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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

Disunited Nations

Russian TV: The kickoff of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, marking a week of general debate, looks like an epitaph for the UN’s ‘world government,’ once the cornerstone of international politics. There is every reason to believe that the golden days of the UN will never return, and […]

Interest-free banking in India?

Source: CPI Financial In March this year Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena told the Rajya Sabha (Council of States – the upper house of the Indian Parliament) that he had been informed by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, that ‘it is not legally feasible […]

Jesus Christ did not Die on the Cross – A Cardiologist’s Perspective

Professor M H Nuri – Rabwah Introduction In recent years, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ(as) has stimulated considerable interest. The inspiration received from the masterpiece of the Promised Messiah, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(as), Jesus in India, stimulated this author to conduct an interdisciplinary investigation on the circumstances surrounding the crucifixion and to […]

Muslim student must attend swimming lessons

Credit: WAZ via Zafarullah Khan of Germany English Translation of the News (done through google translator without taking responsibility of any mistake. Any one can improve it) The Hessian Administrative Court dismissed the lawsuit of a Muslim high school student in Frankfurt, who for religious reasons did not want to […]

M.T.A. Amends Rules After Pro-Israel Ads Draw Controversy

Source: NY Times. By MATT FLEGENHEIMER The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved new guidelines for advertisements on Thursday, prohibiting those that it “reasonably foresees would imminently incite or provoke violence or other immediate breach of the peace.” The 8-to-0 vote by the authority’s board came three days after pro-Israel ads characterizing Islamist […]

The spilled milk of religious tolerance

Source: ET “The torching of the church is unfortunate and reprehensible, contrary to the teachings of Islam, which ordains respecting places of worship of all religions,” the president had said. PHOTO: REUTERS Trying to be ‘correct’ after the fact, President Asif Ali Zardari has issued a message condemning the ransacking […]

Islam in Germany

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Red Mosque at Schwetzingen Castle, Germany’s oldest mosque constructed between 1779-1791 Islam by country Africa[show] Asia[show] Europe[show] The Americas[show] Oceania[show] This box: view talk […]