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Food of Love: Muslims plan to curry favour by spicing up village life
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community, that established the first mosque in London, plans to spearhead a new drive for integration.
Village fetes- the quintessentially British occasion with tea, homemade cakes and jams, are to be spiced up with a new ingredient – the samosa and pakora or bhaji as it is commonly known.
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association, that is based in nearly 80 cities across the UK, will be instructed to reach out to villages and request selling spicy street food at their fund-raising fetes. All the proceeds will be donated to the charity and all costs will be met by the faith community whose ethos is Love for All, Hatred for None.
The plan has already been trialled in parts of Britain where the community has contributed to village life and local fundraising.
The plan is announced to coincide with the community’s Golden Jubilee annual convention – the Jalsa Salana – marking 50 years of the event in Britain. More than 30,000 people are expected over three days for the event between August 12-14 in Alton, Hampshire.
The event will be addressed by the worldwide Caliph of the Ahmadiyya MuslimCommunity, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, and will be broadcast globally via satellite TV.
Ijaz Rehman, President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association UK, said:
“The ethos of our community is Love for All, Hatred for None and we welcome this opportunity of reaching out to others to promote peace and cohesion.
“We already engage in interfaith work so are… read more at newsdog.today | benzinga.com
Hazrat Khalifatul Messiah V (a.t.) said in Friday sermon August 5, 2015 that all the workers and the member of the Ahmadiyya Community should pray that may Allah allow everyone to discharge their responsibilities in an adequate way. All the workers who are working at the convention site, may Allah keep them safe in all ways. Sometimes heavy work has to be done and there is chance of getting hurt. May Allah keep everyone safe in every way.
May Allah make the convention blessed and successful in every aspect. May Allah keep Ahmadiyya Community safe from every adversary and mischievous person. And may Allah give the opportunity to every worker that they continue to serve the guests of the Promised Messiah at the convention in the best way.
Workers, who have attained high standards of service, may they present even higher level every next time above the levels they have already achieved, and perform this time too better than before. There should never be decline in their level of service. Every step of ours should fall forward and when such service takes place then Allah sees with the eye of love. May Allah give everyone this opportunity.
Ref: alislam.org