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.
Business Insider: Yuri Elkaim. No single food will ever outweigh the quality of your overall diet, but if you’re already eating fairly well, then adding in these seven superfoods can take your health to the next level. For easy implementation, simply add these to any of yourfavorite smoothies: Barley grass powder […]
Huff post: Western Christians need to “grow up” and stop complaining of “persecution,” said Lord Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. His experiences abroad […]
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), said: “Your worship is meaningless if your character and behavior with the people are not good, and you do not treat them with politeness and good conduct. Your worship will not benefit you at all” What do Muslims do when we go […]
The US government gives Egypt $1.3 billion a year. Egypt then uses that money to buy weapons from US corporations. The irony is thick: Obama calls on Egypt’s interim government to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters, but continues to give it $1.3 billion a year in military aid. For decades, […]
ET: LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court judge has fixed August 20 for arguments on an application seeking alteration of the charges against an Ahmadi man accused of defiling the Holy Quran by distributing allegedly blasphemous literature. The applicant, Azhar Zareef, is one of six men alleged to have blasphemed by printing […]
British police probe new Diana murder claim http://news.ninemsn.com.au: British police are examining new information about the 1997 death of Diana, princess of Wales, reportedly including an allegation that she was murdered […]
Editor’s note: This fatwa was issued one year back. No news on whether this was taken back. indiaexpress.com: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband today termed as “anti-Islamic” the wedlock between film actors Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, saying the bride did not convert to Islam before the marriage. […]
This “Histomap,” created by John B. Sparks, was first printed by Rand McNally in 1931. The David Rumsey Map Collection hosts a fully zoomable version here. This giant, ambitious chart fit neatly with a trend in nonfiction book publishing of the 1920s and 1930s: the “outline,” in which large subjects (the history of the world! every […]
Business Insider: by Manuel Mogato. CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) – A Philippine ferry sank after colliding with a cargo vessel killing at least 24 people and leaving nearly 300 missing, the coast guard said on Saturday. Some 572 people were rescued after Friday’s accident at the mouth of a channel approaching the port […]
the news: The writer has taught international relations and diplomacy at Boston University and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and was the vice chancellor of LUMS. The challenges that Pakistan faces are all too real. These pages are, in fact, an unending litany of all that […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mirza Tahir Ahmad’s Warning to General Zia ul Haq (Aug 12 1988) Watch: Death and state funeral of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924-1988) Participants George P. Shultz, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, officials from the US Embassy in Islamabad, chiefs of staff of armed forces, chairman joint chiefs and […]
Epigraph: Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good […]
arabnews.com: The London branch of the Muslim World League on Thursday organized a seminar on the role of Islamic centers in correcting misconceptions about Islam at the Islamic Cultural Center. […]
thereligiondipatches.com: The State Department’s new initiative for anoffice of religious engagement is welcome. Over in the UK, I’ve been arguing for years that there needs to be better engagement between politics, […]
Facebook: daliazada: Muslims surrounding Marie Guirguis Church in Souhag to protect it from being torched, are doing Friday Noon Prayers outside the church. That is the Egypt that we love. ook صلاة الجمعة من أمام كنيس source:
Huff Post: by Aamir Hussain. I am a devout Muslim, and personally believe in the truth of my religion; however, as the most skeptical Coach about our idea to distribute the food, I was ashamed to see that other non-Muslim student leaders were more committed to the Islamic principle […]
Mo’ money, mo’ problems? Here are the top 5 recipients of US foreign aid. They aren’t exactly poster-children for a democratic society. Kyle Kim/GlobalPost The countries receiving the most American aid aren’t exactly posterchildren for a model, peaceful society. Before Sept. 11, Egypt topped the US foreign aid list for 35 years […]
ET: The out-of-control and rampaging terrorists are now down to attacking the Jamaat Khanasof the most peaceful, philanthropic, tax-paying, law-abiding community of Pakistan: the Ismailis. Just a day after Eid, 38-year-old Shirin and her four-year-old son Sharmil died in an attack on the Karimabad Jamaat Khana and 44 others sustained injuries, […]
thejakartaglobe: The plight of the Al-Mujahadah Foundation madrassa in southern Aceh illustrates the perils of rising religious intolerance for Indonesia’s religious minorities. The school, a private institution that instructed dozens of students 8 to 25 years of age in the principles of Sufism — devotion to more mystical interpretations of […]
Dawn.com: by Zubeida Mustafa. Jinnah, it seems, did not envisage Pakistan as a state exclusively for Muslims — especially those of a particular sect. Had he done so he would have been trapped in a futile debate on semantics. Admittedly, he spoke of following Islamic principles, though in a broad […]