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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

The Silence of the Liberal Muslim

Source. New age Islam While Muslims rightly resent being called upon to condemn every act of Muslim extremism by arguing why the community should be held accountable for the actions of individual members, the Shirin Dalvi case is about standing up for a fellow Muslim being intimidated by the community’s […]

Germany Emerges

Source:Stratfor. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, accompanied by French President Francois Hollande, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 6. Then she met with U.S. President Barack Obama on Feb. 9. The primary subject was Ukraine, but the first issue discussed at the news conference following the meeting with Obama […]

For Christ’s Sake

Slate.com: by William Saletan — Some Republicans would rather defend Christianity from all criticism than stand clearly against religious violence.  Rick Santorum, speaking here to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on Jan. 24, 2015, in Des Moines, is among the past and current GOP presidential candidates who have attacked […]

American Sniper and the Muslim ‘Savage’

Huff Post: by Todd Green, Ph,D. — Is American Sniper a brilliant, subtle study of the trauma of war and the toll that incessant violence takes on those who participate in it? Or is American Sniper a shallow, flag-waving, war propaganda movie? These questions frame much of the debate over Clint Eastwood’s recent film. […]

Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community strongly condemns Reprinting Of Charlie Hebdo Cartoons in Tokyo

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 慈悲深く、恵み遍くアッラーの御名において Ahmadiyya Muslim Community 日本アハマディア・ムスリム協会 誰も憎まず皆に愛を Source: ahmadiyya-islam.org/jp/ Tokyo publisher Daisan Shokan announced to publish a book containing Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Holy founder of Islam […]