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
Source: ride4peace.org | youtube.com Ahmadi cyclists will be raising money for Humanity First and the British Heart Foundation in a ride for peace, starting their journey from Baitur Rahman, Glasgow, and will cycle […]
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Huff Post: by David Schanzer— Our ultimate goal should be to make clear this conflict is a battle between civilized people of all faiths and the terrorists — not between Muslims and the West. So, when I talk about al Qaeda and terrorist violence, I say: “The 9/11 attacks were […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — A new ad campaign hit Washington D.C. on Monday with a strong anti-Muslim message. The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), spearheaded by Pamela Geller, launched an ad showing Adolf Hitler meeting with Palestinian nationalist and grand mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini. The 15-foot message is now displayed […]
The fact that PVV party leader Geert Wilders tried to sabotage a book written by his long-serving party secretary shows he has lost faith in one of his closest colleagues, according to the NRC. Martin Bosma, who has been with the anti-immigration party from its inception, is not only party […]
By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Continue reading the main story Related Stories Sixth of cancers due to infection Half of prostate cancer misdiagnosed Prostate cancer may be a […]
Source: BBC At least 46 people have been killed and many others injured by two bomb explosions in the volatile central Nigerian city of Jos, police say. The blasts happened […]
Epigraph: And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture avails nothing against truth. Indeed, Allah is well aware of what they do. And this Quran is not such […]
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than their advantage.’ And they ask thee what they should spend. Say: ‘What you can spare.’ Thus does Allah make His […]
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The character Sir Leigh Teabing, in the famous novel ‘the Da Vinci code,’ by Dan Brown, says, […]
Question being debated in India is whether Narendra Modi is capable of distancing himself from his divisive words and deeds to rule diverse nation. SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP/GETTY IMAGES Indian Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi waves to supporters after performing a religious ritual at the banks of the River Ganges in […]
Dawn: How badly will the murder of Rashid Rehman — the latest in a series of attacks on human rights activists and especially those involved in defending blasphemy accused — have a chilling effect on activism as a whole? The murder of Rashid is a message for lawyers to be […]
Guardian: I am fourteen years old. It is southern Iran in the summer of 1977. Most people have not yet heard of Ayatollah Khomeini or an Islamic revolution. The high school building sits on an acre of dry land. We play soccer every day behind the school. The heat is oppressive, and, […]
ET: ‘Every action,’ Narendra Modi once quoted Newton’s third law of motion, ‘has a reaction.’ Modi was referring to the murder of parliamentarian Ehsan Jafri. As blood flowed in the streets of Gujarat in 2002, a Hindutva mob had surrounded Mr Jafri’s home in Gulbarg Society. They were armed with kerosene […]
New bus ads in DC say the Qu’ran promotes Jew-hatred. It’s a meritless, dangerous accusation. Now, certainly some Muslims are anti-Jewish, as are some Christians, agnostics, atheists—you get the idea. However, nothing in the Qur’an or in Prophet Muhammad’s example supports the myth of “Islamic Jew hatred.” As I detail in my […]
Source: Balkan Insight: The only signs of hope have been seen in the responses of ordinary people, who have banded together in an attempt to ensure each other’s survival. Their parents may have been on different sides in wartime, but young people from Tuzla went out to the villages to […]
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — Johanna Neumann was nine years old when her family escaped from Nazi Germany to seek refuge in Albania. They spent six years there and survived the war thanks to a number of Muslim families who sheltered them along the way. Neumann’s is one of many […]
Courtesy: Shahid Pervaiz, Canada The following are excerpts from pages 352 to 354 of “Tajrebaat jo hein Amanat Hayat ki; the auto-biography of (late) Saqib Zeervi Sahib; a famous Pakistani, Ahmadi, Poet, an elite journalist and Editor of “The Weekly Lahore”.