Thousands attend International Muslim Convention in UK

OVER 30,000 MUSLIMS PLEDGE PEACE AT ANNUAL CONVENTION As dawn breaks over farmland in rural Hampshire, the flags of many nations flutter in the morning breeze. Those nations in reality represent more than 200 in total and stand for the tens of millions of Ahmadi Muslims worldwide. Over 30,000 Ahmadis from 80 countries gathered in Alton, Hampshire, for the annual convention for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community convention, also known as Jalsa Salana. The event took place over the weekend of …

‘Special prayers for the Queen;’ UK Muslims celebrate Diamond Jubilee

A Muslim community in the UK will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee this weekend, with plans that include “a Royal Navy band playing the British national anthem at a mosque and special prayers for the Queen.” The Ahmadiyya Muslim community will mark the event, in which the British monarch celebrates 60 years of historic reign, by lighting up of mosques throughout the UK, street parties, feeding the homeless and a launch of 200 special Diamond Jubilee buses across London. …