ABUSE OF HADITH
Masood N. Khan M.D. It is well recognized that after Quran the holy scripture of Muslims, voluminous collection of hadith the sayings and actions of Prophet Mohammad is the most…
Sickening and Disgusting! Syrian Uprising: Now a Shia Sunni Conflict
Ashfaq S Mehdi The Syrian uprising which was inspired by the Arab spring began with peaceful protests against Bashar Al Assad's regime and after repressive crackdown by the Syrian Army…
A ROAD FROM NOWHERE: a two-week review of the Gezi Park Protests
Mohammad Owais Khan Micah A. Hughes The protests in Istanbul over the past two weeks became increasingly tense as heavy-handed tactics on behalf of the police were met with equally…
Letter to the Editor
DEAR EDITOR, I have read your article, "Idols, Not Scholars." Interesting views and although I agree with your assessment, you don't give a solution other than "every Muslim should think…
Note the Quote
"If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize-very publicly and very sincerely to all…
A MORAL SUPERPOWER The Lost Opportunity
Masood N. Khan M.D. A simple theorem: "The most needed will always be the most valuable and therefore the most important" Wondering how this is related to the topic? Once…
Hugo Chavez and Palestine
Afzal Syed Palestinians are grieving over the death of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez after a two year struggle with cancer. He was an outspoken leader in support of Palestine and…
PERSONAL FINANCE: Long Term Investing (part 2 in this series)
Zahir Shaikh In the last issue we discussed investing in solid, well run and well known companies for the long term. This is all the more imperative during rocky economic…
IS MUSLIM WORLD AFFLICTED WITH PTSD?
Not a single day passes without us hearing or reading about the deaths of innocents in different parts of the world especially the places where Muslims are in the majority.…
IDOLS NOT SCHOLARS
Masood N. Khan M.D Abstract: It is a universal truth that Muslims across the board, in general, have divided knowledge between knowledge of faith Ilm-ud-Deen and worldly knowledge Ilm-ud-Dunya' the…