Ahmadis travel to India for the annual convention

Thousands of Ahmadis from Pakistan are making their way to India to take part in the 120th annual convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian (Punjab, India). The three day convention which will take place from 26th to 28th December 2011 will be attended by tens of thousands of Ahmadi delegates from India as well as from neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. To make the journey easy for the delegates a major transport operation is underway. Over …

Mansoor Ijaz – The memogate controversy

Events in Pakistan have recently taken a twist after a controversial memo appeared said to be drafted by Pakistani Ambassador to the USA Hussain Haqqani. The memo was ousted by an American Business Man of Pakistani descent Mansoor Ijaz. The memo is said to have the approval of President Zardari as well. Ever since the memo came to the light Mr Haqqani has handed over his resignation and President Zardari seems to have fled to Dubai under the pretence of …

History of Rabwah

It was in the August of 1947 that Pakistan got its independence, and the 2nd head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the time His Holiness Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad worked side by side with Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan. And at times when Jinnah had given up on the idea of Pakistan he forced him to rejoin politics and work for the cause of Muslims in the Indian subcontinent. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947 most of …

An Ahmadi’s Open Letter to Pakistani Media

Dear friends in the media, Salutations, I’m a Pakistani Ahmadi Muslim. I know you haven’t read these three words in a single sentence because of an amendment made to the constitution of our country that precludes the composition of such a statement; legally! Still, I have to be what I am. This trinity of nationality-sect-religion is experienced by most of you but I am the only one who is not allowed to venture in this domain of nomenclature. While many …

Islamic History by the book

‘I thought I should write an autobiography on how I established these communities. I feel very satisfied that I have recorded the events of my life which would relate tp the history of things, particularly my uncle’s part in founding Pakistan’ A PROFESSOR whose uncle plaid a helping hand in founding Pakistan, talks about his life after publishing his autobiography 10 years after starting it. Matiullah Dard, 75, now lives opposite Belmarsh prison in Thamesmead but was born in the …

Rana Abrar Hussain – Face of Yellow Journalism

A few days ago Chenab Nagar (Rabwah) was rocked by a terrible crime which happened in the local Main marketplace where a Local journalist named Rana Abrar Hussain was shot dead. This resulted in the local newspapers and media outlets publishing hate filled news reports. In these reports the readers were lead to believe that the murder was carried out on the orders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This resulted in rallies being carried out in different parts of the …