Leader of the Scottish National Party in UK Parliament, Angus Robertson met with the leader of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the community’s headquarters in London on Wednesday, April 27th. During a Parliament session on April, 20th the SNP leader questioned the British Prime Minister David Cameron on the issue of rising anti-Ahamdiyya hatred in the UK. He also asked the PM to back the United Against Extremism campaign launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Britain’s most senior police officer has vowed to protect a minority Islamic sect after the killing of a Muslim shopkeeper in Glasgow. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe visited Baitul Futuh Mosque on Friday, 22 April, to offer reassurance to Ahmadiyya community leaders concerned about anti-Ahmadiyya sentiment following the recent murder of Asad Shah in Glasgow. The Commissioner was joined by Commander Mak Chishty, the Met’s lead for Community Engagement, to meet the leaders and emphasize the Met’s role …
Muslims from one of Japan’s oldest Muslim Community have joined relief activities following two deadly quakes that hit southern Japan. On Saturday a 7.3 magnitude quake shook the city of Kumamoto, which had previously been hit by a magnitude-6.4 quake on Thursday night. According to local media reports over 9 people died in the first earthquake, and 33 in the second. Sources says at least 150,000 people have been displaced and are in need of accommodation and food. Members from the Ahmadiyya Muslim …
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Australia will participate in ‘Dawn Service’ throughout Australia and will volunteer for local RSLs in each state to commemorate the ANZAC Day. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Australia plans to commemorate ANZAC Day 2016 by taking part in various volunteer activities and selling ANZAC badges. Hundreds of Ahmadi Muslims will also be joining ‘Dawn Service’ on 25th of April in all major Australian states. The National President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Australia, Mr. I. H. Kauser said, …
A Member of U.K Parliament has called for a debate in the British House Commons to discuss the rising persecution against the Ahmadiyya community in the UK, the call comes after an Ahmadi shopkeeper was killed in a “religiously prejudiced” attack in Glasgow last month. Mr. Shah, 40, belonged to the minority Ahmadiyya sect of Islam which has faced persecution from other Muslim groups in countries like Pakistan and Indonesia. Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Bradford, is accused of killing Mr. …
The leaflets which call on Muslims to ‘Kill Ahmadis’ were found at the Stockwell Green Mosque in London. The Mosque which is affiliated with Muslim Council of Britain and serves as the UK headquarters of AMTKN (Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm E Nubuwwat), an organization which targets Ahmadi Muslims.This comes just days after the Muslim Council of Britain issued a statement saying Muslims should not be forced to accept Ahmadis. The BBC reported that the leaflets, written in English, were found arranged in piles on a …
The controversy surrounding the murder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Asad Shah has taken another surprising turn. After the murder Muslim Council of Britain released a statement reaffirming their stance that Ahmadis are not Muslims. The MCB is affiliated with ‘Khatm e Nabuwat‘ an anti-Ahmadiyya organization responsible for distributing hate leaflets in London which called for the death of Ahmadi Muslims.
The recent murder of Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper Asad Shah has sent shockwaves across Britain. Ahmadiyya Muslims who are considered heretics and face severe persecution at the hands of extremist Muslims across Asia but this the first time an Ahmadi has been murdered for his religious belief’s in UK. Shah who was a resident of Glasgow was much loved by the local community and his horrific murder has got people talking about sectarian violence within the Muslim community, something that has largely been ignored by both …
21-year-old Qazi Muhammad Shoukat Ghani died during a firefight in Pakistan’s Southern province of Balochistan. Shoukat, an Ahmadiyya Muslim by faith was a resident of Rabwah and was a sepoy in the Kashmir Regiment. He was killed after his post in the Pasni area of Balochistan came under fire from separatist militants.
Governor of Palestine’s second largest city of Hebron Kamel Hemeid welcomed a delegation of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s charity Humanity First and briefed them on the overall situation in the province. Humanity First was founded by the 4th Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mirza Tahir Ahmad in 1993 to help with the hunger crisis in Somalia and the war in Bosnia. This was the time when the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community tried to help the victims of these crises, but could not do so directly being …
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community mourns the loss of lives at Gulshan e Iqbal Park in Lahore, Pakistan. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has strongly denounced the suicide explosion at a public park in Lahore, Pakistan. The terror attacks killed at least 65 and injured over 400. Many of the victims were women and children.
Asad Shah, was stabbed to death in his shop in what is feared to have been a sectarian attack against the peace-loving branch of Islam he followed. Vigils were held Friday and Saturday in memory of the 40-year-old. Shah’s family moved to Glasgow in the late 1990s and opened the shop in the Shawlands area of Glasgow. He believed in the minority Ahmadiyya sect of Islam and was originally from the Pakistani city of Rabwah, which is the center of …