France’s liberal traditions won’t be helped by the burkini ban
Source: The Guardian By William Hutton, who has written a weekly column for more than 15 years: six years at the Guardian and nine years at the Observer. He is principal […]
Ahmadiyya Festival Brings 30,000 Muslims Together To Condemn Extremism
Source: Huffington Post By Lucy Sherriff Multimedia Editor, The Huffington Post UK A festival held in the middle of a field in rural Hampshire brought 30,000 Muslims together to try and tackle extremism. The ‘Jalsa Salana’, which was held over the weekend in Alton, saw thousands of Ahmadiyya Muslims attend to […]
UK: “Ahmadi Muslims are ambassadors for their faith & set a fine example for others to follow”, says Watford’s Mayor Dorothy Thornhill
Source: stalbansreview.co.uk | watfordobserver.co.uk Mayor speaks at annual convention of Ahmadiyya Muslims Elected Mayor of Watford Dorothy Thornhill at the convention More than 30,000 guests from more than 90 countries attended a landmark Islamic convention last weekend. The Worldwide Head – or Caliph – of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Hazrat […]
Britain is full of inspirational Muslim women. They’re more crucial than ever
Source: The Guardian Type “Muslim women” into Google Images and the most common photographs show a woman wearing a niqab staring out into the distance or straight into the camera. […]
German conservatives call for partial ban on face veil
Source: Reuters By Caroline Copley and Michelle Martin | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have agreed that women should be banned from wearing the face veil in schools and universities and while driving, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Friday. The move follows an influx last year of […]
The World Is Failing the Injured Children of Aleppo
Source: BBC By Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell is a Conservative member of parliament and a former International Development Secretary of the U.K. The Syrian city will stand forever as a symbol of international shame and failure Members of the United Nations Security Council should go to bed tonight with the picture […]
Police in Cannes stop Muslim women wearing banned burkinis
Source: Reuters By Geert De Clercq | PARIS Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in the […]
Are France’s burkini bans sexist, or liberating?
Source: Associated Press By ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS (AP) — Male officials are dictating what women can wear on French beaches — and people across a wide swath of French society […]
French PM supports local bans on burkinis
Source: The Guardian Three French Mediterranean towns have banned the burkini. Photograph: Reuters BY Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Political rows over Muslim women’s clothing have weighed on French politics for more […]
Merkel: ‘Terror did not come to us through refugees’
Source: The Local Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized on Wednesday that the “phenomenon of terror” was not started in Germany by refugees. Police arrest ‘Islamist’ terror suspect near Polish border (17 […]
The World Is Failing Refugees from Nauru to the U.S.
Source: Time By Ian Bremmer As history buffs and film fans know, there weren’t enough lifeboats for passengers aboard the Titanic. As the boats, some less than full, pulled away from the sinking ship, debate began among the lucky few about whether to return to pluck the drowning from the water. […]
How Anjem Choudary’s mouth was finally shut
Source: BBC By Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent For 20 years Anjem Choudary stood on street corners, in shopping precincts, outside mosques, embassies and police stations and used his megaphone to drive a wedge between Muslims and the rest of Britain. Now he has been convicted of inviting others to support […]
11 Tweets That Sum Up The Absurdity of The Burkini Ban
Source: Huffington Post BY Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post There’s a full-fledged political debate going on in France over, well, proper swimming attire. On Sunday, a small town on the island of Corsica became the third city in France to outlaw burkinis, a form of modest swimwear worn by […]
UK: Watch 50th Jalsa Salana UK 2016 ONLINE
16 AUG 50TH JALSA SALANA UK HIGHLIGHTS Posted at 11:13h in Digital Articles by web team Jalsa Salana UK 2016: Inspection of Duties https://youtu.be/m9qyykjlo40 Jalsa Salana UK 2016: Flag hosting and opening address by Khalifatul Masih V https://youtu.be/Hj-vBlUF2AQ A year in the life of Khalifatul Masih V (2015-2016) […]
Theresa May to Ahmadi Muslims: Your motto – “love for all, hatred for none” – shines from all you do
We’ll uphold Ahmadis ideal on peace, campaign against extremism— Theresa May Source: Vanguard, August 14, 2016 By Ishola Balogun, London Prime Minister of Britain, Theresa Mary May has said that […]
UK: World Leaders Converge At Ahmadiyya’s Annual Convention; Discuss Peace, Unity and Harmony
Source: thegazellenews.com World Leaders Converge At Ahmadiyya’s UK Jalsa; Discuss Peace, Unity By Jumu’ah Abiodun, Gressehall Road, London World leaders across the globe converged at the 50th Jalsa Salana (annual gathering) in United Kingdom (UK) as they discuss peace and unity among others issues. The gathering which took place at Oakland […]
[Video] Jalsa Salana UK 2016: Aalami Baiat (International Initiation Ceremony)
Source: ahmadiyyaarchive.org
UK: Love for All, Hatred for None: 30,000 Muslims Pledge for a Peaceful Caliphate
Source: sputniknews.com Love for All, Hatred for None: 30,000 Muslims Pledge for a Peaceful Caliphate © AP Photo/ Yves Logghe Love is at the core of what the global Ahmadiyya sect of Islam conveys every day, and has done so for well over 100 years. Yet this is not covered by […]
French court upholds Cannes burkini ban
Source: Yahoo News Nice (France) (AFP) – The French resort of Cannes won court backing for its “burkini ban” on Saturday as a judge refused to overturn its decision to […]
UK: “Women have a role to play in Islam”, says Islam Ahmadiyya’s Caliph
Source: graphic.com.gh Women have a role to play in Islam – Ahmadiyya Leader SEBASTIAN SYME, HAMPSHIRE, UK The spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Hazrat Amirul Momineen Khalifatul Masih V The worldwide spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Hazrat Amirul Momineen Khalifatul Masih V, has asked the Islamic community […]