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Ahmadi Muslim Women share baubles for Peace

BERINGEN – On Tuesday morning visitors to the Municipal Administrative Centre (SAC) got a nice surprise as the women from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association presented Christmas ornaments. The women wanted to do a little something to express their gratitude to the local population, because they can live and work in Belgium. Turkish, Moroccan, Italian and women of other origins also took part in the action. ‘ Today is the International Day of Migrants ‘, explained Executive Yasemin Soysal, the staff …

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Commemorative tree planted

A tree was planted to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee year, which was donated to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Women and girls from the group gathered on Tooting Bec Common to plant the commemorative tree last week. The tree was awarded to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community charity by the National Tree Council, and is one of 60 donated to mark the occasion. Councillor Nicola Nardelli, deputy mayor of Wandsworth and Pauline Buchanan, director general of the tree council took part in …

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 …

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon made Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen

LONDON: A Pakistani origin House of Lords member has been made Lord in Waiting to the Queen Elizabeth II at her majesty The Queen’s household. Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon an active member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has formally taken up his role at The Queen’s household. In this role, Lord Tariq will perform various duties of state, including the receiving of heads of states on behalf of her majesty. Lord Ahmad formally assumed his duties alongside fellow Conservative ministers, …

Muhammad: When bad things happen to good people, maintain trust in God

As we prepare to lay 26 souls to rest in Newtown, Conn., countless are left behind, alone. As long as good people have existed, bad things have happened to them. And as long as religion has existed, believers and non-believers alike rightfully ask, “Why does God let bad things happen to good people?” Islam’s answer to the question of suffering does not serve to “justify” or mitigate the pain associated with the horror of losing a child. Nor does it …

Ahmadiyya sympathy over Connecticut school shooting

CHINO – Leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Baitul Hameed Mosque conveyed their sympathy and condolences to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School during their afternoon sermon today. Earlier, a gunman opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, killing 26 people, most of them children. “We are so sorry, we are so sad, it is great tragedy not just for the people of that town, although they have suffered a lot there are feeling more pain …

Origin of Romani traced to India

Ancient roots of modern day European gypsies traced back to India. According to the analysis, the Romani likely came from what is now the Punjab state in northwestern India. Romani, also known as Roma or Gypsies, are an ethnic group numbering 11 million people, They are distributed widely within Europe including the Balkans and Scandinavia where they are still shunned and victimized. During the Holocaust, somewhere between 200,000 and 1.5 million Romani were killed by Hitler’s Nazis. After World War …

Heavy snow hits Balkans

BELGRADE, Serbia — Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall have killed at least six people and caused travel chaos across the Balkans, with rescue teams struggling to reach passengers stranded in buses and cars in Serbia on Sunday. Officials said four people have died in Croatia and two in Serbia as a result of blizzards in the region of southwestern Europe over the weekend, closing airports and roads and blocking public transportation in big cities. People traveling in vehicles waited for hours …

Student graduates after being shot in the forehead

A University of Sunderland student who survived a gun attack which claimed the lives of his brother and uncle has told of his pride after he graduated just weeks after his ordeal. Ummad Farooq, 22, had gone home to Karachi for his brother Saad’s wedding in October when they were attacked by gunmen who opened fire at their car. Saad was riding behind on a motorbike and was killed. Ummad’s father was shot five times and managed to survive, but …

Khalifa of Islam calls for Peace at European Parliament

On 4 December 2012, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered an historic keynote address at the European Parliament in Brussels to a packed audience of more than 350 guests representing 30 countries. The event was hosted by the newly launched ‘European Parliament Friends of Ahmadiyya Muslims Group’, a group that highlights that the cause of peace is at the heart of the Muslim faith. The group is headed by Dr …

Ahmadi Graves Desecrated in Lahore

More than 100 tombstones were desecrated by unidentified men this past Monday morning. This incident took place in a graveyard belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Model Town, Lahore. Witnesses state that a group of about a dozen men, who were wearing masks and carrying weapons, entered the graveyard during early morning hours. Some of the men carried pistols, while others carried larger weapons. The intruders removed the tombstones from the graves and broke them. They also informed the caretakers …