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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
D.G.Hogarth about Prophet of Islam Muhammad, may peace be on him
Additional Reading and viewing The Best Biography of the Prophet Muhammad The best western documentary about the prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, the Message:
Sir George Bernard Shaw about prophet of Islam Muhammad, may peace be on him
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Almost half French oppose publishing Prophet Mohammed cartoons: poll
Source: ET PARIS: Almost half of French oppose publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), according to a poll Sunday, as global debate deepened on the limits of free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings. The Ifop poll found 42 percent believe Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) cartoons seen as […]
Palestinians protest Baird’s visit by hurling eggs and shoes at his convoy
Source: Herald RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories – Dozens of Palestinian protesters in Ramallah hurled eggs and shoes at the convoy of Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. Baird travelled to the West Bank city today to meet with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki. The protesters held signs reading: “Baird you are […]
Planned anti-Islam rally in the German city of Dresden cancelled over threat against organizer
Source: Herald BERLIN – A weekly rally by a German group protesting what it calls “the Islamization of the West” was called off on Sunday because of a terrorist threat against one of its organizers, the group and authorities said. The group calling itself PEGIDA, or Patriotic Europeans against the […]
Videos: Biological Evolution Session of Quran and Science Symposium 2014
Recitation from the Holy Qur’an (Ch 57:V1-6) – Adeel Malik: Darwinian Evolution 101 and the clash with Creationism – Zia H Shah MD: The Quran and Evolution – Imam Naseem […]
Muslims forced to apologize for ‘every kind of crazy act’
Source:Herald “There is frustration among Muslims themselves that they feel that they have to apologize for every kind of crazy act. We just feel sorry for those innocent people being killed anywhere, in France, in Ottawa. We condemn all those kind of actions against any innocent people,” he continued. “We […]
Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes
Source: BBC For 75 years, Finland’s expectant mothers have been given a box by the state. It’s like a starter kit of clothes, sheets and toys that can even be […]
What ‘free speech’ didn’t tell us about Charlie Hebdo jokes
Telegrapgh: by Christopher Booker — Besuited world leaders at the Paris march last Sunday As the dust begins to settle on those recent horrendous events in Paris, a clearer sense of perspective is starting to creep in round the edges. The Pope suggests that those who are too provocative to […]
Swedish Muslims react to new Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo did on Wednesday what it has always done best: provoke. The cover on its latest issue depicts a man supposed to represent the Prophet Muhammed holding up a sign which reads, “Je suis Charlie”. Above the image are the words ‘Tout est pardonné’, that is ‘All is forgiven.’ […]
Top Russian senator calls on West to stop ‘demonization race’
Source: rt.com When ordinary Western people oppose Russia’s stand on various issues they are often unaware of the real situation because they think only of media stereotypes says the chair of the Upper House Committee for Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev. “The key problem lies in the fact that our opponents […]
‘Je Suis Muslim’: Mounting anger in Islamic world at new Charlie Hebdo edition sees protesters in Somalia and Pakistan apeing catchphrase of Western peace marches
Protests against Charlie Hebdo’s front cover have seen thousands more take to the streets – with students in Somalia declaring ‘Je Suis Muslim – and I love my Prophet’. Students marched through Mogadishu on Saturday morning, three days after the commemorative edition of the satirical magazine went on sale. The […]
Brazil ‘outraged’ by Indonesia drug trafficking execution
Source: bbc.co.uk Brazil says it is “outraged” by the execution of one its citizens in Indonesia for drug trafficking. Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, 53, was arrested in 2003 after police at Jakarta airport found 13.4 kg of cocaine hidden in his hang glider. Brazil says he was the first Brazilian […]
Sex differences in academia. University challenge
The Economist —- Women are scarce in some, but not all, academic disciplines. New work suggests the cause may be a special kind of prejudice—one that also applies to black people IT IS a long time since the groves of academe were paced only by men, but even now some […]
How One Pakistani Is Bringing About An Anti-Terrorism Civilian Revolution
Buzzfeed: by Imaan Sheikh — Mohammad Jibran Nasir, a lawyer and social activist from Karachi, has started a campaign against terrorism and terrorist sympathisers in Pakistan in the wake of the attack on Peshawar’s schoolchildren. A lot comes with the stand Nasir has taken. “The religious organisation Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamat […]
An inadvertent acknowledgement by Charlie Hebdo
Source: Open Salon By Muhammad Zafrullah My first reaction to seeing a caricature of a crying Prophet Muhammad, saying “I am Charlie” was an unhappy one. The unhappiness was partly brought […]
The uprising of the decent
Source: The Economist STILL they march, every Monday in Dresden, as they have done since October. Numbering about 18,000, they call themselves Pegida, or “patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident”, and they are against too many asylum-seekers and migrants. They worry most about Islam, surprisingly for Saxony, where […]
Hackers Make New York Post And UPI Twitter Feeds Announce World War Three
Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk Hackers announced the beginning of World War Three – via the Twitter accounts of a major tabloid and news agency they had managed to take over. In a series of eerily-realistic tweets, The New York Post and United Press International (UPI) said an American aircraft carrier had been […]
Charlie Hebdo aftermath: we French must find how to keep this spirit of unity
Source: theguardian.com Rachida Dati, the first Muslim woman to hold a key ministerial post in France, calls for a new stance on religion In the immediate aftermath of the terrible attacks that have shaken our country, the French came together last week in a rarely equalled demonstration of national unity. […]