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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

Pakistani rhetoric blind to reality. Human Right Issue: What actually happened in Geneva?

Source: Asiatimes: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar carefully crafted an opening speech boasting about the achievements of the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government since 2008. The speech made repeated mention of the catch-words “democracy” and “women’s rights”. Even drone strikes – or their purported illegality rather – surprisingly received a paragraph […]

Islamic Law,Adoptions and Kafalah

Islamic Law, Adoptions, and Kafalah by Faisal Kutty / November 8th, 2012 There hasn’t been a concerted push to open doors for Muslim orphans because the expectation would be that those efforts would fall flat… – Chuck Johnson, chief executive, National Council for Adoption Conventional wisdom — among both Muslims and non-Muslims — […]

‘Reading can mould your personality’

Reading can mould the personality and transform people, according to Shaikh Sultan bin Ahmad Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Media Centre. Speaking at the sidelines of the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair, Shaikh Sultan bin Ahmad Al Qasimi said there is much to gain by interacting with leading authors, […]

A Second Chance on Human Rights

NY Times: By ERIC L. LEWIS WASHINGTON PRESIDENT OBAMA has been re-elected. He must now decide how to balance his commitment to human rights against the political risks of appearing “soft on terrorism.” The president’s critics on the left must accept that he has fundamentally altered the George W. Bush-era human rights […]

Muslims: Obama re-election good for global peace

P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS JEDDAH: Muslim community leaders were unanimous in their opinion: Barack Obama’s re-election as president of the United States would promote global peace and strengthen America’s relations with the Islamic world. Leaders and participants at the Islamic Development Bank community development workshop shared their thoughts about the […]

Proof of Heaven? Quite Naturally…

Huff Post:  Amitai Shenhav. A few weeks ago the cover of Newsweek featuredan article by Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon who previews what he refers to in his forthcoming book as “proof of Heaven.” In his piece, Alexander argues that heaven exists because he had the experience of heaven without the biological capacity for […]