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
A ‘bulletproof’ cross rises in Karachi Source: Washington Post By Tim Craig May 15 KARACHI, PAKISTAN — Pakistani businessman Parvez Henry Gill says he was sleeping when God crashed into one of his […]
Source: BBC An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death over a mass prison break in 2011. The former leader has already been sentenced to 20 years […]
Source: BBC An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death over a mass prison break in 2011. The former leader has already been sentenced to 20 years […]
Interview Conducted By Bernhard Zand SPIEGEL.DE AFP In a SPIEGEL interview, Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud discusses Saudi Arabia’s push for modernity, its role in the Yemeni civil war, anti-Iranian sentiment and the human rights situation in the Gulf’s powerful but conservative monarchy. Prince Turki bin Faisal Al […]
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Source: ET PHOTO: AFP QUETTA: After losing one of his two sons to the worst attack against minority Shias in Pakistan’s history, Ali was determined for the other to find a new life abroad. “Go,” he told Iqbal Hussain, who left his job and family behind after losing his brother Muhammad […]
Epigraph: Allah likes not the uttering of unseemly speech in public, except on the part of one who is being wronged. Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Al Quran 4:149) […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American Muslims Malcolm X Muhammad Ali Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Keith Ellison André Carson Zalmay Khalilzad Asma Gull Hasan Mike Tyson Jermaine Jackson Vali Nasr Shahid Khan […]
Source: NY Times BERKELEY, Calif. — As a child in Hilo, one of the less touristy parts of Hawaii, Jennifer A. Doudna felt out of place. She had blond hair […]
Source: Galway Advertiser Representatives of the major religions will gather in the Maryam Mosque in Ballybrit this Sunday, for an interfaith conference on the theme of Religion, Freedom and Peace. […]
Source: Huffington Post By Bill Schneider; Professor, George Mason University; contributor, Al Jazeera “Losing My Religion” is not just a song by R.E.M. It’s also a fact of American life. That’s the message of a survey of more than 35,000 Americans just released by the Pew Research Center. The key finding: the […]
Epigraph: He (Allah) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad), with guidance and the Religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over all other religions. And sufficient is Allah as […]
Source: Huffington Post By Clarence B. Jones; Diversity Visiting Professor, University of San Francisco; and Scholar Writer in Residence, MLK, Jr. Institute, Stanford University “[H]ow many ears must one man have Before […]
Source ET The butchery also gives the lie to the effectiveness — or otherwise — of the ongoing operation in Karachi that has yet to tackle successfully any of the extremist religious groups, some of which have political affiliations. PHOTO: RASHID AJMERI/EXPRESS Reports of the murder of at least 43 […]
SPIEGEL Migration Debate: ‘One of the Most Serious Dramas of Our Times’ Interview Conducted By Maximilian Popp and Jörg Schindler DPA Syrian refugees arrive in a dinghy on the Greek island of Kos on May 6. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and human rights activist Elias Bierdel recently met with […]
Source Stratfor: There are simply too many red lines for the region’s Sunnis. Even in the unlikely scenario that Saudi Arabia weakens so much that Iran assumes de facto control of the Arabian Peninsula, the Sunni populations would not allow the holy cities of Mecca and Medina to remain under […]
Two suspected members of the Islamist group al-Shabab have been executed by firing squad in the Somali capital. A military court in Mogadishu found them guilty of killing five people, including four members of parliament. One of the MPs was the popular female singer, Saado Ali Warsame, who was killed […]
Rival groups of soldiers in Burundi are vying for control of the capital Bujumbura amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup. Heavy fighting and shelling is reported at the state TV building. A senior military source says soldiers loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza are back in control of […]
After being declared Ebola free, Liberia threw the virus a big farewell party and is finally looking towards life and a future. Read More…
Source: Huffington Post By Raza Rumi, who is a writer, journalist and international development practitioner. C.Editor at The Friday Times, Fellow at National Endowment for Democracy, Washington D.C. WASHINGTON – Media […]