Bigger threat: Edward Snowden or NSA?
By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN updated 8:44 AM EDT, Sat June 15, 2013 Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks […]
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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
After all Pakistan Government will not be able to Block the Muslim Times
Prelude: A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times Google tests balloons to beam internet from near space Source: BBC Google is launching balloons into near space […]
Centrist Candidate, Hassan Rouhani is Iran’s next President
(CNN) — Iranian centrist candidate Hassan Rouhani has won the Islamic republic’s presidential election, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced Saturday. Iranian officials reported a high turnout, with nearly 73% of some […]
The Teaching Company
Many of the prudent customers wait to buy these courses, until they go on ‘sale.’ The company was founded in 1990 by Thomas M. Rollins, former Chief Counsel of the […]
Google: We’re No NSA Stooge and We’ll Prove It if the Feds Let Us
Source: Time Tech giant Google has asked the U.S. Department of Justice for permission to publish the number of national-security information requests it receives from the government, including requests made […]
Islam Answers: Reconciling Human Suffering and Existence of God
This is modified form of a speech given at an interfaith symposium in Buffalo, NY, on June 10, 2013 to some 50-70 non-Muslim guests. By Ataul Wahid Lahaye, Canada As a Muslim, we recite […]
Oxygen mystery: How marine mammals hold their breath
Source: BBC By Victoria Gill: Science reporter, BBC News Dr Michael Berenbrink from the University of Liverpool explains how marine mammals are able to hold their breath for so long. […]
Big Data, Big Idea or the Big Principles?
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: We have modified the original title. What would big data think of Einstein? Source: BBC By Sydney Finkelstein: Professor of strategy and leadership, and Dean for Executive […]
TEDGlobal: Cloud schools offer new education
Source: BBC By Jane Wakefield: Technology reporter, TEDGlobal, Edinburgh Children in developing countries could educate themselves using computers, the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh has been told. Prof Sugata Mitra was […]
End of Racism in USA, White children nearly a minority, says US census
Muslim Time’s Editor’s comment: Headline has been partially modified by us. Source: BBC For the first time, half (49.9%) of American children under the age of five are of a […]
A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times
By Zia H Shah MD As of 7th of June, 2013, the Muslim Times has been banned in parts of Pakistan. When the readers try to log in, instead of […]
Karen Armstrong On Epilepsy: Author Details The ‘Absolute Terror’ That Led To Diagnosis (Video)
Epigraph: Blessed is He in whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things. It is He who has created death and life that He might try […]
European Commission demands answers about Prism data requests
Source: BBC The EU’s Justice Commissioner has written to the US attorney general, questioning him about America’s data surveillance programme, Prism. Viviane Reding wrote that she was concerned America’s efforts […]
Google, Facebook and Microsoft seek data request transparency
Source: BBC Google, Facebook and Microsoft have asked the US government to allow them to disclose the security requests they receive for handing over user data. The move comes after […]
Gospel of John: What Everyone Should Know About The Fourth Gospel
Source: The Huffington Post By John Shelby Spong: Retired American Bishop of the Episcopal Church Almost any poll of regular church goers will reveal that their favorite book in the New […]
Russia Says It Would Consider Asylum For Edward Snowden
Source: The Huffington Post Russia would consider granting asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. Snowden fled the United States after leaking information about […]
Kuwaiti woman jailed for ‘insulting’ emir tweets
Source: BBC A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a woman to 11 years in jail for insulting the emir and calling for regime change on social networking site Twitter. Huda al-Ajmi, a 37-year-old teacher, has been also convicted of misusing her mobile phone. She can appeal against the sentence. Kuwait has […]
Ellsberg: NSA Defector did a big service
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NSA leaker holed up in Hong Kong hotel, running low on cash
By Jethro Mullen and Matt Smith, CNN updated 5:09 AM EDT, Mon June 10, 2013 Hong Kong (CNN) — The man behind of one of the biggest leaks in the […]
Women Of The Wall Pray At The Western Wall With Few Ultra-Orthodox Protesters
Source: The Huffington Post An Israeli Jewish women of the Woman of the Wall organization prays while wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews […]