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.
Dawn: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has come under scrutiny for tweeting that Muslims must be held responsible for last week’s terror attacks in France. Murdoch took to his Twitter to say that those who practice Islam “must be held responsible” until “they recognise and destroy their growing jihadist cancer.” Many […]
Guardian: Paris attacks: unless we overcome fear, self-censorship will spread We take on the powerful – and ask you to admire our bravery – only if they are not a […]
Dawn: ISLAMABAD : In the aftermath of the 21st constitutional amendment, the country’s main religio-political parties are faced with an existential crisis, but the nature of the crisis differs for each party. However, acknowledging the gravity of the problem facing them, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and the Wafaqul […]
Washington Post: PARIS — At a kosher supermarket in Paris, a quick-thinking Muslim employee hides several Jewish shoppers in the basement before sneaking out to brief police on the hostage-taker […]
In the wake of the massacre of journalists and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo weekly in Paris, one tiny and unusual sect of Islam is getting a great deal of media attention. Canada’s Ahmadiyya Muslims – also known as Ahmadis – are this week all over Canadian newspapers, radio and TV […]
Written for The Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim Probably not! because they could be jailed for a year in France for that offense. In fact Charlie Hebdo fired one […]
allafrica.com: The Ahmadiyya Muslim jamaat ,Nigeria, has justified its pioneering status as champion of western and secular education in Nigeria as it produces two Professors in the Animal Science and Clinical Pharmacology, two Ph.D in Islamic Law and Educational Foundation, seven Masters graduates, and four First Class Honours in Mathematics,Biochemistry,Anthropology,Plant […]
Huff Post: On January 7, gunmen did not just commit the heinous murder of 12 people at theCharlie Hebdo office in Paris; they also unleashed a barrage of extremism on both ends of the ideological spectrum. On one end are some Muslim leaders, replaying the broken record of “We-condemn-this-and-please-don’t-blame-the-Muslims.” On […]
Washington Post: As they went on their rampage, the men who killed 12 people in Paris this week yelled that they had “avenged the prophet.” They follow in the path […]
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: A video message by students of Jamia Hafsa, in which they invited Islamic State (IS) chief Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi to ‘avenge’ the 2007 military raid on Lal Masjid, has been termed as “waging war” against the state. A report by the Islamabad police, sent to the interior ministry, […]
Source: The Guardian By Ed Husain Today’s fanatics are blind to the compassion and care in the prophet’s life. Their ignorance must be tackled head on. The killing of journalists in […]
NY Times: local newspaper Charlie Hebdo skewers people of all faiths and backgrounds. One cartoon showed rolls of toilet paper marked “Bible,” “Torah” and “Quran,” and the explanation: “In the toilet, all religions.” Yet when masked gunmen stormed Charlie Hebdo’s officesin Paris on Wednesday with AK-47s, murdering 12 people in […]
ET: LAHORE: Nearly 125 Ahmadis from 23 families are still running from pillar to post to return to homes they had vacated after an enraged mob set alight eight houses belonging to members of the Ahmadiyya community on July 27 in Gujranwala, The Express Tribune has learnt. Four people were burnt […]
Written for The Muslim Times by Dr. Abdul Alim Two gunmen who stormed the French magazine Charlie Hebdo tonight in Paris were heard saying that the Prophet’s honour has been […]
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers […]
Telegraph: Several people have been killed by armed gunmen in a shooting at the Paris offices of a satirical magazine, according to French media reports. Shooting was heard at the […]
(Reuters) – Religious extremism could derail Myanmar’s much-vaunted reform process, the Buddhist-majority country’s first Catholic cardinal, Charles Maung Bo, said on Tuesday. Bo, who was named a cardinal by Pope Francis on Jan. 4, warned that Buddhist nationalism directed against minority Muslims could drive the latter to connect with international […]
Dawn: Nationalism and patriotism in Pakistan are contested subjects. What makes us Pakistanis and what is it that makes us love our land and nation? The answers to these questions vary widely depending on who is being asked. A large part of our national identity stems from our sense of […]
Written by Zia H. Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I read today with great concern, the news, Florida pastor Terry Jones burns copies of Koran outside church. […]
ET: Social media is once again flooded with outrage at ‘Dr’ Aamir Liaquat – our nation’s foremost televangelist. During an episode of his morning show Subh-e-Pakistan, aired on Geo TV on December 22, one of Liaquat’s guests, Syed Arif Shah Owaisi, used inflammatory language to accuse the Ahmadi community of being responsible for terrorism […]