Health risks of wireless technology   The BioInitiative Group (BIG) – a group of leading scientists – is debating why there is 30 years of research indicating adverse effects from exposure to electromagnetic radiation, yet we still have the same standards for acceptable exposure.   After 100 of the world's leading scientists met in Mexico, in 2006, at the Bioelectric …

To begin, the mosque controversy does not involve a mosque.  It is planned as a 13-story community center encompassing a swimming pool, 500-seat performing arts center, gym,  culinary school, restaurant and, yes, a prayer space for Muslims, which already exists in the current building.  A formal mosque would forbid eating or the playing of music on the premises. I guess …

Assalamualaikum It is with the deepest sense of sorrow I write this to share my encounters with professor Jiffry. I first met him when he was the Deen of the faculty of medicine in the University of Sri jayawardenapura in Nugegoda. That was the first meeting at the Deen's office to discuss establishing a para medics training centre or a …

  This is a transcript of a talk by Imam Khalid Lathif on human rights under Islam, delivered at the American Corner of the National Library on 3rd August 2010.Imam  Khalid Latif is the Executive Director and Chaplain for the Islamic Center at NYU. His dedication to working across the boundaries of faith and culture lead to his appointment as …

  *Most independent studies exonerated Muslims of any role: * Demonization of Islam and Muslims continues:   In the US, and indeed in much of the western world, the attacks of 9/11 have been declared as the most catastrophic event ever to occur in history. The attacks being dramatic is not in doubt; what is less well established is the …