Chief Justice of Fiji Anthony Gates highlighted the importance of Prophet Mohammad‘s teaching during celebrations to mark the prophet’s birthday at an event organized by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama at the Fazal E Umar Mosque in Samabula, Suva. Justice Gates said If many were to follow those facets of Holy Prophet’s life the misunderstandings and carelessness that breed dissent and distrust would not give rise to conflict. “I see that the motto of the Jama’at is ‘love for all hatred …
Takbeer TV has been put on notice by media regulator Ofcom for continuous breach of broadcasting rules including content that constituted abusive treatment of the Ahmadi community. Takbeer aired two programmes ‘Global Khatm-E-Nabuwat Movement’, broadcast on 9th June 2012 and ‘Khatm Nabuwat’, broadcast on 3rd July 2012 in which they both encouraged callers to make “derogatory and extreme” statements about the Ahmadi community. The Khatm-E-Nabuwat organization is believed to be involved in the persecution of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Organization held an on-campus blood drive Thursday that will continue Friday in response to persecution of Shiite and Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. The organization and a truck from the Blood Center of Central Texas will be located on Speedway, near Robert A. Welch Hall from noon to 5 p.m. The organization hopes to raise awareness for Shiite, Ahmadi and other persecuted religious minorities, said Usama Malik, president of the organization. “With this blood drive, we’re going to save lives and …
As the UK braces itself for a snowy weekend, young Muslims across the country are on stand-by with salt and snow shovels to help ease any disruption caused. Since the snow showers of 2010, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) have come together to ensure that their neighbours and people driving or walking through their neighbourhoods do so safely. Members of the AMYA, stationed across the UK, will be clearing streets and driveways, assisting motorists and helping the …
Five Pakistani members of the Ahmedi sect are being held on suspicion of trying to convert Libyans. A Libyan, who is reported to have been converted, has also been arrested. Pakistani officials indicate the arrests took place on New Year’s Eve in the Tripoli suburb of Gurgi. The five Pakistanis are reported as Abdus Sami, supposedly the head of the Ahmadiyya community in Libya and two sets of brothers, Haris and Jawad Ahmad, who are said to have come to …
Legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives calling for the creation of a special envoy in the US State Department for religious minorities in the Middle East and South Central Asia. US Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Anna Eshool (D-Calif.) introduced the legislation on Jan. 15. A similar bipartisan bill passed the US House of Representatives during the last session of Congress by a vote of 402-20 but was blocked in the Senate. “We have a strategic and moral …
My New Year’s resolution is to not die for my faith. I’d hoped that 2012 would bring a revolution among Muslims and Muslim-majority nations to free oppressed minds. Yet I find myself still waiting to not die. That’s the “curse” of being an Ahmadi Muslim in too much of the Muslim world. Ahmadi Muslims believe Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) is the long awaited messiah and Mahdi the Prophet Mohammed foretold, sent to unite mankind and establish peace. But this isn’t …
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Australia (AMAA) are inviting residents to celebrate Australia Day at their centenary hall at Marsden Park on Sunday, January 27. The association, which is actively involved in social work in The Hills through the year, said they will celebrate “what’s great about Australia and being an Australian.” The 2-4pm program will include displays, library visits, refreshments, guest speakers and speeches. “It’s about reflecting on what we have achieved and are proud of in this great nation,”spokesman …
It turned out to be a rumour that around 25 members of Ahmadiyya community managed to gather at a ‘disputed’ worship place in Rawalpindi to attend Friday prayers, when local police carried out a search operation of the building on the request of a mob, fraught with great emotion, gathered in front of the worship place. The rumour was aired by none other than Sharjil Mir, the head of so-called Action Committee Khatm-e-Nabuwat. However, later it exposed that Mir had …
The bullet-riddled bodies of the personnel were found on Saturday night, two days after they were abducted from their military post located a short distance from Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. On 27th December around 30 Taliban armed with mortars and rocket launchers launched an attack on two checkpoints south of Peshawar, killing two security personnel, wounding another and kidnapping 23 others. Taliban lined up the Levies personnel on a cricket pitch and tied their hands with rope before …
About 1,500 Ahmadis — a Muslim minority in Pakistan — live in Southern California, and 20,000 nationwide. Persecuted for years, Ahmadis are considered heretical for believing there was a prophet after Muhammad. They’re gathering at Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino this weekend for their annual convention. Discussions at the event, which is open to the public, will focus on the life of the Prophet Muhammad and his significance for people of all faiths. Over the last decade, various religious groups …
AMRITSAR: Ahmadiyya’s from across the world including Pakistan would converge at Qadian in Gurdaspur district to participate in the three day 121st Annual Convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat, India beginning on December 29th. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community within Islam was founded in 1889 and spans over 250 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions having current headquarters in UK, informed Secretary Press Committee, Sheikh Mujahid Ahmad . Notably In Pakistan Ahmadiyya’s have been declared as non Muslims, they are not …