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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

Halloween – Harmless or Harmful Fun?

Source: Review of Religion Author: Navida Sayed Halloween is a festival celebrated around the world on 31stOctober. It is a day which has become commercialised, most people being unaware of its true origins. Instead, most associate Halloween with only pumpkins, scary costumes, bonfires and trick or treating. Societies go to […]

French children to learn gay issues at primary school

Franca24. French Minister for Women’s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem on Wednesday unveiled wide-ranging plans to fight homophobia in France that include teaching primary school children about issues affecting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people. She said the Education Ministry was looking at changes to the school curriculum designed to reduce the […]

Welcoming strangers

The town of Olten has a café that is specially for refugees and asylum seekers. Margaret Stringer, who runs the church-funded café, can relate to the migrant experience, as she came to Switzerland from Britain 16 years ago. Asylum laws are in the process of being tightened in Switzerland, and […]

Abdullah tries to loosen restrictions

Riyadh: Abdul Latif Al Shaikh’s effort follows moves by King Abdullah to loosen some restrictions on Saudis and improve the position of women in Saudi society, changes intended to ease the kind of social and economic pressures that fuelled the Arab Spring revolutions that challenged governments across the region. Read  […]

کیا سعودی عرب کیلئے توہین رسالت اور توہین خدا جائز ہے ؟

مسجد نبوی کی توسيع کے بہانے سعودی عرب کے بنیاد پرست حکمران طبقے نے اسلام کی تین قدیم ترین مساجد کو منہدم کرنے کا پروگرام بنایا ہے . اس سے پہلے بھی سعودی عرب اسلامی ثقافتی اور تاریخی مقامات کو منہدم کر چکا ہے جن میں اہم شخصیات کے مزار، […]