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
Source: Financial Chronicle Putting an end to the speculation on allowing Islamic banking in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, D Subbarao on Tuesday said the current Banking Regulation Act does not permit Islamic banking and that the government will have to bring in a new law […]
Source: The Independependent Revelations of widespread violence against ethnic minorities in Burma’s north-western Rakhine state fleetingly drew the eye of the world’s media last week. Headlines and op-eds reflected the shock felt by the international community at the slaughter of the local Rohingya population and other predominantly Muslim groups, such […]
Source: CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The impact of Hurricane Sandy on the lives of residents of the Northeast will be great. Millions are without power, likely for an […]
The Shimoga Branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosted a very successful “Eid Milan Party” attended by K S Eshwarappa the Deputy Chief Minister of the State of Karnataka along […]
The Holy Quran has a nuance position about the Holy Bible, many portions are literal or inspired word of God, but, there are portions that have been forged and modern research is confirming, what the Holy Quran said more than 1400 years ago. We have saved the two hour audio […]
RAMALLAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 31 October 2012 Criminal investigators from France will exhume Yasser Arafat’s remains next month to try to find out how the Palestinian leader died, a French official said yesterday. The official said the team from France would arrive sometime between Nov. 24 and Nov. 26 in […]
JEDDAH: AFSHAN AZIZ & IRFAN MOHAMMED Wednesday 31 October 2012 As the Eid Al-Adha holidays draws to a close, many residents across the Kingdom look back on an uplifting and […]
By Christoph Sydow SPIEGEL.DE Officially, the European Union views Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories as illegal. But that hasn’t stopped the EU from doing booming trade with the outposts. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: The Review of Religions & http://www.ahmadiyya.org.uk: BUCKINGHAM PALACE 18TH July, 2012 Your Holiness, The Queen has asked me to thank you for your letter which accompanied the beautiful gifts […]
NewsPakistan.pk: Despite many challenges on different fronts, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that Pakistan strongly remains steadfast in its commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights. In her opening statement at the 14th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, […]
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، […]
Russian TV: The key Islamic heritage site, including Prophet Mohammed’s shrine, is to be bulldozed, as Saudi Arabia plans a $ 6 billion expansion of Medina’s holy Masjid an-Nabawi Mosque. However, Muslims remain silent on the possible destruction. Work on the Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina, is planned to start as […]
Business Insider: The huge amount of flooding and standing water in the wake of Sandy’s innundation of the East coast isn’t just leaving power outages and destroyed houses in its path, it can leave a wake of disease as well. Marissa Fessenden explains in the Scientific American live blog about Sandy: […]
Philippine News: Election fever is on, in both the United States and in the Philippines. In the Philippines, the filing of certificate of candidacies for candidates in the Senate, Lower House, and local government units has started. The election campaign in the United States for the presidency, the Senate, and […]
Dawn.com: Peggy Reynolds. WHEN I was a young lecturer a knock came at my office door. “Oh”, said the young man as I opened it, “So sorry — I was looking for Dr Reynolds.” This is a story from the ‘olden days’ but things have not changed that much. I […]
Ahmadiyya Times: Source/Credit: Grassroot Diplomat: Edited by Imran Jattala London, UK: – Dr Iftikhar Ayaz, OBE, Consul General of the Tuvalu Islands, has been nominated for the first ever Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Awards. According to a press release by Grassroot Diplimat, “the award looks to recognize outstanding diplomats and politicians in the UK for their dedication, commitment and […]
U.S. Statement on the UPR of Pakistan 14th Session – October 30, 2012 Note: An abbreviated version of this text was delivered at the Universal Periodic Review due to time constraints. Source: US State Department: The United States welcomes H.E. Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Pakistani […]
Source: Daily Mail UK Her conversion from Ibiza party girl to hijab-wearing Muslim in barely three months may well raise a few eyebrows – and she admits that her friends probably think it’s another one of her fads. But trainee teacher Heather Matthews, 27, says Islam has brought her ‘love […]