Nine Times bigger Telescope for Hawaii
Hawaii Islands – Picture is courtesy of PacificIslands.com Source: China Daily By Chen Jia in San Francisco (China Daily) Chinese astronomers are helping develop technologies for what it is intended […]
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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
Guantanamo is a Blot on the Glorious Face of America
By Saeed Qureshi In his press conference on April 30 President Obama reaffirmed his resolve to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp by repatriating the left over detainees to their respective countries or to other destinations. The President’s press conference was in response to the grave situation propped up following […]
Ahmadis are Muslims, so said the Founder of Pakistan
“Ahmadis are Muslims, If They Say They are Muslims and No One, Not Even the Sovereign Legislature, has the Right to Say Otherwise.” – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, 05 May 1944. […]
Meet Your New School Principal: Sugata Mitra
Sugata Mitra (born 12 February 1952) is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, England. He is best known for his “Hole in the […]
Orthodox Christians are Celebrating Easter on May 5
Collected and Written by Zia H Shah MD Most of the Muslims know about the Catholic and Protestant Christians, but, fail to recognize the Orthodox Church, her precise beliefs and […]
38,350 suicides in 2010, in USA
Source: BBC The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans rose 28% in a decade, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found. Among adults 35-64, white people and American Indians saw the sharpest increases from 1999 to 2010. The CDC did not investigate causes behind the trend, […]
Conflicted Minds: Religious Freedom or Death for Apostates?
The Muslim Times has changed the title of the article. The title in Washington Post is: 64 percent of Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan support the death penalty for leaving […]
Two Minute Videos: Imran Khan Then and Now
Epigraph: “Surely, Allah changes not the condition of a people until they change that which is in their hearts.” (Al Quran 13:12) Then: A video clip from good old days of Imran Khan […]
Are Terrorists winning in Pakistan?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD If by terrorists, we mean those who killed Governor Salmaan Taseer including those who rejoiced and celebrated the politically motivated murder, then terrorists and terrorism […]
Is Imran Khan a misfit or the least fit, when it comes to Ahmadiyya?
Epigraph: “There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has […]
NE China to build robot industrial base
Source: China Daily SHENYANG – A robot industrial base with an estimated annual output of 50 billion yuan (8 billion U.S. dollars) will be established in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, […]
National Day Of Prayer 2013, May 2, Proclamation By President Obama
Epigraph: “And when My servants ask thee (Muhammad) about Me (Allah), say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should […]
Why Cinco de Mayo?
A Muslim Times’ original Op-Ed By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson America is a nation of immigrants. That is one of the principle reasons that we have been able to develop […]
Ahmadiyya hosted Annual Peace Symposium in Malta
Source: Laiq Ahmed Atif: President Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Malta The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Malta organised its annual peace symposium on Friday 26th April at the Phoenicia Hotel, Valletta. In […]
Japan’s Mount Fuji ‘set for Unesco listing’
Source: BBC Japan’s near-symetrical snow-topped volcano, Mount Fuji, looks likely to become a Unesco World Heritage site, officials say. A key UN advisory council had recommended it as appropriate for […]
Meet the Irrational Islamomaniacs from Pakistan
Epigraph: “Those who believe, then disbelieve, then again believe, then disbelieve, and then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor will He guide them to the way.” (Al […]