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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

FIJI TO BE SECULAR STATE IN NEW CONSTITUTION

Fiji regime demands release of Constitution Commission details SOLOMAN STAR RNZI: The interim government in Fiji has announced it is going to make the Constitution Commission publish the names and salaries of all its staff and consultants. According to FBC News, the interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Banimarama, has instructed […]

Muslim Men have No Unrestricted Power for Divorce

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir high court has held that a Muslim man’s power to divorce (Talaq) his wife is not “unrestricted or unqualified”. Justice Hasnain Masoodi in his 23-page judgment extensively went into details of the Shariah law and Quranic injunctions to hold that a “husband cannot have unrestricted […]

BROWARD SCH BD MEETING TURNS UGLY OVER MUSLIM HOLIDAYS

Broward Schools’ Diversity Board Meeting Turns Ugly Over Muslim Holidays Proposal (VIDEO, POLL) The Huffington Post  |  By Christiana Lilly Posted: 11/02/2012 12:16 pm EDT Updated: 11/02/2012 8:29 pm EDT FOLLOW: Islam, Polls, Video, Broward County Schools, Council On American-Islamic Relations, Cair,Fort Lauderdale Tea Party, Islamic Holidays At School, Muslim Broward, Miami News A Broward School District Diversity Committee meeting got ugly Thursday night […]

Swiss to vote on curbing population growth

Campaigners have collected enough signatures to force a nationwide vote on a proposal to slow down population growth through immigration limits and measures to promote birth control in developing countries. The Environment and Population Association (Ecopop) on Friday handed in more than 120,000 signatures to the federal authorities. No date […]