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
Washington Post: LAHORE, Pakistan — The young police inspector came to court to present evidence in a beating case. He left with his head and lip bloodied and his uniform torn — assaulted, he said, by a gang of black-suited assailants. The notorious lawyers of Lahore had struck again, police and […]
We are just referring you here to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukuk Sukuk: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search Part of a series on Sukuk (Arabic: صكوك, plural of صك Sakk, “legal instrument, deed, check”) is the Arabic name for financial certificates, but commonly refers to the Islamic equivalent of bonds. […]
BANGKOK, Thailand — Myanmar’s coastal Rakhine State is stricken with just the sort of mess certain international aid groups are designed to relieve. Roiling conflict between the region’s native Buddhists and a stateless Muslim ethnicity, the Rohingya, has brought on mob killings, torched villages, mass displacement and even bow-and-arrow wounds. […]
Express Tribune: Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti issued a religious edict prohibiting contact and cooperation with the foreign media seeking to “spread chaos and strife in the Muslim world”. Addressing a Friday sermon at a mosque in Riyadh, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh said that people should not divulge their country’s secrets […]
Syria opposition groups agree to unite against Assad as US swiftly declares its support to new National Coalition. Middle East Online By Faisal Baatout – DOHA Syria’s deeply divided opposition […]
RAMALLAH — The Palestinians will submit a bid to the General Assembly for non-state membership of the United Nations later this month, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday. “We’re going […]
Arab News Friday 9 November 2012 Allah the Almighty legislated acts of worship and obedience for great wisdom and sublime objectives. They strengthen one’s faith, purify soul, correct the attitude and refine the morals. If acts of worship do not achieve these objectives, then the Muslim would not benefit from […]
by Taylor Luck | Nov 11, 2012 | 22:48 AMMAN — A Jordanian jihadist has been killed in southern Syria, to Islamist sources, as the government reportedly increased security along the northern border to curb the rising flow of Islamist militants. The local jihadist movement said 37-year-old Amad Natour was […]
ARAB NEWS Monday 12 November 2012 .JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal stressed the need for all departments and agencies serving the Haj pilgrims to review and update their plans […]
Inquirer.net: Amanda Doronila. Fresh on the heels of the reelection of US President Barack Obama, the White House announced that he would visit Burma (Myanmar) as his first foreign policy initiative at the start of a three-leg tour of Southeast Asia that covers Thailand and Cambodia on Nov. 17-20. The […]
Pakistan is likely to remain a very important part of Obama’s foreign policy agenda in his next term Pakistan was the only country amongst 21 countries surveyed that preferred Governor Mitt Romney over President Barack Hussein Obama in the US election. It may well be a commentary on the resentment […]
The Express Tribune: Farzana Versey. Hinduism could probably be the most nuanced religion if only the Hindus left it alone. A political leader is carping about how Bollywood denigrates the religion. Films in India are essentially ‘socio-myth’, therefore, characters are inspired by an existing template. We are celebrating Diwali now, […]
Source: Spiegel International Astronomers have long had a basic understanding of how stars are formed. But observing and proving the theory has proven elusive. Now, a German-American project, complete with […]
Source: The Guardian The former Australia Test player Greg Ritchie has been criticised by Cricket Australia for making a racist remark at a lunch during the first Test with South Africa. Ritchie, a batsman who played for Australia between 1982 and 1987, used the word “kaffirs” when speaking at a […]
Press Release in English 10.11.2012 Press Release in Bangla 10.11.2012 The Daily Star Sunday, November 11, 2012 Reconstruct arson damaged mosque Ahmadiyya leaders appeal to govt Staff Correspondent Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Bangladesh leaders yesterday appealed to the government to immediately ensure the reconstruction of a mosque of the community […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zahrah Nasir Published: November 9, 2012 The writer is author of The Gun Tree: One Woman’s War (Oxford University Press, 2001) […]
Source: BBC CIA director David Petraeus’s extramarital affair, which forced him to resign, was uncovered during an investigation into a potential breach of his Gmail account, reports say. The check revealed Mr Petraeus’s affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. The FBI was investigating whether Mrs Broadwell had access to Mr […]
Source: The PEW Forum or Religion & Public Life ANALYSIS November 7, 2012 Vote Choice by Religion and Race Vote Choice by Religious Attendance Religious Composition of the 2012 Electorate […]
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return News coming in: Mr. Manzoor Ahmad, a 33 year old well known and respected businessman was […]
Jordan Times: AMMAN – The annual pension bill for 346 former premiers and ministers costs the Treasury around JD8.5 million, official figures show. According to the figures, revealed by the […]