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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

Secularism and Islam

By Shah N. Khan Secularism is the view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education. The word secular means worldly rather than spiritual and not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body such as secular music and secular government.  Most of the 57 […]

A national shame

Source: ET Police said the girl was tied to a tree at her home in Chak 151/10-R in Jahanian and set on fire. PHOTO: FILE Honour killing is everything but that. It has its roots in a perversion of the moral code where right and wrong are reversed, and mindsets […]

Ukraine’s Leader Flees!

Source: NY Times: Protesters stood guard near the presidential administration building in Kiev on Saturday. Darko Bandic/Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — An opposition unit took control of the presidential palace outside Kiev on Saturday, as leaders in Parliament said Ukraine’s president, Viktor F. Yanukovych, had fled the capital a day […]