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Khalifa of Islam Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad presented with key to Los Angeles

The Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at a special reception held in his honour at the Montage in Beverly Hills, LA on 11 May 2013. More than 300 politicians, academics and community leaders attended, including the California Lieutenant Governor, mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti, and several members of the United States Congress. During the event the Los Angeles City Council presented Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad with the golden key …

Clamoring for the Khalifa

CHINO, Calif.—This week, thousands of families arrayed in their colorful best are crowding into a sprawling mosque set among the golden hills of this old agricultural community east of Los Angeles. Some have come from across the country, and some from as far as Ghana. A few even risked travel out of Syria. They clamor to see Mirza Masroor Ahmad, a subdued, 62-year-old former wheat farmer and the world’s only “Muslim Pope.” The khalifa, as he is called, is the …

Pakistan election: the 4m votes no one wants

As Pakistan’s election campaign enters its dying days, no town has escaped the attention of the country’s politicians as they crisscross the country, plastering every spare billboard, lamp-post and shop-front with posters bearing their heavily airbrushed faces. Except Rabwah, a sleepy riverside settlement in the critical battleground province of Punjab. It is home to 40,000 potential voters who could safely be relied upon to vote whichever way the town’s elders recommend – a particularly large and reliable example of what …

Chairman PTI Imran Khan tries to distance himself from Ahmadis

Chairman PTI Imran Khan who has a history of being soft on the Taliban has yet again made a controversial statement. The statement was issued in response to a viral video which showed Nadia Ramzan of PTI UK along with members of the Pakistani press meeting the head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in London. In the meeting Ramzan asked his Holiness who would he vote for personally and what would he advise (to his followers). During the meeting, His Holiness …

Bomb blast kills 45 Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan, Ahmadi man also among dead

In the killing fields of Pakistan, the bloodletting continues unabated. On March 03, the attack on the Shiite minority in the seaport city of Karachi claimed 45 lives, Women and children were among the dead. At least 150 others were critically wounded. The powerful explosion ripped through a crowd of Shiites as they left a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city. An Ahmadi muslim man was also among the dead. Mubashir Ahmad Abbasi of Abbas Town went missing after the …

Ahmadi Muslims meet US lawmakers on persecution in Pakistan

Washington: Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community during their ‘Day on the Hill’ on last Friday briefed US lawmakers on their alleged persecution in Pakistan, official sources have said. Community leaders from 30 States visited nearly 400 Congressional offices on the Hill and met lawmakers and their staff on the issues of their concerns during their third annual event held on February 15, according to a media release issued on Wednesday. Delegates to the event briefed a broad array of …

PM Stephen Harper appoints Andrew Bennet as Canada’s Religious Freedom Ambassador

Today Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the establishment of the Office of Religious Freedom. The office will be headed by a public servant lauded for his “deep convictions” — to promote freedom of religion around the world. Speaking at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Centre in Toronto Prime Minister Stephen Harper said: “Around the world, violations of religious freedom are widespread and they are increasing,” “Dr. Bennett is a man of principle and deep convictions and he will encourage the protection of …

Sectarian group carries out anti-Ahmadiyya procession in Rabwah

On 25th January 2013 ( 12 Rabiul Awwal ) Muslims around the world celebrated the birthday of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.). Mullahs associated with Mjalis e Ahrar and Khatm e Nabuwat movement used the celebrations as an excuse to carry out an anti-Ahmadiyya procession in Rabwah. The procession started from Kot Wasawa, a suburb of Chenab Nagar and went on to Aqsa square via the Degree College. On its way to the bus stand it stopped infront of the local …

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to name Canada’s first religious freedom ambassador at Ahmadiyya Muslim Centre

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will unveil the government’s long-awaited Office of Religious Freedom and name Canada’s first religious freedom ambassador at a Toronto-area Ahmadiyya Muslim community centre on Tuesday. The announcement at Tahir Hall in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan will fulfil a two-year-old promise that has seen its fair share of controversy since it was first proposed during the 2011 federal election. The government has pointed to a growing body of literature linking religious freedom with democratic rights and …

Sierra Leone President Koroma speaks at annual Ahmadiyya convention

President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has congratulated and commended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat for their contributions towards the development of Sierra Leone in the areas of education, health and overall development of the country. He was speaking at the 52nd Jalsa Salana annual conference of the Ahmadiyya Mission in Sierra Leone in Bo City, last Friday. The Head of State thanked the people of Bo and more especially the Muslim community for their efforts in the just concluded elections in November last year. …

Court refuses to register Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Kazakhstan

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community which was operating in Almaty didn’t pass the procedure of mandatory re-registration. The court has made a decision to close it, however, the argument about its’ rights continue. The head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Kazakhstan, Nyrim Taibek, says that the community hasn’t been re-registered as it didn’t pass the pre-registration process and was shut down after the court decision. They plan to appeal against the court decision. Nyrim Taibek says, that Kazakh authorities are discriminating against the …

Ahmadiyya convention takes place in Dhaka after previous site torched

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Bangladesh marked its 100 year anniversary by holding its Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) in Dhaka on Thursday. The Convention was moved to the community’s headquarters in Dhaka after the previous venue in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila was attacked by two to three thousand Muslim extremists on 6th February, The mob led by fanatical religious clerics from ‘Jamaat Islami’, Khatm e Nabuwat and other groups, entered the stadium and set the area alight. According to  National Ameer of the community Mobasherur Rahman the …