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: CNN Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — The announcement of a grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown was met with chaos Monday night. While many of the protesters were peaceful, more than 15 gunshots were heard as […]
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Americans are sharply divided along racial lines as to whether Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson should […]
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Indeed, the […]
By Raul A. Reyes, he is an attorney and member of the USA Today Board of Contributors. Follow him on Twitter @RaulAReyes (CNN) — A little over two days. That’s how […]
Source: Euro News: Pope Francis will address the European Parliament on Tuesday, becoming the second-ever pontiff to do so. He is likely to touch upon a number of key issues during his long-awaited address to MEPs. Pope Francis has long been a critics of harsh austerity policies in Europe, expressing […]
Source: Euro News: The Turkish President has triggered fresh controversy, declaring in a speech that women are not equal to men.Recep Tayyip Erdogan also criticised the feminist movement, claiming they do not accept or understand the concept of motherhood. He spoke at a global justice and women’s summit in Istanbul. […]
Source: CNN Some people have found in it an ideology of opposition and violence against the modern and Western world. The three jihadis who burst onto the news last week represent that ugly phenomenon. But let’s dip deeper into these three people to understand what moved them to become terrorists. […]
Source: Arab News: Experts have emphasized the need for population control to preserve the economic resources and urged the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars and the Shoura Council to express their opinion on the sensitive issue. “People are afraid of talking about birth control in the Kingdom because of sensitivity […]
Source: NY Times: WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down under pressure, the first cabinet-level casualty of the collapse of President Obama’s Democratic majority in the Senate and the struggles of his national security team amid an onslaught of global crises. The president, who is expected to announce […]
Source: NY Times: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — THE recent arrest of an Orthodox rabbi in Washington, who was charged with having watched women showering via a hidden camera installed at the mikvah, or ritual bath, at his synagogue, has drawn attention to the challenges faced by potential converts to Judaism. The […]
Source; CNN (CNN) — A Cleveland police officer responding to a call about a person with a gun fatally wounded a 12-year-old boy brandishing what turned out to be an air gun that looked very much like a real firearm, police said early Sunday. The shooting Saturday afternoon came as […]
Continue reading the main story in BBC Taliban Conflict Five worries for Ghani The Karzai years Where are Pakistan’s militants? Before and after Taliban A suicide bomber has killed at […]
Source: Spiegel: But the chancellor believes that what Putin says and what Putin does have long since diverged. Russian policy, says Erler, is currently following the “principle of organized unpredictability. More:
Source: CNN The question of whether or not Jesus had a wife is back again. More: A painted tile artwork from China at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel, depicts Mary and Jesus. Spanish painting on elk hide in the San Jose Mission Church, Laguna Pueblo, in […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — With tensions simmering over the deadly crisis in Ukraine, Russia has accused the West of seeking regime change in Moscow, prompting renewed comparisons with the Cold War era. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia made the comments at an event Saturday as he attacked Western sanctions […]
Source: AFP Russian president Vladimir Putin. — AFP/File MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Russia did not want to isolate itself behind a new Iron Curtain, which he said would be disastrous for the country. Asked if Russia wanted to build new fences, he said, […]
SIR WILLIAM MUIR ON COMPILATION OF THE HOLY QURAN “Surely, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and we will, most surely, safeguard it.” (Al Hijr 15:10). According to the […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Paul Vale, Paul.Vale@huffingtonpost.com Representing Indiana’s 7th district, Andre Carson is only the second Muslim to be elected to serve in the United States Congress following Minnesotan […]
Source: The Conservative. The Netherlands , where six per cent of the population is now Muslim, is scrapping multiculturalism: The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants create a parallel society within the Netherlands .. A new integration bill, which Dutch […]