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
Huff Post: From the outside, the Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran, seems like a fairly traditional house of worship — but it’s hiding a gorgeously colorful secret. See Photos
Bowe Bergdahl’s father practices Islam because…he has a beard and speaks a foreign language. Yes, Fox News’s has some real super sleuths. Bill O’Reilly isn’t just an awe-inspiring successful television host, he’s also “The Muslim Hunter.” His Islamadar is so strong he can instantly tell if a person is a […]
STORY SUMMARY For all the serious flaws in Syria’s election, it underscored the considerable support that President Bashar Assad still enjoys from the population, including many in the majority Sunni Muslim community. Syria’s conflict is often portrayed through one of its many prisms — that of a sectarian struggle, in […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Yasmine Hafiz, who is the former Associate Editor of The Huffington Post’s Religion section and is currently an MSc. candidate at the London School of […]
Source: CBC News A Canadian cardiologist shot dead in Pakistan was remembered Wednesday as a selfless humanitarian who was “murdered because of his faith,” with mourners making impassioned calls for Ottawa to better pressure the South Asian country on religious freedoms. READ MORE
By Dr. Nasir Khan, President, Buffalo Chapter, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Dear Friend, Peace be with you. I hope that your are well. The Buffalo Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will hold its twenty-first interfaith conference on Sunday, June 15th, 2014 from 2:00 – 5:00 pm at the Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, NY […]
Epigraph: And when thou seest those who engage in vain discourse concerning Our Signs, then turn thou away from them until they engage in a discourse other than that. And if Satan cause thee to forget, then sit not, after recollection, with the unjust people. And those who are righteous are not […]
Courtesy: Zafar Syed, Luton England This is a picture of an Ahmadiyya Mosque “Baitul Futuh” in Morden London, which is well known worldwide as being the largest and one of the most […]
theguardian: by Kishwar Desai — For anyone who maintains that women are raped because of the way they dress or the way they look, the image of two thin and scrawny teenagers hanging from a mango tree, gang raped and murdered by their neighbours in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, provided a […]
G7 leaders want to send a strong message on Ukrainekraine crisis Boots on the ground? Poroshenko profile Crisis mapped Wild east Leaders of the G7 industrial nations meeting in Brussels […]
Vaughan, Ontario June 4, 2014 Courtesy: Zakaria Virk, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Canada Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was killed in Rabwah Pakistan, by anti-Ahmadiyya forces. He had gone there […]
Source: CNN U.S. President Barack Obama warns Russia against further “aggression” in Ukraine as fighting intensifies in the east of the country. More:
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 most honorable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you. Surely, Allah […]
136. Do not shave your heads until the offering reaches its destination [2:197] And complete the Hajj and the ‘Umrah for the sake of Allah: but if you are kept back, then make whatever offering is easily available; and do not shave your heads until the offering reaches its destination. […]
134. When you pour forth from ‘Arafat, remember Allah at Mash‘ar al- Haram [2:199] It is no sin for you that you seek the bounty of your Lord. But when you pour forth from ‘Arafat, remember Allah at Mash‘ar al- Haram; and remember Him as He has guided you, although, […]
Source: BBC By Samanthi Dissanayake An Indian man who made his name exposing the “miraculous” feats of holy men as tricks has fled the country after being accused of blasphemy. […]
Lina Sinjab in Damascus, Ian Black and agencies The Guardian, Tuesday 3 June 2014 Syrians began voting on Tuesday in the shadow of a bloody war, but no surprises are expected in an election in which Bashar al-Assad is running for the presidency on his ability to restore security and […]
Epigraph: It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or the West, but truly righteous is he who believes in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Book and the Prophets, and spends his money for love of Him, on the kindred and […]
Additional Reading: Challenging Ben Carson to a Written Debate About Facts of Evolution from Molecular Biology Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I […]
Huff Post: The past few weeks have unveiled some horrific stories of human rights abuse. The world was first shocked by the death sentence handed to Meriam Ibrahim, the then […]