolution into Mohammad Ali. He joined the Nation of Islam and took on the new name and conscientious […]
George Bush Sr. slams ‘iron-ass’ Cheney & Rumsfeld in biography
Source: RT.com Ex-US President George H.W. Bush has a bone to pick with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. In a new biography of the 41st president, he lashed out at […]