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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

How can Wahhabi vandalism be stopped?

Wahhabis have a history of vandalising and destroying Islamic heritage. In Saudi Arabia they destroyed and damaged houses and mosques associated with the Prophet Mohammad and his family. The history goes back to 18th and 19th century and their raids on Shi’a holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing and […]

Is Something Wrong at Heart of Islam?

Credit: Jakarta Globe. Paris. British author Salman Rushdie, who lived in hiding for nine years under a death sentence from Iran’s supreme leader, said in an interview published last Thursday that something had gone wrong at the heart of Islam.Rushdie told Le Monde newspaper that his years fleeing the 1989 […]

American Problems Not Made In China

Huff Post: by Peter S. Goodman. Inevitably and regrettably, China has landed in the middle of the American presidential campaign. Both candidates are now laying claim to credentials as the ultimate guardian against the supposed job-killing, prosperity-destroying juggernaut across the Pacific. This is inevitable because China’s rise and its implications for global […]

Iran’s president condemns anti-Islam film, the violence it sparked

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&contentId=bestoftv/2012/09/23/pmt-ahmadinejad-libya.cnn Watch the full interview Monday at 9 p.m. ET on “Piers Morgan Tonight” New York (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed Sunday an anti-Islam film and the violent and deadly protests it triggered in the Muslim world. Ahmadinejad spoke to CNN’s Piers Morgan in New York, ahead of […]

Pride of the Creation

The Muslim Outlook by Shahid Pervaiz September 22, 2012 How complex the universe looks, when we start thinking about it. Near infinity being the expanse of it and millions of Light-Year distances between various cosmic embodiments; and still continues to expand in all directions at a speed of 186,000 Miles […]