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 …

‘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. …

For Queen and Country Muslims Go the Extra Mile

Muslims from all over Britain are converged on the The Tower of London on Sunday 13th May 2012 for a 10km charity walk to raise £500,000 for the Queen’s charities. The Tower of London is an iconic attraction of London which is steeped in British history. The castle was used as a prison since at least 1100, although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, …

British Muslim Community Drives Forward Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Ahmadiyya Muslims launch unique bus poster campaign in London as part of their Jubilee celebrations One of Britain’s oldest Islamic communities, that established the first mosque in London, is sponsoring 200 buses in London congratulating Her Majesty The Queen on her Diamond Jubilee. The message of goodwill follows the example of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad who sent a congratulatory message to Her Majesty Queen Victoria on her Diamond Jubilee 115 years ago in …