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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

No winner

Source: BBC Mo Ibrahim said only exceptional leaders will get the prize There is no winner this year for the world’s most valuable individual prize – the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa. Read More:

Tripoli prison suffers mass breakout

Source: BBC The prisoners are said to be of various nationalities and officials say about 60 have so far been recaptured. It is not clear how the breakout happened. Al-Judaida is one of Tripoli’s largest jails. Human rights groups accuse officials of abusing inmates. The mass escape comes less than […]

“Religion often seems a problematic issue”

Christoph Bochinger, a professor of religious studies, sees no countertrend to ­secularisation, with the result that the churches have lost their role as leaders on ­matters ­relating to values and ­conscience. Interview by Matthias Herren “Swiss review”: The Catholic and ­Reformed Protestant Churches have ­steadily been losing members for decades. […]

‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’

Huff Post: The Archdiocese of New Orleans is responding to the high rate of violence and murder in the Crescent City with a basic Biblical reminder that reads: Thou Shalt Not Kill – God. This week the diocese will be distributing 5,000 signs to its parishes to be distributed to […]