Obama to meet and visit with extended family members in Kenya
Source: China Daily WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama is going to meet and visit with some members of his extended family who still live in Kenya during his forthcoming […]
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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
Are night shifts killing me?
Source: BBC There have been a steady stream of studies over recent years that suggests long-term night-working is extremely bad for your health. It’s a sobering thought for those who […]
CNN: Muslim inventions that shaped the modern world
Olivia Sterns, CNN Updated 1:42 PM ET, Wed July 22, 2015 London (CNN) Think of the origins of that staple of modern life, the cup of coffee, and Italy often springs […]
The Holy Quran as the Miracle of the Holy Prophet
Source: This article was originally published in Spring 2010 volume of the Muslim Sunrise: read online in the Muslim Sunrise. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
The Holy Quran’s Translation in Sinhalese to be Launched This Week
Source: A. Abdul Aziz; Press Secretary Sinhalese (/sɪnəˈliːz/), known natively as Sinhala (සිංහල; singhala [ˈsiŋɦələ]),[3] is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in […]
Women Rights: One of the Muslim Times’ Core Values
Epigraph: “But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow in the […]
In Pakistan, Detainees Are Vanishing in Covert Jails
Pakistani police officers escorting the wife of a missing person at a demonstratio protesting secret detentions in Islamabad, Pakistan, last year. […]
Why the Oldest Qur’an Is so Important for Muslims
Source: The Huffington Post By Nafees Syed; Lawyer, Former Congressional staffer The most important miracle in Islam is located in Birmingham, United Kingdom. On Wednesday, the headline of the New York […]
New Light on the History of the Quranic Text?
Source: The Huffington Post By Joseph E. B. Lumbard; Assistant professor of classical Islam, Brandeis University. General Editor for The Study Quran (HarperOne, 2015) The recent discovery of an early manuscript of the Quran has received extensive media attention, appearing on BBC, CNN and even above the fold on the front […]
A Report: Eid-ul-Fitr Celebration in Chicago by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Real Eid of a Muslim will be when s/he establishes a living relationship with God and gives Him preference over all things and secondly when s/he serves humanity. …Imam Syed […]
India: Ahmadiyya Musilm Community Delhi organizes Eid Milan Party
Press & Media, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at India.
Turkey arrests hundreds of suspected terrorists, Prime Minister says
(CNN)—Turkey arrested nearly 600 terror suspects as warplanes intensified attacks against ISIS and other militant targets in a daylong operation, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday. The strikes also targeted […]
Religion and Science: You Will Know the Truth and Truth Shall Set You Free
Epigraph: And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. Indeed, Allah is well aware of what they do. (Al Quran 10:36/37) The Real Fairytale […]
Norway’s Convicted Mass Murderer Admitted To University Of Oslo
http://embed.live.huffingtonpost.com/HPLEmbedPlayer/?segmentId=55a94b8efe34443cdc00036c&autoPlay=false Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, known for killing 77 people in 2011, has been admitted to the University of Oslo. He will study political science from his cell […]
Book Review: Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to Oppress
Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible’s First Man to Oppress, Inspire, and Make Sense of the World Source: Amazon Book by Karl W. Giberson (Author) A […]
Month of Ramadan- a month of reflection for the Muslims?
By Munir Varraich The month of Ramadan ended last week. It had put the entire Muslim world in the “go slow” mode. The normal routine of life was altered with the sighting of the Ramadan moon. Of course that particular event is very special for the religious scholars who enjoy […]
USA, Gitmo, Torture and the Holy Prophet Muhammad
Epigraph: Now, when you meet in war those who are bent on fighting the truth, smite their necks until you overcome them fully, and then tighten their bonds; but thereafter […]
Obama administration in ‘final stages’ of planning Gitmo closing
By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer, Wed July 22, 2015 (CNN) The Obama administration is in the “final stages of drafting a plan to safely and responsibly” close the terrorist […]
God or No God? — The Real Fairytale
Source: The Huffington Post By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights activist I recently wrote a blog post demonstrating no conflict exists between science and faith. The perceived conflict […]