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.
WASHINGTON: US intelligence agencies informed the Congress that the upcoming general elections will be a turning point for Pakistan and must be held by May 2013, reported The News International. Director US National Intelligence James R Clapper sent a report to the Congress and noted that “Islamabad is intently focused on […]
Hindustan Times: Islamic activists have attacked dozens of Hindu temples and hundreds of homes across Bangladesh since an Islamist leader was sentenced to death for war crimes last month, a Hindu group said on Wednesday. Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad, a group which looks after Hindu temples, said 47 temples and […]
The Muslim Times Editorial team sends its heartfelt congratulations to the global Catholic Community on the election of their new leader, Pope Francis. We hope that he will join hands with […]
Source: Health, by Natalie Vavricka. Bring on the water works. Between 109-year-old Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommerreminding us to ‘look for the beauty in life’ and 101 year old Fauja Singh of India just completing his last race in Hong Kong, this sentimental girl is shedding some happy tears. With so much devastation […]
globallegalforum: by Yasser Latif Hamdani: Supreme Court hears the Ahmadi Supplementary Lists Petition The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Bench No. 1 comprising the Honourable Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmad and Mr. Justice Azmat Saeed is hearing what is in this writer’s opinion the most important case which […]
Global Post: United States President Barack Obama’s golden touch at the polls doesn’t seem to run in the family. His Kenyan half brother, Malik Obama, didn’t quite come last in the polls, but he was close. Obama, who has the same father as the US president, won only 2,792 votes while running […]
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid: Feb. 28 came and went, and thus ended Pope Benedict’s short tenure. According to most, no claimant to Divine office remains on Earth, at least […]
Express Tribune: By Faheem Younus: Billa was his nick name. An uneducated Christian boy, who used to clean sewer lines, remove garbage, and on a good day, play cricket with us on the streets of Lahore. I fondly remember how he could hit the ball out of the park and […]
Source: Huff Post, by Rob Bell. Like a mirror, God appears to be more and more a reflection of whoever it is that happens to be talking about God at the moment. I realize that when I use the word God, there’s a good chance I’m stepping on all kinds […]
Huff Post: I don’t know much of the specific background of the anti-Christian rampage last week in Lahore. But is there anything I don’t know that would mitigate or excuse it? A major theme of my writing and public speaking is an insistence on distinguishing between what I call the […]
Huff Post: by Matthew Goodwin: Within British media and the Westminster Village, the recent release of the latest census data has sparked considerable debate. Much of this has focused on […]
Source: Huff Post, by Sidarth Jayadev. What is true happiness? Can money buy happiness? True happiness is a volatile subject that many people debate. It is often defined as a […]
Express Tribune: by Yakoob Khan Bangash: Yes, you read it correctly. I am asking all minorities — ethnic, religious, denominational — and any other people who consider themselves a minority of any kind, to please leave Pakistan. Yes, I know that this means that Hindus who have lived in Sindh for millennia […]
Source: MM.org, by Shaahima. Residents of Chicago, San Francisco and Washington DC, may have noticed of late that the streets are rife with the call to jihad. No, not a […]
Global Post: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has predicted that Hugo Chavez would be resurrected along with Jesus and a sacred Muslim prophet. “I have no doubt he will come again along with all the righteous people and the Prophet Jesus and the only successor of the righteous generation, the perfect […]
Source: vimeo: by Sarfraz Shiekh An angry mob attacked Joseph Colony, a Christian neighbourhood belonging to an alleged “blasphemer”, burning down 180 houses. They robbed the houses and burnt everything, […]
The Daily Times: It is with deep sadness that one contemplates how 2013 is turning out to be one of the worst years for minorities in Pakistan’s sordid history of sectarian violence. Militant ire has been directed at the Shias throughout the first three months of this year and now […]
The NEWS: Karachi: A poster outside his home in Abbas Town reads: “Mubashir Ahmad Abbasi Shaheed”. His family does not know how it got there. The white chart paper also has an […]
Source: globalpost, by Allison Jackson. Twenty-one UN peacekeepers held hostage by Syrian rebels for four days have been freed. The Filipino peacekeepers arrived in Jordan from neighboring Syria on Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported,citing a Jordanian government spokesman and the Philippines ambassador in Amman. Rebels fighting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad abducted […]
Source: Huff Post, by Peter Rollins. Today the word “sacred” is employed to name a certain realm of life that can be contrasted with the secular. The idea here is that some object, area of life or geographical location can act as a “thin place,” i.e. a site where the […]