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Ahmadiyya Muslims join relief efforts in quake-hit Kumamoto region of Japan

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 …

Australian Muslims to take part in Anzac Day dawn service

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, …

Call for debate in British Parliament following the murder of Asad Shah

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. …

‘Kill Ahmadis’ leaflets found in Khatm e Nabuwat’s UK headquarters

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 …

Muslim Council of Britain’s affiliate Khatm-e-Nabuwat calls for killing of Ahmadiyya Muslims

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. 

Pakistani soldier from Ahmadiyya community dies fighting militants in Balochistan

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 Palestinian city of Hebron welcomes delegation of Ahmadiyya charity Humanity First

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 condemns terror attack in Lahore, Pakistan

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.

Rabwah born Ahmadiyya shopkeeper Asad Shah killed in ‘religiously prejudiced’ attack

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 …

Ahmadiyya charity Humanity First to offer scholarships to Palestinian students

The President of Al-Quds Open University Prof. Dr. Younis Amr welcomed the delegation of Ahmadiyya charity Humanity First at the University’s Headquarters in Ramallah to discuss ways how the charity can provide scholarships to Palestinian students. Al-Quds Open University is one of the largest universities in Palestine with campuses in Gaza and Ramallah. 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 …

Khalifa of Islam condemns Brussels terror attacks

The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that took place earlier today in Brussels.

Pakistan auctions off Ahmadiyya land, Prevents Ahmadis from buying it back

The Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHTPA) on Tuesday auctioned residential and commercial plots in Chiniot district following the placement of an advert that excluded Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya adherents from the proceedings. Chenab Nagar (Rabwah), the headquarters of the JA, is situated in the district. The agency’s regional office in Jhang had placed the advertisement in a leading Urdu daily newspaper on March 1. The advertisement for the auction of 25 commercial and residential plots across two low-income housing schemes across …