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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

Will other past atrocities towards minority communities receive the same kind of attention and treatment? The Ahmadi tombstones destroyed in Lahore on December 3 come to mind.

Source: ET. In an enlightening bit of news, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti recently announced Rs90 million for the rehabilitation and renovation of a church in Mardan that was destroyed back in September during riots over an amateur anti-Islam video. While this is a surprising move — as members […]

‘Save the state, not politics’: Qadri returns, in style

Source: ET Tahirul Qadri acknowledges supporters at Minar-e-Pakistan. PHOTO: NNI LAHORE: Influential religious scholar Tahirul Qadri set a three-week deadline on Sunday for the Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition government to introduce election reforms or else face a “million-man march” on January 14. “Elections without reforms will be meaningless and people will […]

The defining moment

Daily Times: Mohammad Ahmad. Jinnah’s Pakistan was to be a land free of prejudice. Discrimination was to be the forbidden word in Jinnah’s Pakistan. Jinnah’s Pakistan was not created for the Taliban. The destiny of Pakistan will not be inked by India, the US or China. The future of Pakistan […]

Syria’s dwindling resources

The war in Syria has taken a heavy toll on the economy, despite the government’s best efforts to keep it afloat. As the fighting continues with neither the government nor the opposition forces any closer to a decisive victory, it is the Syrian people who are most exposed to the […]