On April 6, Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari, a British cleric from the Deobandi movement, a hardline South Asian Islamic sect, will commence a three-day speaking tour, speaking at five mosques in New York and New Jersey, as well as at St Johns University in Queens. His most widely-advertised lecture, at the Quba Institute in New York on April 7, is titled ‘Women’s Rights in Marriage.’ The hosts call on their audience to come along and “stand up against domestic violence.” …
Religious sectarianism is on the rise in Britain’s Muslim community and threatens to spill over into violent crime and terrorism, leading clerics warned yesterday. An investigation by The Times has found a sharp but largely hidden rise in sectarian tensions between the minority Shia community and the dominant Sunni groups, driven by the long, bitter war in Syria.
The UK’s longest standing and largest Muslim convention, Jalsa Salana, returns to Hampshire for its 49th edition from Friday the 21st to Sunday the 23rd of August 2015. Over 30,000 Muslim and non-Muslim guests from the UK and around the world including royalty, clergy from a range of faiths, ministers of states, academics and dignitaries will take part.
Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad AYAZ, OBE has been awarded an Honorary Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of 2015 for his services to Tuvalu. The KBE marks the second time AYAZ has been honored by the Queen, following his recognition as OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1998.
The Christian founder of school feeding charity, Mary’s Meals, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, is pictured above at the weekend, accepting the award of the 2014 Prize for the Advancement of Peace by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK at its 11th National Peace Symposium. He received the award at Europe’s largest mosque, the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden in Surrey – and was presented with it by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Caliph, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, who leads the global community that …
OVER the next few weeks, hundreds of young Muslims belonging to the largest and oldest standing Islamic Caliphate will be taking to the high streets, rail and tube stations, stadiums and airports around the UK, raising thousands of pounds for the Poppy Appeal. For the 5th year running, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) will be in partnership with the Royal British Legion. They see it as a mark of good citizenship and a testament to the Islamic …
The largest mosque in Western Europe will host politics, faith and civic leaders at a peace symposium next month. More than 800 guests are expected to descend on Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque for the National Peace Symposium, which aims to promote a deeper understanding of Islam. International development secretary Justine Greening and energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey are expected to be among guest speakers on the night.
“I do not regard the Ahmadiyyas as Muslims”, says a female medical student emphatically to me, emphasizing that they are kaffirs and should not be regarded as Muslims at all. What shocks me is that it is a female student at the medical faculty of Copenhagen University who says this in September 2014. Our conversation just happened to have got diverted, and when I got to know she was a Muslim, I told her in simple enthusiasm that I had …
Thousands of British Muslims from cities, towns and villages across the UK will next week travel to the Hampshire countryside where they will join Muslims from across the world in pledging allegiance to Caliphate and in seeking spiritual guidance. More than 30,000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC) will next weekend offer their pledges at a three-day international event, known as the ‘Jalsa Salana’, in Alton, Hampshire. The Jalsa Salana is the largest and longest standing Muslim convention in …
Hundreds of people are to join Muslims at one of Western Europe’s biggest mosques to take part in the breaking of the fast in Islam’s holiest month, Ramadan. Millions of British Muslims are fasting from dawn to dusk, raising funds for charity and inviting friends and neighbours to open the fast with a meal that is part of the tradition of Islam. The breaking of the fast, with dates, is followed by prayers and a meal, known as Iftar.
I am proud that Muslims: Sunni/Shia, Sufi/Salafi, deobandi and Barelvi, have all come together in @MuslimCouncil to seek the common good — Dr Shuja Shafi (@drshujashafi) July 9, 2014 The billing is “British Muslims Sign Historic Intra-Faith Unity Statement: Intra-Faith Unity Statement Aims to Provide Common Ground Between Muslims of All Traditions.” Tonight at an event, special guests of the Muslim Council of Britain were invited to sign the statement that calls for
A group of 25 cyclists from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community took part in a 600-mile charity cycle from Glasgow to London. They reached London last Sunday where they were escorted by 200 local cyclists including a large number of London Metropolitan police officers and welcomed by Justine Greening MP and local leaders before praying for peace and honouring the fallen as part of the D-Day commemorations nationwide. The Ride4Peace event was organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association to celebrate its …