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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.
FPI Member Gets 3.5-Month Prison Sentence for Vandalizing Ahmadiyah Mosque
Jakarta Globe: A member of the Islamic Defenders Front has received a three-and-a-half-month prison sentence for vandalizing a mosque run by Ahmadiyah devotees in Bandung, on the eve of Idul Adha last year. The Bandung District Court found Muhammad Asep Abdurahman, a member of the organization known as FPI, guilty […]
Both sides of gun control issue turn to women as spokespeople and symbols
Washington Post: By Philip Rucker, In the increasingly confrontational debate over the nation’s gun laws, two female archetypes have emerged. There’s the grieving mother whose child was killed in a shooting and whose pleas for stricter regulation seem unassailable. And there’s the flinty mother who wants maximum firepower to take matters […]
“Burkas for babies”: Saudi cleric’s new fatwa causes controversy
By Mohammad Alyousei: Al Arabiya A Saudi cleric has called for all female babies to be fully covered by wearing the face veil, commonly known as the burka, citing reports of little girls being sexually molested. In a TV interview on the Islamic al-Majd TV, which seems to date back to […]
MyJihad Is to Not Let Others Dictate What Muslims Are
Huff Post: By Monique Parsons Chicago, Illinois – Angie Emara’s son, Adam, was just 4 years old when he died from complications of Hunter’s Syndrome in 2009. Every day since, Emara, 35, of Naperville, Ill., has struggled with a painful and private grief. In December, she took her heartbreak public — […]
Lord Tariq receives Pakistan President Zardari on behalf of Queen
Rabwah.Net: Lord Tariq receives Pakistan President Zardari on behalf of Queen LONDON: Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon received President Asif Ali Zardari on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen when he arrived at […]
Video: Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview: No Answer but Love For All
Youtube: Published on Dec 31, 2012 Crossroads on FB: http://www.facebook.com/xroadsfilm [Like] *Crossroads* on FB to Get Updates about *Crossroads* incl. Video Clips, Extras, Discussions on Crossroads’ Topics & More… » http://www.facebook.com/xroadsfilm CROSSROADS SYNOPSIS: […]
Khomeini himself asked me to kill the Pope’
Indian Express: The Turk who shot pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square in 1981, claimed in a new book Friday that the founder of the Iranian revolution, the […]
Inequality for All – another Inconvenient Truth?
Express Tribune: In one sense, Inequality for All is absolutely the film of the moment. We are living through tumultuous times. The economy has tanked. Austerity has cut a swath through the […]
Dr Abdus Salam: one man seven lives — II
Daily Times: By Syeda Sultana Rizvi: For Dr Salam, religion did not occupy a separate compartment of his life; it was inseparable from his work and family life Initially, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) focused only on Theoretical Physics but after a decade, a wider range was included […]
A new beginning, maybe: Asma Jehangir as the Caretaker Prime Minsiter?
Express Tribune: By Saroop Ijaz: “While the settler or the policeman has the right the livelong day to strike the native, to insult him and to make him crawl to them, you will see the native reaching for his knife at the slightest hostile or aggressive glance cast on him […]
“Deep Down, Muslims Feel That They Have Failed” Hoodbhoy to Der Spiegel
gatesofvienna: Posted by Baron Bodissey: In the following interview from Der Spiegel, a Pakistani nuclear physicist gives a lucid account of the state of Islam in the 21st century. Notice that […]
Introduction to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA
youtube: Published on Jan 26, 2013 Short introduction into the beliefs, history and works of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This is a global Muslim community, established in over 200 countries around […]
Dr Abdus Salam: one man seven lives
Daily Times: By Syed Sultana Rizvi: Dr Salam played a major and influential role in Pakistan’s science infrastructure and became the guiding spirit and founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme January 29 was an important day to be celebrated by Pakistanis for being the birthday of a person whom Pakistan as […]
Reform Islamic group holds outreach at Statehouse today
Indystar: A reform-oriented Islamic organization is presenting a display from 8 a.m. to noon today at the Indiana Statehouse in an effort to offer its perspective “on the true life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Quran,” according to Muzaffar Ahmad, a spokesman for the group. The organization […]
Swiss tax haven is over
Russian TV: Switzerland will now assist international tax authorities in disclosing information on bank accounts held by foreigners who avoid taxation at home. Joint efforts by the EU, the US […]
Malala up for Nobel Peace Prize
Dawn: OSLO: Malala Yousafzai is amongst those known to be nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, as the deadline expired on Friday. This year’s award will be announced in early October, but speculation was already underway as the deadline for nominations ran out on February 1. Fifteen-year-old Malala was […]
Ahmadiyya community is the real picture of Islam
Fiji Times online: By Frederica Elbourne Friday, February 01, 2013 CERTAIN deeds of some Muslim groups, which are contrary to the teachings of Islam and which are committed in its […]
Picture of the Day: Photograph or Painting? Guess
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Israel and Iran join forces in Berlin: World Peace Achieved?
Global Post: BERLIN, Germany — Avner Ofrath, a 26-year-old Israeli living in Berlin, speaks with a quiet confidence about what he would like the German government to do differently. “Our first demand […]