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: theguardian.com Dated: 07.01.15 If you would have told me as a subway-riding teenager that there was a women-only car on the Manhattan-bound N-train, I would have been thrilled.. More…http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/07/gender-segregated-transport-women-men-behaving-badly
grist.org: by Liza Core — Unless your friends and loved ones gave you backrub coupons for the holidays, you’ve probably found yourself wading through an apartment swamped with a tide of new things. These gadgets and whatsits may be reminders of the people who care about you, but an over-reliance on material goods […]
Source: France24.com Dated: 09.01.15 Famed French author Michel Houellebecq has insisted that his novel “Submission”, which envisions a France ruled by a Muslim government, is not a racist scare story. Nevertheless the novel, which hits bookstores Wednesday, has sparked a media storm. More…http://www.france24.com/en/20150104-novelist-houellebecq-vision-muslim-governed-france-not-racist-islamaphobia/
Islam stands on its own merits, not by the guns and steel of extremists. Source: USA Today By Qasim Rashid (Photo: Evert Elzinga, AFP/Getty Images) Free speech is a fundamental Islamic […]
Huff Post: by Ahmed Khan — I, like everyone on the planet, have recently come to know in some way or form (print or TV or social media) of the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo and its staff. I react with disgust and abhorrence and wonder why someone would commit this act […]
(CNN) A pair of dramatic raids Friday in France led to the killing of three terrorists — one suspected in the fatal shooting of a policewoman, the other two in the […]
Source: Huffington Post By Dr. Faheem Younus, Muslim, professor, doctor and philanthropist On January 7, gunmen did not just commit the heinous murder of 12 people at theCharlie Hebdo office in Paris; they also unleashed a barrage of extremism on both ends of the ideological spectrum. On one end are some Muslim […]
WASHINGTON — President Obama is facing opposition from fellow Democrats to one of his top priorities: winning the power to negotiate international trade agreements and speed them through Congress. As Mr. Obama’s team works privately to line up support for the so-called trade promotion authority, a coalition of Democratic lawmakers […]
almost fearless: by Cristine Gilbert — I posted about the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Facebook and offered my condolences to the victims and their families. I spent the next 24 hours moderating comments, at first arguing with people who were quoting the Qur’an, then wholesale deleting […]
Source: Times of India By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Oct 2, 2012, 12.00 AM IST In Islam, blasphemy is a subject of intellectual discussion rather than a subject of physical […]
Los Angeles Times: by Geoffrey Mohan — At the push of a button, the gurney holding Auriel Peterson slides slowly into the pale blue glow of a magnetic resonance imaging machine. Soon, all that’s visible are the shins of her black track pants and the chartreuse-and-white soles of her running […]
Source: New York Times By Ross Douthat In the wake of the vicious murders at the offices of the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo today, let me offer three tentative premises about blasphemy in a free society. 1) The right to blaspheme (and otherwise give offense) is essential to the […]
http://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=3975939504001&w=466&h=263Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com A short interview of Qasim Rashid by Fox news channel.
More then 450 Men, Women and children attended from Different Chapters of the USA The first two-day Midwest Training convention began on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Members of the following Chapters […]
Source: kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk Ahmadiyya Muslims in Leamington have condemned the attack in Paris by suspect al-Qaida gunmen which left 12 people dead yesterday (Tuesday). The attack happened at the offices of the […]
Source: toledoblade.com Bilal Rana, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association in Silver Springs, Md., said, “The sanctity of human life is central to our faith. That lives could be taken in this manner for any cause is appalling and unjustifiable.” Bashir G. Ahmed of the Islamic Council of Ohio, said […]
Source: cbc.ca The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo has a controversial history in its treatment of radical Islam. Islam, however, is not alone among its targets: others have included former Pope Benedict XVI and Orthodox Jews. Charlie Hebdo’s history Started as monthly Hara-Kiri in 1960, slogan ‘dumb and nasty.’ Became weekly Hara-Kiri […]
“Nothing justifies this barbaric and inhumane attack,” said Nasim Rehmatullah, vice president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the US. Source: albawaba.com “Islam and the Prophet Muhammad teach that life is sacrosanct, and Islam specifically forbids any worldly […]
Source: independent.co.uk Dated: 08.01.15 An American group that claims to represent the interests of US Catholics has criticised the French magazine where 12 people were killed yesterday, arguing that the victims “provoked” their own slaughter. In a statement released yesterday headlined “Muslims are right to be angry”, Bill Donohue, the […]
Epigraph: The hypocrites say, “If we return to Medina, the one most honorable will surely drive out therefrom the one most ‘mean’ (Muhammad);” while true honor belongs to Allah and to […]