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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

Blaming the ‘other’

Source: The Nation By Saima Baig Keeping with the tradition in Pakistan, whereby each time after a terrorist attack or any tragic event, fingers are pointed against someone else, this time again the blame was laid squarely at the door of others. The hero was Amir Liaquat who invited on his […]

In defense of mosques

Source: Arab News: STOCKHOLM: Swedes expressing solidarity with Muslims have staged manifestations after a series of recent attacks on mosques.In the city of Uppsala, where anti-Muslim rhetoric was scrawled onto a mosque wall on Thursday, hundreds of people pasted red paper hearts and messages of support onto the building’s entrance […]

Truth behind the ‘oil war’

Source: Arab News: In a live television speech last week, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said, “Did you know there’s an oil war? And the war has an objective: To destroy Russia.”“It’s a strategically planned war … also aimed at Venezuela, to try and destroy our revolution and cause an economic […]

Imran Khan marries

Source: TOI KARACHI: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has secretly married a former BBC anchor Reham Khan in a hush hush wedding, according to media reports. The 62-year-old Imran is believed to have tied the knot last weekend with Pakistani news anchor Reham, 41, who is a divorcee and mother-of-three. She lived in Britain […]

Dawn Editorial: Words that wound

Source: Dawn. THE past few days have seen criticism against content aired on a recent episode of Geo’s Subah-i-Pakistan programme — hosted by Amir Liaquat — in which clerics invited on the show made several unpalatable accusations against the country’s already stigmatised and persecuted Ahmadi community. Following a show cause […]

Busy doing nothing

Source: ET Those intent on bombing Pakistan back to the Stone Age — the Taliban — must have rubbed their hands with glee at the government response to the slaughter at the Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16. And that response was? Form a committee. Moreover, don’t just form one […]

Pig’s head hung on Mosque door

Source: The Local The imam of the Kocatepe mosque spoke to the Andadolu press agency about the incident, condemning the vandalism as an “unacceptable” act. The head of the Turkish-Islamist Union in Vienna (ATIB), Fatih Karadaş, condemned the attack saying that “this is not an attack against Muslims but the […]