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
Luis A. Aguilar, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is generally known as one of its strongest advocates for tougher oversight of the securities industry. In public statements this year, he has pushed his S.E.C. colleagues to be more aggressive, contending that the commission was not […]
by Jordan Times | Aug 26, 2012 | AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, HRH Prince Hassan will head Jordan’s delegation to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Iran welcomed a group of 120 developing nations on Sunday to the NAM […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zahid Gishkori Published: August 27, 2012 ISLAMABAD: With election fever gripping the politically astute across the country, Dr Abdul Qadir Khan, renowned […]
Tampa, Florida (CNN) — Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were being told early Monday to leave their Gulf Coast homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac as […]
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Express Tribune: Imran Khan says Pakistan’s blasphemy law is necessary. He says it is a British law and thinks that in its absence, people would be lynched and there would be anarchy. The stern law, therefore, also helps those accused of blasphemy. Is he right? Let us consider the law. […]
Source: Qantara The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is introducing a schoolbook that introduces pupils to Islam. But is the teacher in it going to wear a headscarf or not, […]
RT: Four Orthodox Christian crosses have been chopped down in different parts of Russia. The incidents come after the Femen movement attacked a cross in Kiev to protest the sentence […]
محمد حنیف بی بی سی اردو سروس، کراچی نہ کہیں ماتمی جلسہ، نہ کوئی یادگاری ٹکٹ، نہ کسی بڑے چوک پر اسکا بت، نہ کسی پارٹی جھنڈے پر اُسکی کی […]
Source: Strategy Page August 25, 2012: The June ethnic and religious violence in the northwest (Rakhine State, the northwestern coast just south of Bangladesh) caused an uproar in Moslem countries, with calls for retribution against Myanmar for allowing it to happen. Long simmering tensions between the Moslem migrants from Bangladesh […]
Global Post: In the US this week, the brouhaha over Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks about “legitimate rape” touched on the hot-button issues of individual freedom, government intervention, party politics and […]
(Reuters) – Chief Abbess Manchen Shih gazed through a first-floor window of her vast wood and concrete temple as shaven-headed nuns in mustard robes prepared for midday prayers, cooking rice […]
StratRisks: : There are many people in Pakistan who oppose the Taliban and their militant activities; however, ironically, not all of them question the Saudi-Wahabi ideology that provides impetus to […]
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala | August 26, 2012 Pakistan’s recently ousted premier Yousuf Raza Gilani reportedly addresses an anti-Ahmadi rally organized by a splinter faction of Khatima-e Nubuwwat movement, […]
KAZAN, Russia — A string of violent attacks by Islamic militants has shattered this city’s reputation as a citadel of religious tolerance and unnerved federal officials in Moscow, who have […]
Dawn: Nadim Farooq Piracha: Jinnah Rebranded A friend of mine, a Shia Muslim, often tells me an intriguing but a very telling little tale. He is from Jhang in the […]
ARAB NEWS Friday 24 August 2012 IT is a common misconception with some non-Muslims that Islam would not have millions of followers all over the world, if it had not […]
Kot Chutta, Pakistan (CNN) — From behind the steel bars of his jail cell, Muhammad Ismail described with uncanny ease how he shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law, and sister-in-law. “The first shot hit the side of her body,” Ismail said. “I left her there and went next door […]
TRIPOLI — Attackers bulldozed a mosque containing Sufi Muslim tombs in the centre of Tripoli in broad daylight on Saturday, in what appeared to be Libya’s most blatant sectarian attack […]
ARAB NEWS Sunday 26 August 2012 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s financial situation is stable and is the best place for seeking jobs, according to a consumer confidence survey conducted by Bayt.com in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Thirty-eight percent of Saudis who participated in the survey said the present […]