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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

Past that portrays rise of the modern

Source: TOI LONDON: As you walk through the central part of this great metropolis, along Oxford Street, through Bloomsbury, past the British Museum, into Covent Garden, the Theatre District and Leicester Square, you fail to notice the limp that hobbles the British economy. The place bustles, as tourists jostle with […]

Rwanda: UN Top Official Salutes Country Peacekeepers

Source: Allafrica.com: Developing countries should emulate Rwanda’s involvement in peacekeeping missions around the world in order to foster peace, a top UN official has urged. Judy Cheng-Hopkins, the UN Assistant Secretary General for Peace building Support, made the remarks yesterday after holding talks with the Minister of Defence, James Kabarebe, […]

Africa `s Afghanistan

Source: Allafrica.com: What began ostensibly in January 2012 as just another rebellion by the Sahara desert’s Tuareg tribesmen has evolved into what media commentators are calling ‘Africa’s Afghanistan’. The Tuareg are Berbers, not Arabs, and are the indigenous population of much of the Central Sahara and Sahel. Their population is […]

EL-SAQARI – FIRST FEMALE LEADER OF EGYPT’S ISLAMIST PARTY

Sabah El-Saqari Aims To Become First Female Leader Of Egypt’s Islamist Party Posted: 10/05/2012 4:54 pm EDT Updated: 10/05/2012 5:04 pm EDT 25 11 0 5 GET WORLD ALERTS: SIGN UP FOLLOW: Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Video, Freedom And Justice Party, Muslim Brotherhood Egypt,Sabah Al-Saqari, Sabah Al-Saqari Egypt, Sabah Al-Saqari Egypt Islamist Party, Woman, World News By: Maggie Flick, The Associated Press […]

Judge Affirms Right to Run Anti-Islam Transit ADS

Friday, October 5, 2012 Judge affirms right to run anti-Islam transit ad Cyrus McGoldrick, Advocacy Director for Council on American-Islamic Relations, makes a photo with his cell phone of an anti-Muslim poster on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, in New York’s Times Square subway station. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Add […]

Experts Challenge Super Food Claims: Healthy-Giving Properties of Broccoli, Blueberries, May Not Make It Past the Gut

ScienceDaily (Oct. 5, 2012) — They have been the mainstay of the health industry for the best part of a decade, but now researchers at London’s Kingston University are using an approach that allows them to delve deeper into the effectiveness of health-promoting ‘super foods’ and their elixir-giving ilk. While there’s […]