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
NICOLA BERKOVIC From: The Australian A SYDNEY man who agreed under an Islamic marriage contract to pay his wife a $50,000 “deferred dowry” if he ever left her has been forced by the NSW Supreme Court to honour their agreement. In a decision believed to be an Australian first, the […]
By Ronen Bergman, Juliane von Mittelstaedt, Matthias Schepp and Holger Stark Spiegel.de As the battle against Syrian rebels reaches a new stage, Israel is worried that President Assad might use his vast arsenal of chemical weapons against his own people or neighbors — or perhaps even give some to Hezbollah. […]
Swiss footballer Michel Morganella has been expelled from the London Olympics for posting a racist message on social networking website Twitter. Swiss Olympic team chief Gian Gilli said Morganella was […]
by Clare O’Dea on the Jungfraujoch, swissinfo.ch Not many records are still in place 100 years on but the Jungfraujoch railway station on the shoulder of the Jungfrau mountain in […]
Source: Nation.Pk SLAMABAD – In a bid to promote interfaith harmony in Pakistan, Minister of State for National Harmony, Akram Masih Gill, said on Wednesday that formation of national peace committees for interfaith harmony was under way. While talking to a delegation of Ulema headed by Allama Muhammad Shoaib, Chairman […]
Boss of Pakistan intel agency to push CIA chief Petraeus to end drone strikes CBS News Zaheerul Islam, head of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, and CIA chief Gen. David Petraeus is meant to ease the tension between the two allies, Pakistani and Western officials warn the issue of drone […]
Credit: Asia Times By Animesh Roul At a time when questions are being raised about Saudi Arabia’s tacit support for the global Salafist movement, recent developments have displayed the kingdom’s new-found seriousness in fighting terrorism, especially that emanating from South Asia. These developments include the deportation of a top Lashkar-e-Taiba […]
Credit: Dawn.Com People professing different faiths — Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan People professing different faiths — Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan BEIJING: China criticized the US for its annual report on global religious freedom Tuesday, calling it a political tool based on groundless accusations that displayed Washington’s arrogance and […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com AFP | 1 day ago JHANG: The two-room bungalow, the birth place of Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, today stands empty, testament to […]
Global Post: It’s the start of a usual day in a very unusual place. The sky is dark, cold and damp, the mist thick in the mountain air. Lines of […]
RAMZY BAROUD ARABNEWS Tuesday 31 July 2012 NORTHERN Mali promises to be the graveyard for scores of innocent people if African countries don’t collectively challenge Western influence in the region. The Republic of Mali is fast becoming the Afghanistan of Africa. The reference is being applied with growing enthusiasm by […]
RAMTHA — Hundreds of Syrians on Monday protested against their transfer to a recently opened refugee camp as authorities imposed new regulations restricting their movement within the country. The refugees […]
by Suleiman Al Khalidi | Reuters JORDAN TIMES REYHANLI, Turkey — Abdullah Ben Shamar, a Saudi student, puts a small copy of the Koran among his few belongings packed neatly in a holdall as he prepares to set off with a Libyan friend across the hilly terrain separating southern Turkey […]
NY Times: Grinning for the camera, the suicide bomber fondly patted his truckload of explosives. “We will defeat these crusader pigs as they have invaded our land,” he declared as […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 30 July 2012 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah received at his palace here Saturday a large number of citizens who came to greet […]
By Ryan Strom The Daily Star Lebanon The holiest month of the Islamic year, Ramadan, began Friday, July 20. This Ramadan, many Muslims are looking at a new dimension of the month – our impact on the earth. This is particularly important as we learn more about the effects of […]
The Daily Star Lebanon Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is seen on board his charter plane in Tel Aviv, Israel as he travels to Poland, Monday, […]
Daily Star: Courtesy Abdul Awwal: The Myanmar government has conveyed its anxiety to the Bangladesh mission there that the Jamaat-e-Islami had been helping the Rohingya groups in Bangladesh with arms to incite […]
Dawn: In Pakistan, the Constitution and other laws and policies restrict religious freedom and the government enforced these restrictions, says a US State Department report released on Monday. The report, […]
Is it not enough evidence that the third attribute of God in the Quran is Rab? Especially for those who are attuned with Arabic should not term evolution as a non-Islamic concept when “Rab” […]