WHO: New Ebola Cases Could Be Up To 10,000 Per Week In 2 Months
GENEVA (AP) — The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the […]
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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
The Muslim Times’ collection about Hijab
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 is apparent […]
Three Hijabis: The Three Muslim Women, Who Received Nobel Prize
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Shirin Ebadi was the first and only Iranian to receive a Nobel Prize in 2003. She was also the first […]
The Nobel winner Pakistan won’t celebrate
Source: The Hindustan Times, Courtesy of Basharat Ahmed, Banglore, India Prasun Sonwalkar, Hindustan TimesLondon, October 11, 2014 The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai has been officially welcomed in […]
Ebola Vaccine Would Likely Have Been Found By Now If Not For Budget Cuts: NIH Director
By Sam Stein BETHESDA, Md. — As the federal government frantically works to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and as it responds to a second diagnosis of the disease at home, […]
Instead of Columbus Day, some U.S. cities celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
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 […]
Ebola: Liberian health workers plan strike
Liberian health officials are appealing to nurses and medical assistants not to go ahead with a national strike, as the Ebola epidemic continues. The National Health Workers Association wants an increase in the monthly risk fee paid to those treating Ebola cases. In the US, President Barack Obama has directed […]
Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis
Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d’Assisi); nicknamed Francesco; 1181/1182 – October 3, 1226)[1][3] was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor and the women’s Order […]
eDigest: First Ebola transmission in U.S.: Texas healthcare worker tests positive
The Muslim Times Tagline: Ebola is here to show the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others that we are all one and in same boat. May God keep us safe. Ameen! First Ebola transmission in U.S.: Texas healthcare worker tests positive The Muslim Times Tagline: Ebola is here to show the Muslims, […]
First Ebola transmission in U.S.: Texas healthcare worker tests positive
The Muslim Times Tagline: Ebola is here to show the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others that we are all one and in same boat. May God keep us safe. Ameen! (CNN) — […]
Neither with the Islamophobes, Nor with the Islamists or the Islamomaniacs
The Muslim Times Promoting Hijab rather than Burqa after Boris Johnson’s ‘Burqa Storm’ Boris Johnson, a ‘Burqa Storm’ and Perhaps Some Populist Calculations Source: The New York Time By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura […]
Peace Be Upon You: Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Conflict and Cooperation
Editorial Reviews of this book From Publishers Weekly Conventional wisdom says that Christians, Jews and Muslims cannot get along and have never gotten along; the Crusades, the Inquisition and September […]
‘Giant leap’ to type 1 diabetes cure
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Scientists were able to transform stem cells into insulin-producing beta cells Continue reading the main story in BBC Related Stories Bionic pancreas: […]
Imran Khan is no Jinnah
When asked by right wing clerics why he casually named a world-renowned Ahmedi economist as his future finance minister, he did not use this opportunity to preach equal rights for […]
The Science-Religion Crisis at Christian Colleges
Source: Huffington Post By Kelly James Clark, Senior Research Fellow, Kaufman Interfaith Institute, Grand Valley State University Shortly after the 2004 publication of his book, Random Designer, biologist Richard Colling was prohibited from teaching introductory biology courses at Olivet Nazarene College in Illinois and his book was banned from the campus. Peter […]
White woman defends black man from US police
By Anthony Zurcher, Editor, Echo Chambers Perhaps it’s a reflection of our high-tech society. Every day seems to bring new videos of alleged police brutality, where law enforcement officers employ questionable tactics when dealing with black suspects. According to Washington Post columnist Clinton Yates, what occurred on the afternoon of 1 October isn’t one […]
The Utilitarian Value of Permission of Divorce in Islam
The fight to make divorce legal in the Philippines Manila (CNN) – When Rowena Festin leaves her job as a congressional aide in Quezon City, Metro Manila each day, she returns home to three children and a husband. But… Divorce: Islam Versus Christianity Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD The […]
The fight to make divorce legal in the Philippines
Manila (CNN) — When Rowena Festin leaves her job as a congressional aide in Quezon City, Metro Manila each day, she returns home to three children and a husband. But […]
eDigest: The Folly of the NYC Anti-Islamic Ads?
Epigraph: Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you […]
The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world’s myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. By Jim al-Khalili, who is a leading theoretical nuclear physicist, a trustee […]