Obama responds to alleged racist comments by Clippers’ Don Sterling
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
Circumcision Can Prevent Prostate Cancer If Performed After The Age Of 35
The Huffington Post: There’s good news and bad news, chaps. The good news is that researchers at the University of Montreal and the INRS-Institut-Armand-Frappier have shown that circumcision can hep […]
Demented Tony Blair recites the Saudis’ creed in his latest speech
Source: The Independent By Patrick Cockburn World View: The former prime minister’s intervention on radical Islam was aimed at all the wrong targets Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the core […]
Demented Tony Blair recites the Saudis’ creed in his latest speech
Source: The Independent By Patrick Cockburn World View: The former prime minister’s intervention on radical Islam was aimed at all the wrong targets Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the core […]
Robert Fisk: Yet another betrayal of the Palestinians ‘Barack Obama becomes the latest US President effectively to give up on the peace process’
Dead in the water. Just as the entire world predicted – with the exception of Messrs Barack Obama and John Kerry and, I suppose, our favourite “peace” envoy Tony Blair […]
Robert Fisk: Yet another betrayal of the Palestinians ‘Barack Obama becomes the latest US President effectively to give up on the peace process’
Dead in the water. Just as the entire world predicted – with the exception of Messrs Barack Obama and John Kerry and, I suppose, our favourite “peace” envoy Tony Blair […]
Iraq’s sham elections
Story Summary At the last elections, in 2010, it was clear that what the people of Iraq wanted did not really matter, and that with Iran’s backing, Nouri al-Maliki was sure to be re-elected. Having endured so much over the last 11 years, with hundreds of thousands dead and a […]
US, PH reach new defense deal
ABS.CBN news — MANILA — The signing of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation (EDC) between the United States and the Philippines has been scheduled on Monday morning, ahead of the arrival of US President Barack Obama. Prime Berunia, information officer of the Department of National Defense, said the agreement will be […]
Jackfruit heralded as ‘miracle’ food crop
theguardian: by Suzanne Goldenberg — It’s big and bumpy with a gooey interior and a powerful smell of decay – but it could help keep millions of people from hunger. Researchers say jackfruit – a large ungainly fruit grown across south and south-east Asia – could be a replacement for […]
Halal in Havana: Turkey May Be Building Cuba’s First Mosque
loonwatch.com: For years, Cuba’s Muslims—estimated at just a few thousand—have been a bit, well, unorthodox. Most have favored a flexible version of Islam that’s adjusted to years of living in […]
For Bangui’s last Muslims, to stray outside the safe haven is to court death
Global Post: BANGUI, Central African Republic — For the Muslims living in the Central African Republic’s besieged PK12 neighborhood, the boundaries are clear. Don’t go past the French troops guarding the road to the south, nor too far up the main road heading north. Danger lurks behind the wrecked houses to the […]
Reign of radicalism in Pakistan
Daily Times: The recent discourse regarding terrorism and terrorists has taken a turn from combatant to non-combatant stakeholders and it has left the citizens of Pakistan bewildered about whether they are the democratic citizens of Pakistan or the denizens of an alien land In recent times, a lot has been […]
Spain: Endangered Java mouse-deer born in zoo
Source: BBC A baby Java mouse-deer – one of the smallest hoofed animals in the world – has been born at a zoo in southern Spain. The newborn deer is […]
Human Soul: The Final Frontier?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This article demonstrates the truth of the prophecy of the Holy Quran that the humans have been […]
‘Terrorist name’ bars Swiss passenger from US
A French woman was left stunned this week when she was barred from boarding a Swiss airlines flight to New York from Geneva airport after being told she was blacklisted. […]
Picture of the Day: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian & His Companions
Source: flickr.com From left to right: Back row: 1. Master Ghulam Muhammad of Sialkot 2. Sayyid Hamid Shah 3. Mir Nasir Nawab 4. Munshi Taj Din 5. Hakim Fazl Ilahi of […]
Business as usual for Ahmadis in W. Java, despite threat
Source: thejakartapost.com Ahmadis in Ciamis, West Java, are observing their religious activities as usual at the Nur Khilafat Mosque, despite a call from the local Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) for them to cease worshipping in a bid to maintain security and order. “Everything is normal and secure as of now. Hopefully, […]
Video: Biologist Kenneth Miller on Free Will and Quantum Physics
Our physics has to allow for free will and even though nineteenth century physics only suggested determinism, Quantum physics has provided, at least possible avenue, for both free will and […]
Indonesian Ahmadis defy prayer ban call
Source: ucanews.com Muslim council demands sect adheres to mainstream teachings. Followers of a minority Muslim sect in Indonesia are continuing daily prayers in their West Java mosque despite a call for a ban from the district’s Indonesian Ulema Council. Syaiful Uyun, an Ahmadiya cleric at the mosque, told ucanews.com that daily […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Miami Talks to Jewish Congregation
Report by Khalid Minhas | Public Affairs and Outreach Director – Miami I was invited by Rabbi Barry Silver to deliver a talk to his congregation- L’Dor Va Dor in Lake […]