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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

Let’s Not Destroy ISIS

Source: The Daily Beast: Americans should support this mission against ISIS. One may well choose to do so warily, because, as I wrote in the wake of President Obama’s speech last week, it depends on a lot of uncontrollable variables (the Saudis behaving like good guys) against which odds are […]

Qur’an lesson for today: 233. Verily, the righteous will be placed amid gardens and fountains. ‘Enter therein with peace, in safety.’

233. Verily, the righteous will be placed amid gardens and fountains. ‘Enter therein with peace, in safety.’ [15:46] Verily, the righteous will be placed amid gardens and fountains. [15:47] ‘Enter therein with peace, in safety.’ [16:31] And when it is said to the righteous, ‘What think ye of that which […]

Bill Maher Vs. Charlie Rose on Jihadism

Bill Maher clashed with Charlie Rose over Islam during an appearance on Rose’s Bloomberg Television program this week. Maher, the host of Real Time on HBO, scoffed at Rose’s numerous attempts to link Islam to Christianity and to try to disavow radical Muslims as representatives of the religion. Rose contended […]