Feds launch probe of Ferguson police department
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. Verily, 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
Pontius Pilate – A Cruel and Unjust Ruler
Author: Imam I. H. Kauser *Pilate and his wife converted to Christianity * Pilate beheaded for helping Jesus escape Pontius Pilatus is the Latin form of the name. The meaning […]
Huffington Post: The Damnation of Pakistan’s Second Amendment
Source: huffingtonpost.co.uk By John Sargeant, A Blogger on Homo economicus’ Weblog Four million people are discriminated against in a land of 180 million. The Second Amendment of the constitution is devoted to enshrining the […]
The Muslim Times’ Response to ISIS in one Word: Secularism
Epigraph: O ye who believe! be steadfast in the cause of Allah, bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. […]
The Muslim Times' Response to ISIS in one Word: Secularism
Epigraph: O ye who believe! be steadfast in the cause of Allah, bearing witness in equity; and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. […]
Sotloff beheading: Murdered reporter’s family speaks
The family of US journalist Steven Sotloff have spoken publicly for the first time since a video of his beheading was released by militants. They said that the reporter gave his life to covering the suffering of people in war zones, but was “no hero”. Mr Sotloff “tried to find […]
Boko Haram crisis: ‘Bodies litter’ Nigeria’s Bama town
Bodies remain littered on the streets of a northern Nigerian town two days after it was seized by militant Islamists, a lawmaker has told the BBC. Boko Haram fighters were patrolling the streets of Bama, preventing people from burying the dead, Ahmed Zanna said. On Wednesday, the state government denied […]
Video: Inside the mind of an ISIS fighter
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/09/03/pkg-damon-isis-defector-speaks.cnn For the Muslim Times’ collection of articles about Separation of Mosque-Church and State, click here.
Qur’an lesson for today: 225. So ascribe not purity to yourselves
225. So ascribe not purity to yourselves [53:33] Those who shun the grave sins and immoral actions except minor faults — verily, thy Lord is very liberal in forgiving. He knows you full well from the time when He created you from the earth, and when you were embryos in the bellies […]
“Takfirism Is Not Just An ISIL Problem — It’s a Muslim Problem” by Qasim Rashid
Source: faithstreet.com I read with interest Salam Al-Maryati’s recent piece for OnFaith titled “Takfirism: The Key to Understanding ISIL.” While well intentioned, Marayati inaccurately relegates the practice of “takfir” to a problem of […]
London: “Ahmadiyya Condemns War In Muslim Countries” by Qasim Akinreti
Source: thegazellenews.com The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, lamented the “pitiful and sorry-state” of much of the Muslim countries. Speaking at the […]
A Booklet about the Promised Messiah from 1905 by Reverend HD Griswold Ph.D.
Epigraph: “I shall cause thy message to reach the corners of the earth.” A revelation to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani This is a short booklet, but, gives fair amount of details […]
Australia asylum seeker ‘brain-dead’ after infection – activists
An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia has been declared brain dead after an infected cut led to septicaemia, a refugee activist says. Hamid Kehazaei, 24, had been in a detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. The Iranian was transferred to the mainland for treatment last week […]
Corruption ‘impoverishes and kills millions’
An estimated $1tn (£600bn) a year is being taken out of poor countries and millions of lives are lost because of corruption, according to campaigners. A report by the US-based anti-poverty organisation One says much of the progress made over the past two decades in tackling extreme poverty has been […]
Brain ‘can be trained to prefer healthy food’
The brain can be trained to prefer healthy food over unhealthy high-calorie foods, using a diet which does not leave people hungry, suggests a study from the US. Scientists from Tufts University say food addictions can be changed in this way even if they are well-established. They scanned the addiction […]
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘seize’ Bama town in Borno
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has seized the key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces, residents say. Thousands of civilians have fled the town, along with soldiers, they added. The military has not yet officially commented on the claim that it has lost control of […]
Steven Sotloff ‘beheading’: British captive shown in Isis video which claims to show death of second US journalist
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) released a video tonight claiming to show the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff and threatening a British hostage with a similar fate if the US continues air strikes against its forces. At the end of the new clip, […]
Israel Announces Massive West Bank Land Grab
Epigraph: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your […]
‘I can create Neanderthal baby, I just need willing woman’
A scientist has said it would be possible to clone a Neanderthal baby from ancient DNA if he could find a woman willing to act as a surrogate. Source: The Telegraph By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 9:26PM GMT 20 Jan 2013 241 Comments The process would not be legal in many countries […]
'I can create Neanderthal baby, I just need willing woman’
A scientist has said it would be possible to clone a Neanderthal baby from ancient DNA if he could find a woman willing to act as a surrogate. Source: The Telegraph By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 9:26PM GMT 20 Jan 2013 241 Comments The process would not be legal in many countries […]