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.
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Time; The bees are dying and we’re to blame. TIME’s Bryan Walsh explains colony collapse disorder, and why bees are on the verge of extinction. Watch:
BBC: A Buddhist mob has attacked a mosque in the Grandpass area of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, leaving at least five people injured. Buddhists and Muslims clashed after the attack, and police imposed a curfew in the area. Last month, a group of Buddhist monks had protested near the […]
BBC News: The Ahmadiyya Muslim community is celebrating 100 years of its establishment in Britain this year. Up to 15,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims have taken part in Eid al-Fitr celebrations in […]
Huff post: As tension rises between the modern-Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in Israel, women are speaking out. Having just written “The Feminists Of Zion” published in The New Republic, Allison Kaplan Sommer, in addition to Nili Philipp who was featured in the article, joined HuffPost Live’s Mike Sacks to discuss the unlikely alliance to fight […]
dailymail.co.uk: An Australian election candidate has drawn comparisons to Sarah Palin after an embarrassing interview in which she displayed ignorance of basic facts about Islam. Stephanie Banister referred to Islam as a country, and confused the word ‘halal’ with ‘haram’ – which has the opposite meaning. She also claimed that […]
By Nesrine Malik Guardian: Today is the first day of Eid, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. I took the day off, as Eid on your own at work without […]
MANCHESTER: British Prime Minister, David Cameron visited a mosque in here on Eid day and met with members of the Muslim community The prime minister greeted Muslim community on the […]
Global Post: Oprah Winfrey claims to have been a victim of racism while shopping at a mall in Switzerland. Although the Swiss Tourism office was prompt in issuing an apology to Oprah, […]
Russia Today: William Engdahl is an award-winning geopolitical analyst and strategic risk consultant whose internationally best-selling books have been translated into thirteen foreign languages. Developing Pakistan-China ties which can drastically change the economic map of the region are threatened by Pakistani separatism, which might suddenly transform into another ‘terror ground.’ […]
Global Post: Moscow has rejected a Saudi proposal to abandon Syria‘s president in return for a huge arms deal and a pledge to boost Russian influence in the Arab world, diplomats […]
Washington (CNN) — The State Department has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan in response to a terrorist threat against the U.S. consulate, senior State Department and other senior U.S. officials told CNN. “We have picked up what we regard as a threat worthy of taking this action,” one […]
Euro news: Muslims around the world have been celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. The holy month of fasting is now followed by a festival lasting several days. […]
faarieya.wordpress.com; “…If God had willed, He would have made you all in one nation and one religion), but that He (God) left you in different religions to compete in good deeds and society benefits. The return of all of you is to God; then He (God) will inform you about […]
Newmarket Era: It’s a few days before the sixth annual Run for Vaughan and a handful of young girls sit in a Maple home looking forward to the weekend. The girls, […]
eipr.org: The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) today warned about the gravity of sectarian violence and incitement seen in several governorates since the massive demonstrations and marches of 30 June. The way that state agencies, particularly the security apparatus, have dealt with these attacks is disturbing. These agencies have […]
By Qasim Rashid, Spokesperson, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA Dailycaller.com; Al Qaeda, Taliban extremists, and Mike Huckabee have at least one thing in common — both believe Islam is a violent religion. In a recent tirade, Huckabee wondered, “why it is that we tiptoe around a religion that promotes the most murderous […]
HRW: The Swiss government is arbitrarily interfering with asylum seekers’ free movement rights by giving local authorities the authority to prohibit them from using public school and sports facilities, Human Rights Watch […]