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
Religion News Service | By Antonia Blumberg Posted: 09/30/2014 9:42 am EDT One person’s requirement for religious accommodation can seem all-too-much like discrimination to another. An El Al flight from New York to Tel Aviv last week encountered delays when several ultra-orthodox Jewish men refused to take their seats next to women over religious […]
Lead researcher on the chimp study, Dr Catherine Hobaiter, explains how the new type of tool use spread through the group of animals Continue reading or see the video in BBC Related Stories Wild chimp language translated Apes are emotional about choices Researchers have captured the spread of a new […]
Epigraph: Say Muhammad, ‘As for me, my Lord has guided me unto a straight path — a right religion, the religion of Abraham, the upright. And he was not of […]
Source: BBC Related Stories Profile: Radovan Karadzic Dutch liable over Srebrenica deaths Grief of Bosnia war lingers on Radovan Karadzic is closing his defence saying he takes “moral responsibility” for […]
Salon: Reza Aslan takes down Bill Maher’s “facile arguments” on Islam in just 5 minutes The scholar, famous for his takedown of Fox, recently appeared on CNN to pick apart […]
BBC Asia: Pakistan’s constitution was amended 40 years ago to declare Ahmadis to be non-Muslims. Regarded by orthodox Muslims as heretical, Ahmadis are not allowed to refer to their places of worship as mosques or to publicly quote from the Koran – acts punishable by imprisonment of up to three years. […]
Source: Huffington Post | By WILL WEISSERT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The long-simmering battle over teaching evolution in Texas boiled over at a late-night meeting, as the Board of Education extended preliminary approval of new science books for use in classrooms across the state but held up one biology text because […]
An American Muslim NFL player has been penalised after celebrating a touchdown by dropping to his knees in prayer. Husain Abdullah scored for the Kansas City Chiefs as they defeated the New England Patriots 41-14. Officials penalised him for breaking “excessive celebration” rules by sliding on his knees and pressing […]
Mariam Ibrahim, the Sudan woman who escaped a death sentence imposed for renouncing her faith, says she wants to campaign for others who face religious persecution. Speaking to the BBC in the US, where she is seeking asylum, Ms Ibrahim said she hopes to return to Sudan one day. READ […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times When the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, claimed Monotheism in the polytheistic society of Mecca they turned against […]
Epigraph: They ask thee (Muhammad) concerning wine and the gambling. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than their […]
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you fight not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this town, whose people are oppressors, and make for us some friend from Thyself, and make for […]
Source: BBC Related Stories ‘Over 3,000 Europeans join jihadis’ Enforcing UN resolution on foreign jihadists Why is Islamic State so violent? Forty-six people have gone on trial in Antwerp on charges of belonging to a group that sent jihadists to Syria, the largest case of its kind in Belgium. Prosecutors […]
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 […]
Source: BBC NEWS Young children who are given repeated courses of antibiotics are at greater risk than those who use fewer drugs of becoming obese, US researchers say. The JAMA […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pope Benedict unwittingly performed an exorcism of two men possessed by the Devil in the very heart […]
Epigraph: And when My servants ask thee (Muhammad) about Me, say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken […]
Epigraph: O People of the Book, exceed not the limits in your religion, and say not of Allah anything but the truth. Indeed, the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was only […]
Pathway to Peace – 34th World Religions Conference Today – Canada’s Largest Multi-faith Event Epigraph: Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from […]
Syrian refugees’ reactions mixed to airstrikes against Islamic State [9/27/2014 3:17:19 PM] AMMONNEWS – Ask Syrian refugees sheltering in neighbouring Jordan about the advent of U.S.-led strikes against Islamic State militants in their homeland, and the reactions will be mixed. Some welcome the surprise military intervention, saying it could lead […]