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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

Coming to Terms With the American Empire

Source: Stratfor: “Empire” is a dirty word. Considering the behavior of many empires, that is not unreasonable. But empire is also simply a description of a condition, many times unplanned and rarely intended. It is a condition that arises from a massive imbalance of power. Indeed, the empires created on […]

Pakistan’s Michelangelo

Source: Dawn Authors: MUHAMMAD UMAR | YUMNA RAFI | ADEEL AHMED Parvez, 60, came into media spotlight when his painting of the Obamas was photographed by a student photographer at‘Humans of Lyari’ (HOL) — a venture of the Society for International Education and the Karachi Youth Initiative, and put up on […]

Pakistan's Michelangelo

Source: Dawn Authors: MUHAMMAD UMAR | YUMNA RAFI | ADEEL AHMED Parvez, 60, came into media spotlight when his painting of the Obamas was photographed by a student photographer at‘Humans of Lyari’ (HOL) — a venture of the Society for International Education and the Karachi Youth Initiative, and put up on […]