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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
Bahrain: U.S. diplomat ‘unwelcome and should immediately leave’
(CNN) — Bahrain has ordered the expulsion of a U.S. diplomat for meddling in the country’s internal matters, the kingdom’s foreign affairs ministry said. Tom Malinowski, U.S. assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, is “unwelcome and should immediately leave the country” due to his “interference in its […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 171. Commandment to purify yourself before touching the Holy Qur’an
171. Commandment to purify yourself before touching the Holy Qur’an [56:80] Which none shall touch except those who are purified. Courtesy Amjad Tariq Sydney
He lost 153 pounds, won his first triathlon
By Carter Maguire, Special to CNN updated 1:04 PM EDT, Mon July 7, 2014 Editor’s note: Do you have a weight-loss success story to share? Tell us how you did it and you could be featured in our weekly weight-loss story on CNN.com. (CNN) — The presents had been opened; the wrapping paper was stuffed […]
Jihad – The True Islamic Concept
The Truth Message – Part – 3.26: Islam & Jihad Let me begin with Bismi-llahi r-rahmani r-rahim [In The Name Of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Ever Merciful] The Islamic institution of Jihad is the least understood and the most talked about aspect of Islam in the world today. Unfortunately […]
C-section ‘linked to stillbirth’
Source: BBC News Women who have c-sections are 14% more likely to have a stillbirth in future than those giving birth naturally, say researchers. And c-sections raised the chance of an ectopic pregnancy by 9%, according to a study of more than 800,000 Danish first-time mothers. Prof Louise Kenny […]
OPINION: Israel’s impunity culture: War crimes, intimidation and oppression
Palestinian children continue to suffer high levels of violence and intimidation from Israeli forces. Brad Parker is a staff attorney and international advocacy officer with Defence for Children International Palestine, an independent child-rights organisation dedicated to defending and promoting the rights of children living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Israel […]
Muslim leaders reject Baghdadi’s caliphate
Muslim scholars and movements from across the Sunni Islamic spectrum have rejected the caliphate declared by the Islamic State group, with the fighters receiving scathing criticism from both mainstream religious leaders, and those associated with their former allies, al-Qaeda. Assem Barqawi, also known as Abu Mohamed al-Maqdesi, who was released […]
eDigest: Fasting for three days can regenerate entire immune system, study finds
Epigraph: The prescribed fasting is for a fixed number of days, but whoso among you is sick or is on a journey shall fast the same number of other days; and for those who are able to fast only with great difficulty is an expiation — the feeding of a […]
Shariat Courts Have No Legal Sanction: Indian Supreme Court
Source: NDTV The Supreme Court today ruled that Shariat courts have no legal sanction and no one is bound to accept a fatwa or diktat pronounced by them.The court decided […]
Catholic Encyclical on Modernism
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: For a genuine understanding of Separation of Mosque-Church and State, let me suggest the reading of paragraph numbered 55, in this Papal publication from 1907. How glaringly wrong it was in terms of response to modernity and freedom of speech? This reading should be particularly efficacious […]
Local Attorney to Present “Declaration of Equalities for Muslim Women”
When the Iranian revolution of 1979 took place, Nadia Shahram was a student in Buffalo, New York, far away from her family in Iran. But her mother and sisters were […]
“Satans Are Shackled In Ramadhan” …let us understand how.
Written by Qasim Oyekola Ahmadiyya Muslim Missionary, Lagos, Nigeria Blog: oyekola.blogspot.com | twitter: @QasimOyekola ——————————————————————- Satans Are Shackled In Ramadhan The Holy Month of Ramadhan is a month through which […]
Tibetans May Have Inherited High-Altitude Gene From Extinct Human Relative
| By MALCOLM RITTER Posted: 07/03/2014 9:25 am EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Tibetans living on the “roof of the world” can thank an extinct human relative for providing a gene […]
The truth about Muhammad and Aisha
By Myriam Francois-Cerrah theguardian.com, Monday 17 September 2012 09.00 EDT Jump to comments (1397) Writing about Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, the Orientalist scholar W Montgomery Watt wrote: “Of all the world’s great men, none has been so much maligned as Muhammad.” His quote seems all the more poignant in […]
American Religions Born In The U.S.A. Bring Home The Country’s Rich Religious History
Huff Post: by Yasmine Hafiz — As we celebrate the 238th birthday of America this July 4, we look back on the religious movements that began right here in the U.S. of A. Here’s a timeline of some of the most well-known spiritual traditions: Native Traditions: 9,000 BCE Or Earlier […]
eDigest: A Collection about Christianity and Exorcism
Epigraph: When Jesus arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed […]
Fasting for three days can regenerate entire immune system, study finds
Epigraph: The prescribed fasting is for a fixed number of days, but whoso among you is sick or is on a journey shall fast the same number of other days; […]
THE CANDIDATES: Indonesia’s presidential election
The contest for Indonesia’s next President has hotted up. Disgraced former general Prabowo Subianto has closed the gap in the country’s two-horse race as the election looms on July 9. […]
IS’ ‘Caliph’ Injured In Iraqi Airstrike; Flees To Syria
on July 5, 2014 Terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the first caliph of so-called ‘Islamic State’ founded by outfit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), has been injured in […]