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
Source: Pew Research Center A new survey report looks at attitudes among Muslims in 39 countries on a wide range of topics, from science to sharia, polygamy to popular culture. The survey finds that overwhelming percentages of Muslims in many countries want Islamic law to be the official law of their land, […]
Epigraph: Blessed is He (Allah) in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things; … Who has created seven heavens in harmony. No incongruity canst thou see […]
Washington (CNN) – More than three in four of Americans say religion is losing its influence in the United States, according to a new survey, the highest such percentage in more than 40 years. A nearly identical percentage says that trend bodes ill for the country. “It may be happening, […]
Epigraph: “Allah — there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. … He knows what is before them and what is behind them; and they encompass […]
Photo: Google Images Iran’s officially recognized “spiritual leader” today may be Ayatollah Khamenei, but for hundreds of years before the current establishment of mullahs and ayatollahs, Iranians of all creeds […]
Source: CNN A new SARS-like virus recently found in humans is “a threat to the entire world,” according to the director-general of the United Nations’ World Health Organization. The so-called novel coronavirus “is not a problem that any single affected country can keep to itself or manage all by itself,” […]
Pope Benedict XVI holding the Eucharist Written and Collected by Zia H Shah MD from Wikipedia The Eucharist /ˈjuːkərɪst/, also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord’s Supper, and other […]
Source: The Huffington Post Chelsea Clinton has taken on a new role at New York University — or has she? As The New York Post reported Tuesday, the former first […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: The Lost History of Islam Original Title: Jerusalem and Umar ibn al-Khattab Jerusalem is a city […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Agence France Presse | Posted: 05/27/2013 7:44 am EDT | Updated: 05/27/2013 6:08 am EDT Fear of scandal prompted the cover-up of child sex abuse allegations within the […]
Source: CNN “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN By Fareed Zakaria The sheer barbarism of the attack on a British soldier in Woolwich is really beyond comprehension […]
Epigraph: Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those […]
The Huffington Post By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor ANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) – Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad’s sayings that might scrap those it thought were out of date. Turkish […]
Epigraph “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?” Alphonse de Lamartine, Foreign Minister of France, in his book History of Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump […]
Epigraph “If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and outstanding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with […]
Epigraph: Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:103/104) He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest […]
By Laiq Ahmed Atif Credit: The Times: Friday, May 24, 2013 Hatred, violence, suppression and denial of basic human rights are poisonous substances that can destroy the peace and tranquillity of an entire society. Moreover, they attack human values, so much so that people become so very cruel and hardhearted that […]
Source: The Huffington Post By Staks Rosch: Blogger, atheist, and Humanist Atheists like me are used to religious leaders like the last pope telling us that we are going to Hell to be tortured for all eternity because we are skeptical of their pretty hard to believe claims. This new pope surprised everyone […]
Did Pope Francis Perform An Exorcism? Source: The Huffington Post By CIARAN GILES 05/24/13 11:20 AM ET EDT AP MADRID — The Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists […]