Dutch doctor faces trial in landmark euthanasia case
Source: BBC News A Dutch doctor has appeared in court after performing euthanasia on a patient suffering with severe dementia. Prosecutors say the doctor did not do enough to verify […]
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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
Sri Lankan Islamic clerics seek clarity on face veil ban
Source: Associated Press By KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Islamic clerics in Sri Lanka asked Muslim women on Tuesday to continue to avoid wearing face veils until the […]
Bangladesh to remove the word ‘virgin’ from Muslim marriage certificates
Source: The Guardian The word “virgin” must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in Bangladesh, the country’s top court has said, a landmark verdict after campaigners challenged the “humiliating and discriminatory” […]
Houston: Islamic group hosts Sanders and Castro as rightwingers protest
Source: The Guardian In Houston on Saturday, an annual Islamic convention hosting presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Julian Castro braced for an armed far-right protest and a counter-demonstration. The 56th Islamic Society of North […]
Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea
Source: MSN News By Rob Pichet Concerns over the sustainability of the congested and rapidly sinking political center of Jakarta prompted the need for a new capital. The relocation was […]
Pope calls for global commitment to put out Amazon fires
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for a global commitment to put out the fires in the Amazon, saying the area was essential for the […]
Sikh teacher moves to B.C. over Quebec law banning religious symbols in public-sector jobs
Source: CBC News Amrit Kaur says she was forced to leave Quebec to teach school BY Meera Bains Amrit Kaur, teacher and vice-president of the Quebec chapter of the World […]
Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit
Source: Associated Press By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court reversed a lower court decision and ruled Friday that the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ policy of […]
As U.S. Jews Cool To Israel, Evangelicals Flock There As Tourists
Source: NPR By Tom Gjelten President Trump’s evident desire to identify who’s most “loyal” to Israel has a clear winner: U.S. evangelicals. Not only do they outpace U.S. Jews in […]
‘Millennial nuns’ are a myth as Catholic women’s religious orders still face uncertain future
Source: The Columbus Dispatch By Danae King The Columbus Dispatch The popular notion that more and more women in their 20s and 30s are flocking to the cloistered life does […]
Obama: What Muhammad Ali meant to me
Source: USA Today In 2010, in celebration of Muhammad Ali’s 50 years on the world stage, President Barack Obama penned for USA TODAY Sports the following essay on what Ali […]
Imran Khan in New York Times: The World Can’t Ignore Kashmir. We Are All in Danger.
Source: New York Times By PM Imran Khan If the world does nothing to stop the Indian assault on Kashmir and its people, two nuclear-armed states will get ever closer […]
President Obama’s Speech about the Muslim Heritage and the Muslim World, in Cairo, in 2009
Text from NY Times The following is a text of President Obama’s prepared remarks to the Muslim world, delivered on June 4, 2009, as released by the White House. I […]
There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Gay Gene,’ a New Study Argues
Source: Time BY JAMIE DUCHARME In 1993, researchers discovered a stretch of DNA on the X chromosome they believed to be linked to male homosexuality. In the years since, the concept of a […]
Video: Malcolm X’s Letter from Hajj
We have saved the above video in the Muslim Times as well to ensure its longevity:
Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men.’ But what does God want?
Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men’. Source: Religion News Service By Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis prayed for the strength […]
Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Winter-2016 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori […]
‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin May Enhance Feelings Of Spirituality
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post “Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs.” The same hormone that helps mothers […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed to […]
The Family: ‘Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15’
Source: BBC By Miriam Annenberg For the first 15 years of his life, Ben Shenton lived in a doomsday cult that thought the world would soon end. Instead the police […]
