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The Ahmadiyya Diaspora: An Interview with author Michael Nijhawan

On October 18th, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslims, the worldwide head of millions of Ahmadis. Over 30,000 of these Ahmadis, call Canada their home, majority of these Ahmadis migrated from Pakistani Punjab due to religious persecution, similar to the Sikh migration from Indian Punjab. This pattern of immigration intrigued Michael Nijhawan, a professor at York University in Canada. Professor Nijhawan ended up writing a book titled “The Precarious Diasporas of Sikh and Ahmadiyya …

German restaurant expels Muslim woman over Veil row

A restaurant manager in Bielefeld, Northern Germany expelled a woman in a full burqa from his Seekrug restaurant which inflicted a media storm. Since then Christian Schulz, the restaurant manager was flooded with comments on his Facebook page that either declared the support for his action or labelled him a “racist”. The niqab wearer turned up on a Saturday to the Seekrug restaurant where people were gathered to celebrate the Festival of Light. The surrounding people started to feel discomfort …

Erfurt Mosque Controversy: Ahmadiyya spokesperson attacked

According to Police, a spokesperson for Germany’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community was attacked on Tuesday evening. The attacker who is thought to be a 40 to 45-year-old man shouted xenophobic slogans and praised the rightwing AFD party. 33-year-old Suleman Malik who is of Pakistani origin was racially abused and attacked on Tuesday at around 7PM between the city center and main Station in the town of Erfurt. The attacker mentioned AFD Leader of Thüringen and said: “You do not belong in …

Khola Maryam Hübsch on maybrit illner – Who belongs to Germany ?

Ahmadiyya Muslim Journalist Khola Maryam Hübsch appearance on ZDF talk show “Maybrit Illner” on September 1st, The topic of discussion was “Stranger in a new home – who belongs to Germany?” The guests included: • Aydan Özoğuz (SPD), Minister of State for Integration, Deputy SPD National Chairman • Paul Ziemiak (CDU), Chairman Junge Union • Christian Pundt, Mayor Hatten, Niedersachsen, parteilos • Khola Maryam Hübsch, journalist and author • Güner Yasemin Balcı, author and filmmaker – inter alia “The girl …

Thousands of Ahmadis fleeing persecution in Pakistan and seeking Asylum overseas

More and more Ahmadis are leaving Pakistan and seeking asylum overseas as persecution in Pakistan increases. Sources within Pakistan and stats released by the U.S. indicate that Ahmadis are the largest asylum seeking group from Pakistan.Newly published statistics by Germany, U.K., and the US revealed that over 10,000 Pakistanis had sought asylum in these three countries over the past year. Data from US Department of State which classified refugees by religion showed that most of the 376 Pakistanis who applied …

Diplomatic Council appoints German-Pakistani as Business Ambassador

The Diplomatic Council has appointed a German-Pakistani entrepreneur Jamal Ahmad Qaiser as it’s Business Ambassador and UN Commissioner. In a statement the Diplomatic Council said the 44-year-old was nominated because of his outstanding achievements and tireless efforts for international understanding. Qaiser, who was born in 1972 is a member of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim sect which faces severe persecution in Pakistan. He started off as market trader and ended up starting his own private equity firm. In 2014, he graduated …

Muslim leader says Refugee crisis is not just Europe’s problem

The leader of a Muslim community has called for a global solution for the refugee crisis in Europe, saying Arab countries should ‘first and foremost’ provide refuge for migrants.And, he warned the world to be ever vigilant to the threat of terror saying proper checks should be in place to ensure extremists did not pose as refugees. Rafiq Hayat, the Amir (National President) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in UK, said: “The sympathies of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are with …

Germany: Ahmadiyya community becomes corporate body under public law

Hesse is the first German State that recognizes a Muslim community as corporate body under public law. So far, only the Catholic, Evangelical, Greek-orthodox, Russian-orthodox, Jewish and Jehova´s witnesses have been given this status. The Culture Ministry in the state of Hesse has granted Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ) in Frankfurt, a Muslim religious community, the status of ‘corporation under public law’ – a first in Germany. The Ahmadiyya community is active in Germany since 1950’s. The Ahmadiyya community has 35.000 …

Dental Surgeons in Ghana get trained in Oral Implantology

Twenty Senior Dental Surgeons, received certificates of recognition in Accra, Ghana after they completed a study on oral implantology, the science of replacing missing teeth with artificial implants. Eighteen of the graduates were Ghanaian Senior Dental Surgeons, practicing in the University Dental Schools at the 37 Military Hospital, Regional and Districts Hospitals at Abetifi Kwahu in the Eastern Region, while the other two work in Ahmadiyya Hospitals in Ghana and Germany. The four-modular international post-graduate programme was conducted by World-class Professors and Dental …

Christmas gifts from Ahmadi Muslim Women

Schleswig. Many children have to spend Christmas in hospital. The compassion to these children called Anela Shoaib Arshad and Maria, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat community in Schleswig to action. Together with their mothers and Zubida Qamat Shoaib Arshad they contacted to Dr. Martin Jung, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Helios Clinic, because they wanted the children prepare a Christmas joy. For many years, the community engaged regularly for the benefit of the community and the …

Germany’s first Institute of Islamic Theology opens in Hessen

On 17th December the Ahmadiyya Muslim community opened the first & only “Institute of Islamic theology and languages.” in Hessen, Germany. Students will complete a seven year course in Quranic interpretations, Islamic mysticism, Arabic and German history in the center. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat started construction of the new center three years ago in Riedstadt, located about 45 kilometers south of Frankfurt. The new Islamic institute takes up approximately 7,000 square meters, which include seven classrooms, an auditorium for 100 …