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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

As a constitutional kafir I ask ?

Source ET Yesterday, a very close family friend – someone I have always considered an uncle – was arrested in Pakistan. His crime: he had printed verses from the Holy Quran in an Urdu publication. My uncle is an Ahmadi, and under Pakistan’s notorious anti-Ahmadi laws, he committed a ‘crime’ punishable […]

DOUBLE STANDARDS OF CHARLIE HEBDO

Author: Atif Munawar Mir Published in Spring 2015 Issue of Muslim Sunrise Freedom of speech and expression is a corner stone of western democracy. Islam equates freedom of speech and expression with human dignity.[1] This freedom ensures the free flow of ideas in social and political spheres making possible the […]