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: Herald Scottland Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow will receive a prize the Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize at the eleventh National Peace Symposium of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Baitul […]
Source: Forty Gems of Beauty Narrated by Ḥaḍrat Wābiṣa bin Ma‘bad, Allāh be pleased with him: Said the Prophet of Allāh (peace and blessings of Allāh be on him): Seek the guidance […]
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis considers eliminating church charges for marriage annulments, revealing he once fired an official who tried to charge thousands of dollars for […]
By Laura Smith-Spark updated 4:06 AM EST, Wed November 5, 2014 (CNN) — It’s not the news that any shift worker wants to hear. Not only is working irregular hours bad for your social life and likely your health, but it has a chronic effect on your ability to think, […]
Epigraph: And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which […]
Six Major Troubles Hit Me All At Once – C. I. Blackwood I Can Turn Myself into a Shouting Optimist within an Hour – Roger W. Babson How I Got Rid of […]
Source: CNN Just a few weeks ago it appeared that miscalculations by Cameron might have seen the breakup of the United Kingdom. In the referendum granted to Scotland on its continued membership in the UK, he was widely criticized for agreeing to the wrong question at the wrong time, with […]
Source: Dawn. LAHORE: An enraged mob beat a Christian couple to death and burnt their bodies in the brick kiln where they worked on Tuesday for allegedly desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran, police said. The incident took place at the town of Kot Radha Kishan, some 60 kilometres […]
Source: Spiegel Hours after their coup, the rabble rousers were still reveling in their unexpected success. One hooligan going by the nom de guerre “Bo Ne,” happily posted: “We made it into the news around the entire world. Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, Spain, France — first goal achieved!” ANZEIGE It […]
Source: The Guardian By Karen Armstrong The popular belief that religion is the cause of the world’s bloodiest conflicts is central to our modern conviction that faith and politics should never […]
By Theresa Corbin Editor’s note: Theresa Corbin is a writer living in New Orleans. She is the founder of Islamwich and a contributor to On Islam and Aquila Style. A version […]
To view the videos from 2014, please click here 5 reasons to attend the Quran and Science Symposium, on Sat Nov 15th, 2014, at Bait-ur-Rehman Mosque, Silver Spring, Maryland It’s about […]
Source: CNN Derik, Kurdish-controlled northern Syria (CNN) — Don’t be fooled by the pretty songs they sing in their downtime — these women are among ISIS’ most deadly enemies. Brandishing Kalashnikov assault rifles and wearing military fatigues, the women perform military parade drills at a memorial ceremony for slain fighters […]
Source: The Daily Beast. In a new video released Friday night, the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group, denied agreeing to a cease-fire with the government and said that all the schoolgirls the group kidnapped earlier this year have converted to Islam and been married off. “The […]
Presented by Lesley Evans Ogden for BBC Popular culture has painted male African elephants as aggressive, anti-social loners. But are they really the solitary beasts we’ve imagined, or are they just […]
Source: Dawn NEW DELHI: Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, on Thursday invited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his son’s appointment as the next chief cleric, but excluded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the guest list, the Times of India reported. Bukhari did however invite […]
Source: Dawn Consuming pork is sinful and forbidden in Islam. However, Islamic law does not prescribe whipping or incarceration to those who consume pork. The religious doctrine may prohibit certain behaviours and consider them sins. This does not make those acts a crime. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken […]
Source:Dawn.com By Anwar Iqbal suicide bombing justified? Can women lead prayers? Is there a feminist interpretation of Islam? These are some of the questions Muslims living in the West often face. They attempt to answer these questions as best as they can. And in the process, they are often forced […]
Source: The Local The 24-year-old German, Ismail Issa, will be tried on November 5th for supporting a terrorist group, after being caught when he returned to shop in his homeland last year, The New York Times reported. He was back in his home city of Stuttgart, where he was radicalized […]
Source: LUBP LINK While Deobandi and Wahhabi Islamists due to sectarian reasons and their inherent intolerant and violent nature are opposed to the Muharram-Ashura and Milad rituals, they and their fake liberal comrades also present seemingly rational arguments, e.g., law and order, economic implications, in order to support their demand […]