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.
Huff Post: Superman is Jesus. More precisely, in the new movie, Superman: Man of Steel, we are meant to draw very distinct parallels between Superman and Jesus. Arguably, the movie goes a step further making Superman the modern-day, Americanized Jesus. [If you have not seen the movie and do not want […]
Huff Post: This week in Geneva, the United Nation’s Committee on the Rights of the Child is hearing closed-door testimony about official Catholicism’s compliance with the 1989 Convention on the […]
Dawn: It’s reminiscent of George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’, but it’s real life – the US government’s extensive surveillance programme also applied to foreign citizens, and Pakistan is no exception. As a result of the US government’s PRISM and Boundless Informant programme, nearly 13.5 billion pieces of “intelligence” were collected in […]
ET: LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court dismissed bail applications on Wednesday of two Ahmadi men with blasphemy cases registered against them at Islampur police station. Presided by Justice Tariq Masood, the bench dismissed bail applications of Khalid Asfhaq and Tahir Mahmood after listening to cases presented by […]
Huff Post: by Weston Pew. In a country and world that is addicted to war, consumption, incarceration, inequality and the pillaging of Earth’s precious resources (which are on loan to us by future generations) it is simply not enough to speak every Sunday about loving thy neighbor. Sermons, lectures, and […]
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Huff Post: Qasim Rashid: The Wrong Kind of Muslim: An Untold Story of Persecution & Perseverance (Print andKindle e-Book) launches on June 19th and begins with this Rage Against The Machine lyric: “Now renegades are the people, with their own philosophy, they change the course of history, everyday people like you and […]
Source Twitter: By Manzir Malik Additional Reading Due to new granted status, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany will be entitled to …
DW.De: For the first time in Germany, a Muslim community has been granted ‘corporation under public law’ status. Abdullah Uwe Wagishauser, its chairman, tells DW that this includes rights as […]
By ANDREW HIGGINS Published: June 17, 2013 NY Times: BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Stanislav Zvolensky, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Slovak capital here, was thrilled when he was invited to Brussels […]
Ahmadiyya Times: By Imran Jattala Since the new government lead by MR Nawaz Sharif of PML-N has taken over, observers say, there has been a marked increase in attacks on […]
Salaams Blog: THE RIGHT KIND OF NOVEL When a novel tells a tale that pulls at the heart, stimulates the mind, and reinvigorates the soul, it’s up to the reader of said novel to share their emotions and let as many as humanly possible know about such a profound reading. This […]
Friday Sermon: Submit to Allah and seek His protection Sermon Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Video Audio Summary Text Formats Print / NOTE: Alislam Team […]
Salon.com: This week’s news provided nonstop action. New revelations about the National Security Agency and our vanishing personal privacy keep coming out. The congressional catfight over immigration reform is underway. The world watched as South Africa reacted to reports of Nelson Mandela’s health. And it turns out that quite a […]
Editor’s note: I have taken the liberty to change the title of this article. It is because we must make a distinction between Islam and Muslims. It is not Islam at war, it is Muslims at war with each other for political reasons using Islam for that purpose. Islam at […]
All Better, Yorkhills Children’s Charity. Each year the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association launches a campaign called the MKA Charity Challenge. During the campaign local associations through the UK choose a beneficiary charity to work with on a fundraising event. AMA has for decades enjoyed a reputation for serving local communities in […]
theguardian: by Jon Boone. Religious websites and instructors enjoy mini-boom reading Qu’ran online as British Muslims tap into distance teaching. With his track record as a member of the political arm of a banned terrorist organisation, Mian Shahzib is unlikely to ever be given a visa to enter Britain. But […]
BOGOR, Indonesia — With its tree-lined streets, Dutch colonial buildings and soothing botanical gardens, the quaint West Java mountain town of Bogor hardly appears a hotbed of religious intolerance. Yet Bogor is on the front line of a national debate in Indonesia about religious freedom, amid an increase in discrimination and violent […]
Gulf News: Vatican Cardinal to open Dh18.5 million St Anthony of Padua Church on Friday By Jay B. Hilotin, Chief Reporter Published: 21:18 June 12, 2013 ABU DHABI/RAS AL KHAIMAH Vatican representative Cardinal Fernando Filoni will open the new Catholic church in Ras Al Khaimah on Friday. Cardinal Filoni, the […]
Foreign Policy: By Reza Aslan. Don’t snicker. Once President Ahmadinejad is gone, there’ll be no one left to stand up to Iran’s mullahs. The president then began repeatedly criticizing the clergy for their enormous wealth, which stood in stark contrast to most Iranians’ economic suffering under international sanctions. In a […]