Can Muslims Integrate in Portugal? – A Portugal Club ‘Beyond The Algorithm’ Conversation
Yes they can. Islam teaches love for homeland as a part of faith. Real integration means contributing to the country and society you live in.
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Dr. Abdul Alim
Dr. Abdul Alim is a national of Pakistan and is a physician with specialization in Public Health from University of Texas at Houston USA. He is a member of the reformist, democratic and moderate Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam which inspires his deep commitment to Human Rights, Social Justice, Peace and Secularism. He is an author and Editor on Islam, for The Muslim Times (www.themuslimtimes.Info), a global blog highlighting the positive and true character of Islam as a basis for peace building.
Professionally he is a member of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and UN Development Policy Network. He has more than 20 years of work experience in development management related to governance in social sectors, more specifically in public policy, programme planning, and monitoring and evaluation. For the last 15 years he has worked with the United Nations in the developing world covering countries in South Asia, South East Asia, CEE/CIS, and the Middle East.
Seeing the Other: Understanding Islam
A podcast on recent issues sparked by the controversial law passed by Portuguese legislature banning the face covering (burca) in the country.
Chinese Emperor’s beautiful poem about the Holy Prophet Muhammad
Shanghai skyline. For our collections of articles about the holy Prophet Muhammad, please click here Hong-Wu (also known by his given name Zhū Yuánzhāng) was the Emperor of China between […]
The Guardian view on religious freedom: protect believers
Guardian: The massacre in churches in Sri Lanka forms part of a global pattern of religious persecution and hostility. To target Christian churches on their holiest day of the year is not only an attempt to kill as many families as possible, but also to maximise the shock and demoralising effect of […]
Book Review: Muhammad: An anticlerical hero of the European Enlightenment
Source: Princeton University Printing Press and Aeon.co By John Tolan, who is a professor of history at the University of Nantes. His latest book is Faces of Muhammad: Western Perceptions […]
BBC ‘Year of Beliefs’ to shine light on faith and values in modern UK
Source: Guardian By Harriet Sherwood; Religion correspondent Series of programmes to tackle topics such as science, religion, LGBT+ and medical ethics The BBC is launching a year-long series of programmes examining faith, […]
Saint Francis Of Assisi And Islam
Our Favorite Christian Prayer:http://t.co/4u1oCf5I8i pic.twitter.com/f8UnMW93KX — The Muslim Times (@The_MuslimTimes) January 3, 2015 Source: Huffington Post By Doctor David Liepert, who is a convert to Islam and is an anesthesiologist […]
What drives calls for giving Ahmadis a distinct identity in Pakistan: The Threat of Sameness!
What drives calls for giving Ahmadis a distinct identity Source: Herald By Ali Usman Qasmi, who is an associate professor of history at LUMS. Herald: In electoral reform law containing […]
Pope’s outreach to Islamic world in 2019 has deep roots
cruxnow.com: ROME – Once Pope Francis embarks on his trip to Panama to celebrate the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day on Jan. 23, it’s essentially off to the races. For the rest of the spring, he’ll have a jam-packed papal itinerary that will focus heavily on dialogue with the Islamic […]
What’s coming for religion in 2019? Here’s what the experts predict.
(RNS) — This year saw wave after wave of new revelations about the extent of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis. It saw deadly hate crimes, the explosion of state-sponsored persecution against China’s Uighur Muslims, major #MeToo moments in a slew of congregations and faith communities, critical milestones for religious minorities […]
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles
This new updated and expanded 10th anniversary edition of The Biology of Belief will forever change how you think about your own thinking. Stunning new scientific discoveries about the biochemical effects of the brain’s functioning show that all the cells of your body are affected by your thoughts. Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D., a […]
The Geopolitics of Christmas
Stratfor: For Christians in Japan, 1597 was a bad year. After a decade or more of worrying that this foreign religious sect was weakening the country, Japanese officials decided to implement a final solution. They rounded up all the believers they could find, tortured them and then crucified them. To […]
New York Times’ Opinion Video: The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S.
Source: New York Times By Hussein Rashid, Negin Farsad and Joshua Seftel Muslims arrived with Columbus and have been leaving their mark on American culture and society ever since. Did […]
America’s New Religions
nymag.com: Everyone has a religion. It is, in fact, impossible not to have a religion if you are a human being. It’s in our genes and has expressed itself in every culture, in every age, including our own secularized husk of a society. By religion, I mean something quite specific: a practice […]
Prince Charles calls for coexistence in speech on persecuted Christians
Guardian: Prince Charles has made a strong plea for coexistence and understanding between people of different faiths, saying extremism and division are not inevitable. The prince delivered a reflection on the dire situation for Christian minorities, particularly in the Middle East where many have been forced to flee their homes, during a special […]
Saudi Arabia Is Misusing Mecca
NY Times: In the aftermath of the Jamal Khashoggi murder, the kingdom has exploited the podium of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by using its imams to praise, sanctify and defend the rulers and their actions. The rulers of Saudi Arabia derive much of their legitimacy and prestige in the […]
Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Ian Mevorach; Theologian, Spiritual Leader, Activist There is no better candidate than Muhammad, no one in fact that comes even close, in terms of fulfilling Jesus’s […]
Belief is back: why the world is putting its faith in religion
Source: Guardian By Neil MacGregor, who was the director of the British Museum between 2002-2015. He is the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Living […]
Islam: Containing Beauty and Joy
Source: Patheos By Daniel Thomas Dyer, who is an author and artist and Creative Director of Chickpea Press. A great lover of poetry, he was called to Islam after falling in love with the beautiful poems of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. I have often wondered why the Beautiful and the Joyful […]
‘Through Our Ignorance, We Are Branding Everything Concerning Islam As Anti-Women’
indiaspend.com: Mumbai: In July 2018, when the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) announced its intention to expand a little-known 25-year-old network of around 50 darul qazas (counselling centres based on the teachings of sharia or Islamic law) to every Indian district, right-wing Hindu commentators were outraged. Meenakshi Lekhi, a Bharatiya Janata […]