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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.

The myth of the ideology of Pakistan

ROVER’S DIARY: The myth of the ideology of Pakistan —Babar Ayaz Nowhere in history was Islamic ideology of Pakistan mentioned, it was always the political, social, economic rights of the Muslims Moments of rejoicing in this country are few and far between. While the democrats are rejoicing that for the first time […]

1974: Wikileaks and Ahmadiyyah – A sample

Tweet from Mustafa Qadiri: Public Library of UD Diplomacy Text search View Map Make Timegraph View Tags Image Library PAKISTAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT? Date: 1974 June 8, 05:40 (Saturday) Canonical ID: 1974ISLAMA05499_b Original Classification: LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Handling Restrictions: — N/A or Blank — Character Count: 7936 Executive Order: — N/A […]

Amazing Memory

Smithsonian.com. At last count, at least 33 people in the world could tell you what they ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner, on February 20, 1998. Or who they talked to on October 28, 1986. Pick any date and they can pull from their memory the most prosaic details of […]

Christianity As State Religion Supported By One-Third Of Americans, Poll Finds

Huff Post: Although the North Carolina House of Representatives killed a bill Thursday that would have paved the way for establishing an official state religion, a new national HuffPost/YouGov poll finds widespread support for doing so. The new survey finds that 34 percent of adults would favor establishing Christianity as the official state religion […]

Picture of the Day-Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal in Siberia- World’s Oldest, Deepest lake & Clearest ! It is 25 million years old. Baikal is home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, two thirds of which can be found nowhere else in the world Keep sharing Amazing Things You Never Knew At 1,642 […]

The Influences of Islam on Africans

Opposing Views, by Alison Lake. Some 20 percent of the world’s Muslim population lives in Africa, and nearly half of Africa’s population is Muslim. Islamic practice in Africa started over 1,400 years ago [W. African Islam, Ref. 4] with the arrival of Muslim conquerors in North Africa. They came from […]