Day: July 26, 2017

US politician Wasserman Schultz fires Pakistani-origin IT staffer arrested for fraud

https://www.dawn.com/news/1347801 United States (US) Democratic Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz fired a Pakistani-origin information technology (IT) staffer following his arrest on a bank fraud charge at a Virginia airport where he was attempting to fly to Lahore. Wasserman Schultz spokesman David Damron said Imran Awan was fired by the Florida lawmaker […]

UK: Ahmadi Muslims from around 100 countries to pledge allegiance to world’s largest Caliphate in Hampshire

A large number of Muslim men, women and children from Bristol, Gloucester, Somerset, Wilshire, Devon and Cornwall will be attending the Jalsa Salana – the purpose of the three-day international gathering is to promote Islam and challenge misinterpretations of the world’s second largest religion by showing what true Islam stands for. […]

UK: Oldham’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth donate blood at Manchester Norfolk House Blood Donor Centre to save lives

Source: http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/104655/giving-blood-to-save-precious-lives | Reporter: Rosalyn Roden YOUNG Muslims from Oldham are on a mission to donate blood as part of a nationwide drive to save lives. Members of Oldham’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) turned out to give blood at Manchester Norfolk House Blood Donor Centre in the city centre. Their efforts […]

Britain’s biggest & Ahmadiyya Muslim’s Annual convention in Hampshire will see Muslims pledge peace & loyalty to Britain #JalsaSalana

Source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017jalsasalana/07ahmadiyya/prweb14537365.htm Over 30,000 Muslims will gather to listen to keynote addresses from Caliph on 28 – 30 July     Britain’s biggest annual Muslim convention in Hampshire will see Muslims pledge peace and loyalty to Britain With the memory of the recent terror attacks in London and Manchester still fresh in the […]

Indonesia: Ahmadi Muslims report local administration over alleged discrimination, again

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/07/25/ahmadis-report-local-administration-over-alleged-discrimination-again.html | Margareth S. Aritonang | The Jakarta Post Members of the Ahmadiyah sect in Manislor village in Kuningan, West Java, on Monday reported the local administration to the Indonesian Ombudsman and the Home Ministry’s Population and Civil Registration Agency (Dukcapil) for allegedly forcing Ahmadis in the village to abandon their faith. […]

USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community answers questions about Muslim faith at Fond Du Lac’s public library

Members of the Muslim Youth Association were on hand at the public library to answer concerns and questions about the Muslim faith Source: http://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2017/07/25/ahmadiyya-muslims-bring-message-peace-offer-answer-any-question/489543001/ Sharon Roznik, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin //www.fdlreporter.com/videos/embed/103999118/?fullsite=true On Saturday, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community invited citizens to the Fond du Lac Public Library to help uncloak the mystery […]

Australia: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community tackling tough questions on Islam in Mudgee Town Hall

Source: http://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/story/4808994/tackling-the-tough-questions-on-islam/ | Honor Elliott Up-to-100 residents were greeted with two leaflets at the Mudgee Town Hall on Friday night – Demystifying Islam and Islam Exposed. One was outlining the forum ahead and the other was published by a group called ‘Concerned Citizens’ stating ‘Be informed… it is in your best interest’. That’s exactly […]

Burkina Faso: Ahmadiyya Islamic Jamaat organizes a free-for-all Medical Camp for testing cervical cancer, diabetes & several other pathologies

Source: http://burkina24.com/2017/07/23/cancer-col-de-luterus-au-burkina-une-communaute-soulage-des-populations/ | by Noufou KINDO The Ahmadiyya Islamic community in Burkina Faso initiated a campaign for free screening of cervical cancer, diabetes and several pathologies for the benefit of the population on 21 and 22 July 2017 in Ouagadougou. The Ahmadiyya Islamic Jama’at of Burkina Faso and the NGO Humanity First in […]

Britain: Annual Convention #JalsaSalana of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will narrate Islam’s complete focus on peace

Islam is that religion which has forever enshrined the universal principles of freedom of religion, freedom of conscience and freedom of belief. Source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017jalsasalana/07ahmadiyya/prweb14543305.htm | LONDON (PRWEB UK) 26 JULY 2017 A counter-narrative to the hate-filled sermons of Daesh and other extremists is being driven forward by an Islamic leader with a global […]

Ghana: UNICEF constructs sanitation facility to Central Zaharia T.I Ahmadiyya Primary & Junior High School

Source: http://www.ghananewsagency.org/education/unicef-constructs-sanitation-facility-for-school-119977 | By Rashid Mbugri, GNA Tamale, July 24, GNA – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has handed over a newly constructed sanitation facility worth USD 32,000 to the Central Zaharia T.I Ahmadiyya Primary and Junior High School to help improve the hygiene of pupils. The facility, funded by the […]

Indonesia: Local administration still refuses to give electronic identification (e-ID) cards to Ahmadiyah Muslims

Source: Margareth S. Aritonang | The Jakarta Post Ahmadiyah followers from Manislor, Kuningan, in West Java have turned to the central government in Jakarta to get their electronic identification (e-ID) cards issued after years of being denied the cards. Fifteen members of the community went to the Home Ministry’s Population and […]

Netanyahu’s failed game of brinkmanship

Source: Arab News: It took a diplomatic crisis with Jordan, following Sunday’s killing of two Jordanians by an Israeli Embassy guard in Amman, to finally shift Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position on Al-Haram Al-Sharif — two weeks after his far-right government took the controversial decision to install metal detectors at […]

France wildfires force mass evacuation

Source: BBC Wildfires in south-eastern France have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people overnight, officials say. Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to battle the fires near Bormes-les-Mimoses, in the country’s Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. France earlier asked its EU neighbours for more help fighting the fires. Some 4,000 hectares (15.4 […]

Trump blocked on Russia sanctions

Source:CNN The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill giving Congress the power to block any effort by the White House to weaken sanctions on Russia, offering a direct challenge to President Donald Trump’s authority. The vote was 419-3. The legislation moves to the Senate, but it’s unclear when the Senate […]