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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

Iran’s divorce rate rising

TEHRAN: More than one in five marriages in Iran ended in divorce last year — despite the government’s push for more couples to wed and have children to reverse slowing population growth. The annual figures published Tuesday also showed fewer people were getting married and the statistics coincide with rising […]

Amphibians and Reptiles of Pakistan

Promoted posts: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy, The Holy Quran and the Camels of the Americas and The Story of Adam and A Progressive, Metaphorical Reading of the Quran This is a book by Prof. Muhammad Sharif Khan Foreword of the book Pakistan is a land of […]

The antibiotics that could kill you

Source: CNN (CNN) — In 2010, Americans were prescribed 258 million courses of antibiotics, a rate of 833 per thousand people. Such massive usage, billions of doses, has been going on year after year. We have few clues about the consequences of our cumulative exposures. We do know that widespread antibiotic treatments make […]

Looking for a black cat in a dark room?

Source: ET Is the government looking for a black cat in a dark room? So questioned PPP stalwart Raza Rabbani in the Senate in its April 22 session. The context of this pithy and pointed query was a heated debate on the government’s perceived reluctance to take action against militants despite […]