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.
Tribune: In a world increasingly gripped by fear and rising apprehensions against Islam, Belgian photographer Francois Struzik dares you to see things differently. In his exhibition titled ‘Voyage Sacre’, Struzik takes us on a journey through, Kosovo, Morocco, India, Kashmir, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Though his interactions in these countries are […]
(CNN) Former President Jimmy Carter on Monday won his second Grammy Award, this time for the audio book version of his memoir, “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety.” This is the […]
By Damir Rafi http://amsa.org.uk/: Rabi’a Al-‘Adawiyya, born around 717 CE, was a prominent figure of early Islam. She was orphaned at an early age and then sold as a slave in […]
The Independent: An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found killing and destruction occur more frequently in the Christian texts than the Islamic. Investigating whether […]
Huff Post: One shouldn’t be too surprised over the endless pursuit of issues regarding Muslim women by our leaders. Considering how our society strongly stands for freedom of expression, justice and plurality, it’s ironic that the very thing which Muslim women use to express their identity and liberty – the […]
Alislam.org: THE vision of the universe that the Quran presents is poles apart from the one held by the philosophers and sages of all the past ages. At the time […]
More info: http://www.pressahmadiyya.com/ Follow us: https://twitter.com/Ahmadiy… Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad’s life in the eyes of World leaders: Nancy Pelosi, Minority House Leader US Congress Barack Obama, US President Boris Johnson, […]
Huff Post: As a Muslim woman born and raised in this country, some of my earliest and fondest memories were of me accompanying my mother, grandmother and sister (that’s three […]
Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy First published Mon Dec 10, 2007; substantive revision Wed Jan 26, 2011 The influence of Arabic and Islamic philosophy on Judaic thought has never been studied […]
(RNS) Republicans and Democrats divide sharply over views on Islam, Muslims and how a U.S. president should label violent extremists. But Americans overall agree there’s “a lot” of discrimination against Muslims living in the United States — and it’s rising — a new Pew Research survey finds. RELATED STORY: Obama pleads […]
Scientific American: Three murders, a suicide and a rash of political appointments at universities have thrown Indian academia into an uproar against the conservative (right-wing) government. Prominent artists, writers, historians and scientists are speaking out against an intensifying climate of religious intolerance and political interference in academic affairs. “What’s going on […]
Dawn: When my mother first announced that we would be going to the mosque for taraweeh, I was scandalised, to say the least. I must have been around 12 or 13 years old. It was Ramazan and there was a flurry of activity in the house right after iftaar. Her […]
It is a losing proposition for liberals to engage the clergy, especially given that there are no liberal scholars of Islam grounded in Islamic history and jurisprudence, at least in Pakistan, who can challenge the established sectarian narratives of Barelvis and Deobandis Justice A R Cornelius, being a liberal catholic […]
Epigraph: Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a […]
ascleiden.nl: The religious movement of the Ahmadiyya was founded by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, an Indian Muslim scholar (1835-1908). It reached West Africa in the 1920s, but its importance in the West African public space only grew in the 1990s. Its followers combine the will for the restoration of true […]
Al Jazeera: On January 30, Latino Muslim leaders from around the United States gathered in Houston, Texas, for the opening of IslamInSpanish, a spacious, state-of-the-art community centre. As children bounced around […]
Nepali Times: At a time when ‘secularism’ has become something of a bad word in India, and the Hindu-right establishment in New Delhi is said to take a dim view of of neighbouring Nepal declaring itself ‘secular’ in its new constitution, a leading Indian thinker says the misunderstanding stems from […]
NY Times OP Ed: ISTANBUL — We Muslims like to believe that ours is “a religion of peace,” but today Islam looks more like a religion of conflict and bloodshed. From the civil wars in Syria, Iraq and Yemen to internal tensions in Lebanon and Bahrain, to the dangerous rivalry […]
Guardian: Young Muslims have told politicians at a meeting in Bradford to discuss radicalisation that they feel increasingly demonised and isolated. MPs and around 70 young people aged between 16 and 25, representing Muslim communities in Bradford, Leeds and Dewsbury, met in a hotel for the two hour Big Conversation […]
Dailymail.co.uk: It has never been more important for Christians to stand up for their faith, the head of Ofsted warned today. Sir Michael Wilshaw said society is becoming increasingly ‘secular and materialistic’, with ‘seemingly ever greater intolerance of other people’s beliefs’. Young people can easily ‘have their heads turned and […]