Every Thing the Muslim Times Wants to Share After CIA Torture Report
Epigraph: Now, when you meet in war those who are bent on denying the truth, smite their necks until you overcome them fully, and then tighten their bonds; but thereafter […]
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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
CIA Report’s Most Shocking Passages about Torture
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/12/10/newday-acosta-dnt-cia-torture-report.cnn Washington (CNN) — Here’s a look at some of the techniques the CIA used to interrogate detainees that were included in a Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday. 1. […]
Racial Injustice: Hands Up, Don’t Choke
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Another police killing of an unarmed man of color. Another grand jury deciding not to indict: Not for murder. Not for manslaughter. Not for assault. Not even for reckless endangerment. We live in a land of impunity. At least, for those in power. This […]
Muhammad Never Tortured Prisoners of War
Epigraph: Now, when you meet in war those who are bent on denying the truth, smite their necks until you overcome them fully, and then tighten their bonds; but thereafter […]
Senate report: CIA misled public on torture
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/us/2014/12/09/ath-feinstein-senate-floor-cia-torture-report.cnn Washington (CNN) — The CIA’s harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees during the Bush era didn’t work, were more brutal than previously revealed and delivered no “ticking time bomb” information that […]
Height of Deception and Brutality by C.I.A. Torture Report
Source: NY Times: The long-delayed report, which took five years to produce and is based on more than six million internal agency documents, is a sweeping indictment of the C.I.A.’s operation and oversight of a program carried out by agency officials and contractors in secret prisons around the world in […]
The only constitution the world needs is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Epigraph: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Trying to instill an economic collapse upon Moscow and Tehran,
Source: Daily Times: One cannot resist speculating whether the US-Saudi oil alliance is intentional or a convenience of interests. If it is explicit, then clearly this alliance is trying to instill an economic collapse upon Moscow and Tehran, almost similar to what the US and Saudis did to the leaders […]
ISIS‘rules’ laid out in an awful new list of dos and don’ts, from treatment of virgins to reasons for beating.
Source: The Daily Beast: Question 5: Is it permissible to have intercourse with a female captive immediately after taking possession [of her]? If she is a virgin, he [her master] can have intercourse with her immediately after taking possession of her. However, is she isn’t, her uterus must be purified […]
Malaysians must stand for rationality in discourse on race and religion
Source. UCA News It might be a little, but not too late, to finally see some prominent Malays speak up against the national discourse on race and religion that has been going pear-shaped recently. Twenty-five of them, retired top civil servants and personalities that helped Malaysia to punch above its […]
Learning to govern religion democratically in Indonesia
Source: UCA News.Com While some activists feel that the best regulation of religion is the least regulation of religion, this is not the policy of most states. Most states, including most democracies, are heavily involved in the management of religion. These democracies manage to synthesize their commitments to individual human […]
Bold Modi tackles Muslim Kashmir head on
Epigraph: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of […]
Israel’s parliament dissolves amid political upheaval
By Michael Schwartz and Catherine E. Shoichet Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve the nation’s parliament Monday amid mounting political upheaval. The bill dissolving the 120-seat Knesset passed […]
Urdu: Blasphemy act of Junaid Jamshed and hypocrisy of Deobandi clerics.
نید جمشید کے واقعے سے ایک بات تو واضح ہو کر سامنے آ گئی کہ توہین رسالت اور توہین صحابہ اور امہات المومنین کا قانون ان مولوی حضرات کے لیئے ایک کھیل سے زیادہ اہمیت نہیں رکھتا اور ان قوانین کو صرف فرقہ وارانہ مقاصد اور دوسروں سے دشمنی نکالنے […]
It was a killing choreographed for maximum brutality:
Source: CNN It was a killing choreographed for maximum brutality: The simultaneous beheading of 22 Syrian captives held by ISIS. In November, ISIS released a propaganda video titled “Though the Unbelievers Despise It.” It featured the apparent murder of an American hostage, Peter Kassig (known as Abdul Rahman Kassig after […]
Hillary Clinton: America’s legal system ‘out of balance’
By Dan Merica Boston (CNN) — Hillary Clinton stood with those protesting the deaths of two unarmed black males at the hands of law enforcement on Thursday, telling an audience in Boston […]
Expanded federal ban on profiling doesn’t apply at borders, airport screening
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/crime/2014/12/08/newday-perez-profiling-laws.cnn By Evan Perez (CNN) — New federal law enforcement guidelines set to be issued Monday will expand protection from profiling, but won’t apply to screenings at borders and airports, […]
How an Engineer from Pakistan got a job in USA, without any US education or experience
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is the story of Azhair Ahmad, who migrated to USA, approximately 18 months ago. He did his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology Lahore – Pakistan and Masters in science […]
After Ferguson And Eric Garner Decision, White Christians Are Taking A Stand
Religion News Service | By Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) “African-American brothers and sisters, especially brothers, in this country are more likely to be arrested, more likely to be executed, more likely to be killed.” It’s the kind of statement that’s often cited by black clergy and civil rights activists. But […]
PM participates in a fundraising dinner celebrating the 10th anniversary of Humanity First Canada
LINK for destailed news: Proceeds to support fight against Ebola in West Africa – See more at: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/12/04/pm-participates-fundraising-dinner-celebrating-10th-anniversary-humanity-first#sthash.VBepXkkJ.dpuf Proceeds to support fight against Ebola in West Africa – See more at: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/12/04/pm-participates-fundraising-dinner-celebrating-10th-anniversary-humanity-first#sthash.VBepXkkJ.dpuf Proceeds to support fight against Ebola in West Africa – See more at: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/12/04/pm-participates-fundraising-dinner-celebrating-10th-anniversary-humanity-first#sthash.VBepXkkJ.dpuf Proceeds to support fight […]