UN agency funded with Saudi money wants to edit worldwide textbooks
By Ben Evansky Published October 16, 2012 FoxNews.com The UN agency that promotes education wants a say in how future textbooks are written, and Saudi Arabia — a nation whose […]
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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
Solomonic wisdom needed to establish Separation of Mosque-Church-Synagogue and State
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Fresco of the Judgment of Solomon (Courtesy: Wikipedia) The Judgment of Solomon refers to a story from the Hebrew […]
UN envoy to Syria calls on government to initiate cease-fire with rebels for Muslim holiday
BEIRUT – The international envoy to the Syrian conflict on Wednesday called on President Bashar Assad’s regime to take the lead in implementing a cease-fire during a major Muslim holiday later this month. Lakhdar Brahimi said rebel representatives have assured him they will also observe the truce if the government […]
1001 Inventions and The Library of Secrets – starring Sir Ben Kingsley as Al-Jazari
Oscar-winning actor and screen legend Sir Ben Kingsley has taken the starring role in a short feature film about the scientific heritage of Muslim civilisation. The mini-movie, entitled “1001 Inventions […]
Floods in Pakistan kill 455, affect 5 million
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: October 17, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed 455 people over the past five weeks and affected more […]
Ulterior motives
Story Summary Daily Star, Lebanon Palestine has once again faced vocal rejection of its statehood bid, this time in a statement from the United States declaring that such a move would set back the peace process. The delay in recognizing Palestine instead means the country is steadily losing more land […]
Refreshing, rational U.S. views on Iran
Story Summary by Rami G. Khouri Sometimes things happen so slowly that the casual observer misses them, and one such occurrence is the slow evolution in the United States’ position in its faceoff with Iran. Two important things seem to have occurred since the spring: Washington seems to have taken […]
Pope to send a delegation to Damascus: Vatican
Story Summary Pope Benedict XVI will send a delegation to Damascus to express his solidarity with the Syrian people, the Vatican said on Tuesday, as violence escalated with deadly air […]
English translation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya
The beginning of the publication of this book, in Urdu in 1880, started the renaissance of Islam Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya has been called the Magnum opus of the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, […]
Turkish minister slams EU as world’s most hypocritical body
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s economy minister condemned the European Union on Tuesday as the most hypocritical organisation in the world, in vitriolic remarks which underlined the EU candidate country’s growing alienation from Brussels. Turkey’s bid to join the bloc has virtually ground to a halt in recent years due to opposition […]
Pregnant women, patients suffering from chronic ailments told to delay Haj
MD RASOOLDEEN ARABNEWS RIYADH: The Ministry Health Ministry advised pregnant mothers and patients suffering from chronic ailments to postpone the Haj pilgrimage for a subsequent occasion. Dr. Nasreen Sherbini, health adviser on epidemic diseases, offered the advice yesterday to prospective local Haj pilgrims through the ministry’s phone-in-service conducted by its […]
Changing tides in Syria
Osama Al Sharif ARABNEWS TWENTY months after the eruption of peaceful protests against the regime of President Bashar Assad, the situation today spells a different reality. More than 30,000 people have perished so far in drawn-out bloody confrontations between armed dissidents, representing various groups with different political and ideological affiliations, […]
Arafat Day on Oct. 25
ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Arafat Day, when millions of Muslim pilgrims will stand in prayer on the mount of Arafat near Makkah at the peak of the annual pilgrimage, will […]
Article calling Mormonism ‘cult’ disappears from Graham website
Author: Jon Ostendorff with contribution from The Associated Press Source: Citizen-Times.com A Billy Graham Evangelistic Association article labeling Mormonism a cult has been removed from the group’s website following the 93-year-old evangelist’s meeting with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney last week. Graham, during the meeting, pledged to do “all I can” […]
The Balkanization of Europe?
Global Post: ANTWERP, Belgium — Europe’s rising tide of nationalism swept over Belgium on Sunday when separatists seeking independence for the country’s Dutch-speaking north surged in local elections to take […]
Copy-and-paste trick: ‘Gospel of Jesus’s wife’ spiced with modern technology
Russian TV: Many gave a sigh of relief after the papyrus fragment known as the “Gospel of Jesus’ wife” turned out to be a fake. The text hailed as “old […]
Malala Yousafzai : the tipping point for Pakistan?
Examiner.com: Malala Yousafzai, a teenager from the Swat Valley in Pakistan was shot in the head last week by the Taliban because of her unflinching quest for education despite all odds. The attack on the unarmed, 14 year old girl has alarmed the whole world. It has sent shock waves in Pakistan and […]
The extremist mindset
Dawn.com: by Kaiser Bengali. TWO events in recent weeks have shaken the country and — fortunately, for a change — led to intense soul-searching. The first event was the response to the anti-Islam film in the US and the second the shooting of 14-year old schoolgirl and anti-Taliban blogger Malala […]
Thwarting Religious Cleansing in the Muslim World- The Example of Dr. Abdus Salam
Thwarting Religious Cleansing in the Muslim World By Farahnaz Ispahani & Nina Shea October 16, 2012 5:33 P.M Physicist Mohammad Abdus Salam was the first Pakistani and the first Muslim to win a […]