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Women listen to female speakers and watch male speakers on a large projection screen at the Jalsa Salana Western Canada conference. Lasia Kretzel/News Talk Radio
Source: cjme.com More than 3,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims gathered in Saskatoon for their annual conference More than 3,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims from around Western Canada descended on Saskatoon this weekend to celebrate their faith and listen to leaders talk about how to spread a message of peace and harmony.
Prayers and poems echoed through the Soccer Centre as faithful men and women packed into separate, partitioned sides of the building to take part in the 35th annual Jalsa Salana Western Canada conference for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC).
AMC missionary in charge and senior vice president, Mubarak Nazir
“Our objective is to generate passion and love for our country. We have been blessed to be in Canada. This is a country which allows us to profess and proclaim what we think is right in a nice way,” AMC missionary in charge and senior vice president, Mubarak Nazir said.
Ahmadiyya is a sect of Islam founded in India in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmed. Ahmadiyya claimed to be the Mujaddid – divine reformer – and second coming of Jesus Christ. He advocated a peaceful spread of Islam and denounced violence.
Western Canada is home to around 7,500 Ahmadiyya Muslims, but …read more at cjme.com
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