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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.

In the very same hour on Friday afternoon, whilst Prime Minister David Cameron made a public announcement relating to the increase in the level of terror threat in the UK from ‘moderate’ to ‘severe’, the Ahmadi leader – or ‘Caliph’ – His Holiness Khalifatul Masih V Mirza Masroor Ahmad, addressed the masses gathered for Jummah (prayers). In his address, the Caliph promoted messages of only peace and unity. He said: “Terrorism is born from the selfish acts of those who act for their own needs. The teachings of Islam is as follows – to love mankind not terrorism. Using the name of Islam for the shedding of blood is wrong. These people who cut the necks of other people are wrongly using the beautiful name of Islam.”
Ibrahim Noonan is the first Irish Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and had travelled to Jalsa Salana from his base in Galway. Of the messages he had received during Jalsa Salana which he hoped to relay to his people back in Ireland, he said: “The message my people will be getting is the message from His Holiness, which is a message of peace. I think part of that message will be that peace in the world can only come when we turn to …read more at pakpassion.net

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 29 to 31 August 2014, and was an opportunity for Ahmadis to immerse in prayer, learning and sanctification for all those who could attend. Marquees filled the 200 acre site and acted as mosques during times of prayer. MTA Television, the broadcasting company of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, televised live services directly into the homes of the many millions of Ahmadi Muslims around the world who could not attend the Jalsa… read more at pakpassion.net