Doctor shooting is disturbing (Washington Times)
Posted in Letters to Editors, Print on Sep 20th, 2010
As a doctor who has treated thousands of patients, I could not rationalize the news of a man shooting his mother’s surgeon (“Gunman wounds surgeon at Johns Hopkins,” Nation, Friday).
Patients pressure doctors by demanding painkillers, antibiotics, unnecessary scans. I rationalize this behavior based upon a patient’s right to be involved in his care. Doctors get dragged into frivolous lawsuits – never mind. I rationalize that the legal system is simply protecting the patient’s rights against incompetent physicians. When insurance companies delay and deny claims to...
Why must we fight to achieve peace? (Orlando Sentinel)
Posted in Op-Eds on Sep 12th, 2010
With increasing incidents of homegrown terrorism in America, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA has led a national campaign to educate its youth about the importance of loyalty to one’s country as a tenet of Islam.
As I used the term “Muslimerican” to capture the essence of our message, a teenager startled me by asking, “Is peace an American value?”
I responded, “Of course.”
“How many times is the word ‘peace’ mentioned in our Constitution?” he probed.
“How many times is the word ‘democracy’ mentioned in our...
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