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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

Rise and fall of societies

Source: Pakistan Observer Evidently, those who followed these rules of right conduct thrived and prospered, and were saved from the tyranny and injustice of the wrong-doers; and on the contrary, those who violated these principles, committing sin and straying from the right path, came to grief, pain and sorrow. These […]

Can Taliban seize either by force or through infiltration a nuclear warhead at an individual installation and use it to hold the Pakistan — and the world — to ransom?

Source: Pakistan Observer: According to their assessment this also raises the risk that the Pakistani Taliban, even if it cannot seize the commanding heights of state institutions, could seize either by force or through infiltration a nuclear warhead at an individual installation and use it to hold the country — […]

The right to kiss ?

Source:BBC Members of the BJP Youth Group, the ruling political party in India, vandalised a cafe were they say immoral acts were taking place.The event sparked a debate on moral policing in the country and a campaign supporting kissing in public went viral. More than 5,000 people have clicked the […]