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
Source: gulfnews.com Charleville-Mizihres, France: Mourad Hamyd describes himself as a normal 18-year-old who lives with his parents but on the day France was gripped by the Charlie Hebdo massacre, he became known as “the third suspect” — even though he was in class at the time of the shooting. More…..http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/teen-in-shock-after-wrongly-linked-to-charlie-hebdo-attack-1.1439603
For many on the left, tolerance comes easily. But economic disarray has sapped the will to defend our principles of rationalism and individual liberty More…http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/11/europe-survive-islamist-terror-learn-to-fight-for-values-holds-dear
An association fallacy is an inductive informal fallacy of the type hasty generalization or red herring which asserts that qualities of one thing are inherently qualities of another, merely by […]
Source: The Guardian Book reviewed by Tim Radford The ‘bubbling invention’ of the Islamic world lit up the dark ages. The relay-race model of intellectual history is simple enough: a […]
Source: Daily Mail ‘The call to prayer happens five times a day, and for the first week, it drives you crazy, and then it just gets into your spirit, and […]
Source: 660news.com Racist comments, including the words “leave Canada,” are being painted over up after they were spray-painted on an Edmonton temple Friday. A spokesperson for the Sikh place of worship […]
Source: alislam.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad prays for peace in the world The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has categorically […]
Source: ghanaweb.com | spyghana | zongonews Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, Ameer and Missionary-In-Charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, has called on Ghanaians, Muslims, and the Ahmadi community to uphold the act of discipline […]
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Source: sentinelandenterprise.com FITCHBURG — The response to cartoons that degrade and insult Islam needs to come from the pen, not the sword, according to local Muslim leader Bashir Mehmud. Mehmud, 72, […]
Source: youtube.com Islam Exhibition at the historical University of Göttingen (Germany) from the 5th to 9th January 2015… It was visited by more than 8100 guests.
Source: huffingtonpost.com Muslims the world over have strongly condemned Wednesday’s terrorist attack against the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed by masked gunmen. The paper is believed to have been targeted because of its history of publishing provocative cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. But what do […]
Source: huffingtonpost.com It took less than a day after the massacre of staffers, policemen, a visitor and asecurity guard at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris for the discussion in India […]
Source:INQUISITR A solider at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, tried to bring his wife a surprise breakfast in bed Friday morning, but as his reward for the romantic gesture, he found himself in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. Police believe the shooting was simply a mistake, but […]
Source: Euro News: “This is what I am saying to Muslims around the world … don’t isolate yourself, don’t be on the margins, come into the mainstream, be visible, be vocal, be the voice of the voiceless, of the silent majority that are all against what is happening” More:
Source: NY Times: PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris to join top French officials and world leaders for a rally and march under extraordinary security in a government-sponsored show of unity and defiance after a series of terrorist attacks. The somber march began […]
The Muslim Times’ response to: Mohammed cartoon contest planned in Arizona today Epigraph: And Messengers have indeed been mocked at before thee, but that whereat they mocked encompassed those of […]
The New Yorker: by Teju Cole — A northern-Italian miller in the sixteenth century, known as Menocchio, literate but not a member of the literary élite, held a number of unconventional theological beliefs. He believed that the soul died with the body, that the world was created out of a […]
Up to one million people are expected to attend the Paris Unity rally after the shootings earlier this week, including many European leaders For live transmission go to The Telegraph […]
Source:theguardian.com Ahmed Merabet, the police officer gunned down in the Charlie Hebdo attack, was killed in an act of barbarity by “false Muslims” his brother said in a moving tribute on Saturday, where he also appealed for unity and tolerance. Speaking for a group of relatives gathered in Paris, Malek […]