The U.S. looks for a decent escape from Afghanistan
By David Ignatius The Daily Star While the overlooked war in Afghanistan grinds on, a group of officials in Washington, Kabul and Islamabad are exploring a bare-bones strategy that would […]
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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
Saudi Arabia to curb powers of religious police — reports
AFP | Oct 03, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will curb the powers of its notorious religious police charged with ensuring compliance with Islamic morality but often accused of abuses, a newspaper report said on Wednesday. “The new system will set a mechanism for the field work […]
Picture of the Day- Miracle
Surrounded by miracles of God and still waiting and looking for miracles-what a pity
Arson In Toledo Mosque
Huff Post: TOLEDO, Ohio (RNS) Muslim worshippers are reeling from an arson fire at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, but are grateful for an outpouring of support from the local interfaith community. “All the support we get is very welcome because if you are going through a tragedy and […]
France: Muslims attend classes to prepare for Hajj pilgrimage
By REUTERS-PARIS alarabiya.net The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is one of the five pillars of Islam and required of all able-bodied Muslims at least […]
Is Isaac Newton a Part of the Muslim Heritage: His Religious Views?
Alexander Pope‘s couplet: “Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in Night. God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light!” Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
Isaac Newton – Rejector of the Trinity, believer in one God
Epigraph: They are surely disbelievers who say, ‘Allah is the third of three;’ there is no God but the One God. (Al Quran 5:74) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]
‘Put Yourself in Israel’s Situation’
Source: Spiegel Carl G. Friedrich / DER SPIEGEL Jewish World Congress President Ronald Lauder: “Does the American guarantee take effect five minutes before the first explosion? Or five minutes after?” Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, speaks to SPIEGEL about the conflict between the West and Iran, Israel’s threat […]
Court: internet users must pay TV fee
Source: The Local Everyone with a computer connected to the internet in Germany must pay television and radio license fees, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday – just a few months before the system is changed to one levied per household. More:
Holland’s only nuclear power plant fails Brussels’ safety stress tests
The Netherlands only nuclear power plant, at Borssele in Zeeland, does not meet international standards for coping with flooding or earthquakes, Trouwreports on Wednesday. In addition, equipment which is supposed to be used in the case of a serious problem is not properly stored to withstand a natural disaster, the paper […]
Iranian police clash with protesters over currency plunge
Source: TOI DUBAI: Iranian riot police clashed on Wednesday with demonstrators and foreign exchange dealers in the capital Tehran over the collapse of the country’s currency, which has lost a third of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said. More:
Picture of the Day: After the mob in Bangladesh
Source: Asiatimes A Buddhist monk looks on in a burnt temple in Cox’s Bazar, some 396 kilometers from the capital Dhaka. Bangladesh police said they had arrested nearly 300 people after Muslim mobs attacked temples and houses in what Buddhist leaders described as the worst violence against the community since […]
True Love for the Holy Prophet
Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmadaba, Khalifatul Masih V, Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on 21st September 2012 from the Baitul Futuh Mosque, London. In response […]
U.S. companies add 162,000 jobs in September
(Reuters) – U.S. companies added 162,000 jobs in September, more than economists expected but still pointing to slow improvement in the labor market, data from a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 143,000 jobs. The […]
Dermatology or Skin Medicine in the Old Testament: Leviticus 13
Those who live in Glass houses and constantly hatemonger against Islam or bogeyman of Shariah Law, may want to read this: Source: New International Version of the Bible The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “When anyone has a swelling or a rash or a shiny spot on their skin […]
Muslims Abroad Should Respect the American Tradition of Free Speech as They Debate Their Own
Parvez Ahmed The Huff Pos Associate Professor of Finance, Coggin College of Business, University of North Florida Muslims Abroad Should Respect the American Tradition of Free Speech as They Debate […]
Muslim Speaker Keynotes Awareness of Domestic Violence Bike-a-Thon & Walk, in Buffalo
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ENID BLOCH On a beautiful Saturday morning, September 28, several hundred walkers and bike-riders gathered alongside the Niagara River in Tonawanda, NY, a suburb of Buffalo. […]
It’s Time To Take Steps To Reverse The Decline Of Men
Businessinsider.com: Of all the things that need to be said about Hanna Rosin’sThe End of Men, the most significant is that it is not entirely true. Even before the book’s […]
Good News on Sale: ‘Bahrain buys favorable CNN content’
Russian TV: Amid a violent crackdown on a popular uprising, Bahrain paid CNN to get favorable coverage, says a former reporter who believes her documentary on the protests there was […]
Reform Pakistan style: PHC orders religious lessons for ‘brothel owner’
Daily Times: PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan has directed a woman accused of running a brothel to “improve herself” by attending classes at a mosque every day for a month, reports BBC News. The PHC chief justice made mosque attendance part of her bail […]