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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

Islamabad: Mosque named after a murderer

Businesses named after known criminals. Mumtaz Qadri murdered Salmaan Taseer – now a mosque named after him I was spending a lazy afternoon lounging in the Osama bin Laden library, bemoaning the dire lack of buildings honouring our local murderers, when my Smartphone informed me of this fascinating new development. […]

Hirsi Ali: Telling a Critic From an Islamophobe

Kashif N. Chaudhry Physician, writer and humanitarian Huffington Post Religion Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born U.S. citizen who is known — among other things — for her radical views on Islam. Her supporters consider her a leading critic, while many others believe she is guilty of Islamophobia and bigotry. […]

Jordan opens Syria camp for 130,000

ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 1 May 2014 AMMAN: A UN official says Jordan is opening a new, sprawling tent city to accommodate tens of thousands more Syrian refugees who are expected to flee fighting as their nation’s civil war continues unabated. Helene Daubelcour says Jordanian officials will open […]