LONDON: Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon received President Asif Ali Zardari on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen when he arrived at the Heathrow Airport here on Thursday evening with his entourage on an official visit. Lord Tariq Ahmad had recently been Lord in Waiting to the Queen Elizabeth-II at The Queen’s household where he performs various duties of state, including the receiving of heads of states on behalf of Her Majesty. This marks a history in itself that a …
As the UK braces itself for a snowy weekend, young Muslims across the country are on stand-by with salt and snow shovels to help ease any disruption caused. Since the snow showers of 2010, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) have come together to ensure that their neighbours and people driving or walking through their neighbourhoods do so safely. Members of the AMYA, stationed across the UK, will be clearing streets and driveways, assisting motorists and helping the …
Members of a Muslim sect persecuted in Pakistan have called for action to prevent groups from peddling hate against them in the UK. The Ahmadiyya community in the UK says it is being targeted through various media and in mosques and conferences by behaviour that it says amounts to religious hatred but is not caught by the definition of that offence under UK law. The community moved its headquarters to the UK in the 1980s after the Pakistani government passed a law …
Even though the annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was being held miles away in the England, the small town of Rabwah in Punjab, Pakistan didn’t seem too far off from the activities. The public in Rabwah looked like as if it was part of the bustling crowd of thousands which had gathered in the English countryside for a three day annual convention. The crowd consisted of Ambassadors, public figure’s, Ahmadi’s and guests from over 90 countries around the …
The dangerous rift in south London’s Muslim community has been likened to the "beginnings of the Holocaust". Lord Avebury the long serving vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group, said the extremist views were being “imported from Pakistan" and compared the vilification of Ahmadiyya Muslims in south London with the beginnings of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. Our investigations have revealed that in recent months Ahmadi residents, businessmen and politicians have been actively demonised and ostracised by UK Islamic fundamentalist …