Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam
Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam: Troubled actress carries the Koran as she steps out after court-ordered community service at a children’s center Lohan was raised a Catholic, has since spoken […]
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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
Harriet Tubman recruited to appear on $20 bill after vote
Source: BBC Could Americans soon be calling their $20 bills “Tubmans?” Move over, former US president Andrew Jackson. Voters of an online poll have chosen famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman to […]
Amtrak train thought to be going twice as fast as it should have been
(CNN) How do all seven cars and the engine of an Amtrak train jump the rails, sending passengers, luggage, laptops and more flying? One possibility loomed over all others Wednesday: speed. […]
America is Getting Less Christian and Less Religious, Study Shows
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla Even though some politicians claim America is a “Christian nation,” the share of the population that identifies as Christian has declined significantly in […]
Prince Charles got treated like a politician and he didn’t like it very much
Source: The Independent Prince Charles’ secret letters to government ministers will be made public on Wednesday after a decade-long legal battle. The infamous “black spider memos” – so called because […]
Prince Charles got treated like a politician and he didn't like it very much
Source: The Independent Prince Charles’ secret letters to government ministers will be made public on Wednesday after a decade-long legal battle. The infamous “black spider memos” – so called because […]
A Message for the Muslim Militants: Killing an Innocent Person for Shariah Law or a Political Advantage is a Sure Recipe for Hell
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Vatican officially recognizes Palestine
Epigraph: Article 1. • All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in […]
Forget free speech
Source: ET Events like these mean nothing more than a day of mourning and people going back to their regular lives the day after. Pakistan has completely failed in protecting one of the most peaceful and sacrificing religious minorities of the country. There is no longer any room for error. […]
Hilarious reactions to Islamophobic comments
Source: ET Peace House, a Tampa based production company, has released a video titled ‘Muslims read hate comments’ to highlight the absurdity that is ‘Islamophobia’. The video shows a group of American Muslims reacting to comments left on Facebook on a news story about a daycare at a mosque that […]
‘Allergic to Muslims’ ?
Source: ET LINCOLNSHIRE: A British teacher who told his students that he was “allergic to Muslims” among other bigoted statements has been banned from teaching indefinitely, the BBC reported. The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), an agency of the United Kingdom’s Department for Education, took action after they received complaints from students. […]
'Allergic to Muslims' ?
Source: ET LINCOLNSHIRE: A British teacher who told his students that he was “allergic to Muslims” among other bigoted statements has been banned from teaching indefinitely, the BBC reported. The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), an agency of the United Kingdom’s Department for Education, took action after they received complaints from students. […]
Pakistan gunmen kill 43 on Karachi Ismaili Shia bus
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
The Muslim Times Collecting Every Thing Useful about Free Speech
Epigraph: The Quranic challenge and freedom: And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a Chapter like it, and call […]
Online Disinhibition Effect ruining relationships
The use of social media as a method of interaction with family and friends is growing each passing day. Unlike other global trends this one has seen a more than anticipated rise in Pakistan. With 3G network and low price smartphones readily available, social media is not just confined to […]
Bangladesh blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death
Source: BBC A secular blogger in Bangladesh has been hacked to death in north-eastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since the start of the year, police say. Ananta […]
Speech Should Inspire Peace–not Hate
Source: Patheos By Saima Sheikh Recently, American Freedom Defense Initiative or AFDI, which is co founded by Pamela Geller, hosted a cartoon drawing contest of Prophet Muhammad of Islam in Garland, […]
Insights to Tackle Islamophobia in Europe
Epigraph: Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets. (Matthew 7:12) How […]
Pakistan’s silent partition Ahmadis, a persecuted Muslim sect, have been flocking to Sri Lanka in search of asylum. Now they’re being turned away.
INTERNATIONAL Pakistan’s silent partition Ahmadis, a persecuted Muslim sect, have been flocking to Sri Lanka in search of asylum. Now they’re being turned away January 27, 2015 5:00AM ET by Zehra Abid @zehra_abid4 Editor’s Note: This News item is from January 2015. Has anything changed since then? […]
By 2050, India to have world’s largest populations of Hindus and Muslims
Source: PEW Research Center By Conrad Hackett; who is a demographer focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. In the coming decades, India will have the distinction of having the […]