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: Since the tragedy of 9/11, Islamophobia has been persistently on the rise in America. The anti-Muslim rhetoric from the far right and the new atheist community continues to serve as fuel for the growing climate of fear, hate and suspicion of Muslims in America. Just this past Friday, a significant anti-Muslim rally was held outside […]
Rueters: An Arizona mosque where hundreds gathered last week for an anti-Islam demonstration, with counter-protesters shouting “Go home, Nazis,” was the site of a “love not hate” event on Monday to promote peace and inclusiveness, participants said. The Islamic Community Center of Phoenix said it was hosting a gathering that […]
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 […]
Telegraph: David Cameron has ruled out withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights despite objections from Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary, and Theresa May, the Home Secretary. In the first major cabinet split since the election, Mr Gove and Mrs May believe that pulling out of the convention entirely […]
Tribune: LAHORE: Participants of a Sheikhatul Hadith Conference on Sunday agreed that women scholars could issue fatwas (religious decrees) on all matters. The conference organised by scholars from Barelvi school of thought demanded that the government make it punishable for a man to divorce his wife thrice in one go. They […]
theguardian: by Jessica Valenti — If sexism impacts mental health, it makes sense that it would also impact suicide risk for young women, no matter where they live How do you explain that the leading cause of death of women aged 15 to 19, worldwide, is suicide? An internationally recognized expert on […]
Dawn: A small girl who I will call Hina, sits perched on a stool, in the one corner of the living room untouched by the light streaming in from a […]
Rueters: In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on bomber planes and soldiers but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt’s 1,000-year-old center for Islamic learning. He wants clerics to counter radicalism in the classroom. In a televised speech in January at an […]
How does one go about making Pakistan a secular state? It does not require a revolution as much it does an evolution. The fundamental rights of citizens must be safeguarded at all costs Last month, the justices of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had a very interesting debate on […]
Tribune: The government has finalised a draft bill, which will now be presented in parliament for approval, to combat the abuse of the existing laws. The proposal, prepared by the interior ministry and vetted by the law ministry, aims to ensure that no one takes the law into their own […]
Review of Religions: Mujadid Alf Thani, Hadhrat Shah Wali Ullah of Delhi(ru), has expressed in his writings that a rightly guided Khalifa can be likened to the human heart. The […]
ibtimes.com: Even by the standards of arms deals between the United States and Saudi Arabia, this one was enormous. A consortium of American defense contractors led by Boeing would deliver $29 billion worth of advanced fighter jets to the United States’ oil-rich ally in the Middle East. Israeli officials were […]
The Atlantic: In important ways, America in recent years has become a less bigoted country. In today’s U.S. Senate, there is no equivalent to Jesse Helms, who during his 1984 reelection race filibustered a federal holiday for Martin Luther King and his 1990 reelection race aired an ad showing a […]
Tribune: Pakistan’s elite special forces unit, army’s Special Services Group (SSG) has been listed as the best special forces group, ahead of units such as the US Navy SEALs and the British Special Air Service group. The list, by Business Insider Australia ranked Pakistani commandos as the best of the […]
Source: The Guardian By Deborah Orr Dwell too much on the threat of Isis and you could go insane. The reports of what’s going on in Syria and Iraq are ghastly enough. But speculative reports, like the one saying that Isis is “infinitely” closer to building a nuclear weapon than […]
Rappler.com: DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh on Monday banned an Islamist militant group suspected of involvement in the murders of atheist bloggers that sparked protests in Dhaka and outrage around the […]
Source: The Daily Times Ataturk’s ideas were shaped by the French idea of republicanism whereas Jinnah’s liberal democratic views were influenced by the turn of the century British liberal tradition By Yasser Latif Hamdani Both Hector Bolitho and Stanley Wolpert, Jinnah’s biographers, record that Jinnah had in 1932 bought Grey […]
Source: The Guardian Schools, hospitals and public transport would be covered by ban, but Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte insists prohibition is not religiously motivated The Dutch cabinet has approved […]
Global Post: Ireland’s top Catholic leader said that the Church needed a “reality check” as preliminary results on Saturday showed a referendum for gay marriage had been approved in what he called a “social revolution”. “I think the Church needs to do a reality check right across the board… Have […]
Russia Today: The BBC has reached a “provisional finding” to uphold complaints made by Palestinian activists that the broadcaster breached its editorial guidelines in a “soft” interview with the Israeli […]