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Indonesia: Ahmadis question Depok administration’s decision to seal mosque

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/06/05/ahmadis-question-depok-administrations-decision-to-seal-mosque.html The Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregation (JAI) questioned on Monday the decision of the Depok city administration in West Java forbidding Ahmadis from using a mosque that belongs to one of the congregation members for worship. Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris and many police and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) officers reportedly […]

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Indonesia: Ahmadis expect dialogue with President Jokowi

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/06/07/ahmadis-expect-dialogue-with-jokowi.html Followers of the Ahmadiyah religious sect are hoping to meet with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to tell the country’s leader to revoke the 2008 joint ministerial decree on Ahmadiyah, which prohibits members of the faith from propagating their teachings. Ahmadiyah spokesman Yendra Budiana said perpetrators of almost all cases of persecution […]

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Indonesia: Depok Ahmadiyya Community Confesses of Being Persecuted by Mayor

Source: http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/currentnews/read/6722/depok.ahmadiyya.community.confesses.of.being.persecuted.by.depok.mayor DEPOK, NETRALNEWS.COM – Depok Ahmadiyya Community associated in the Indonesia Ahmadiyya Community (JAI) will take legal action related to the forced closure of Depok Al-Hidayah Mosque which takes place on Saturday to Sunday, June 3-4, in the morning. Secretary of External Relations of JAI Kandali Achmad Lubis stated that […]

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Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at to hold annual conference in Belize

Source: http://belize.mynews.club/news/ahmadiyya-muslim-jamaat-to-hold-annual-conference-in-belize—lovefm.html | By Ava Diaz-Sosa The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at will hold their third annual convention later this week in Belize City. According to Mohammed Sadique, a missionary and representative of the group, while some may equate Muslims with terrorism, nothing could be further from the truth. “We denounce completely and absolutely […]

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Indonesia: “Ahmadiyya Can Perform Their Belief But Can’t Spread It”, says Religious Affairs Minister Saifuddin

Source: https://en.brilio.net/news/ahmadiyah-congregation-is-prohibited-to-spread-the-teachings-1706074.html# Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said in an interview that Ahmadiyya congregation is forbidden to spread their religion. “Regarding Ahmadiyya, (what we) prohibit is the spread of its religious teachings,” Lukman said on Monday. However, he does not prohibit the congregation to pray and worship based on their belief. “Ahmadiyya congregation’s […]

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Irish Atheists, Evangelicals & Ahmadiyya Muslims jointly challenge Pakistan human rights abuses at United Nations

Source: https://atheist.ie/2017/06/pakistan-united-nations/ For the first time ever, Irish Atheists, Evangelicals and Ahmadiyya Muslims are jointly challenging human rights abuses in Pakistan at the United Nations. Yesterday we made a written submission to the UN, which is now on the UN website, and in July we will be addressing the UN Human […]

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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand invites all Kiwi friends to their mosque in South Auckland for Iftar

Source: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/284751 Aucklanders invited to share Ramadan experience with Kiwi Muslims The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand is inviting their Kiwi friends to their mosque in South Auckland during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. This annual event, planned for the evening of 10th June 2017, gives New Zealanders an opportunity […]

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Israel: Ahmadiyya Muslim Amir Muhammad Sharif Ode amongst those (Religious Leaders) Honored with AJC Unity Award

Source: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jewish-muslim-and-christian-religious-leaders-honored-with-ajc-unity-award-300470408.html | American Jewish Committee Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Religious Leaders Honored with AJC Unity Award WASHINGTON, June 7, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AJC, at its Global Forum, presented the Unity Award to three religious leaders — Rabbi Dov Haiyun, Amir Muhammad Sharif Ode, and Father Yousef Yakoub – for their extraordinary demonstration […]

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UK: Mayor of Wandsworth joins the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Elders Association’s solidarity event at Church Square

Source: http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evpeace002.htm Mayor attends solidarity peace vigil organised by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Elders Association Saddened and shocked by the brutual & barbaric terrorist actions at London Bridge & Borough Market on Saturday (3 June) the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Elders Association organised a solidarity event at Church Square. Rev’d Canon Ailsa Newby, […]

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Ireland: Recently Vandalized Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque [Masjid Maryam] in Galway to host an open day today

Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/ireland-should-not-be-complacent-about-radicalisation-1.3112909 The Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque which was damaged in a stoning incident during Ramadan prayers earlier this week is hosting an open day at the Masjid Maryam in Ballybrit on Saturday from 3pm to 6pm. Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Ireland president Dr M Anwar Malik said that Muslims and non-Muslims are […]

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UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Keighley Raises funds for Manchester Emergency Fund through the British Red Cross

Source: http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/15335707.Shocked_reaction_in_Keighley_to_news_of_terrorist_massacre_in_London/ Young people from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Keighley were out last weekend collecting funds to support people affected by the terrorist bombing in Manchester, which occurred only two weeks before the latest killings in London. Children from Keighley as young as seven were at Booths supermarket, in Ilkley, […]

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UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Crawley condemns terror attacks as ‘acts of evil individuals’

Source: http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/residents-urged-to-stand-together-following-terror-attacks-1-7994930 | By SARAH PAGE People are being urged to stand united following the terrorist attacks in London on Saturday in which seven people died and 48 were injured. Horsham District Council deputy leader Jonathan Chowen called on people to “stand together to defeat this horrendous wrongdoing” and Muslims in Crawley […]

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UK: ‘Tow Law Millennium Primary School’ Cancels Visit to Ahmadiyya Muslim’s Nasir Mosque in Hartlepool due to ‘fears’

Source: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/southdurham/weardale/15337260.County_Durham_primary_school_pulls_mosque_visit_in_response_to_parents__39__terror_attack_fears/ Tow Law Millennium Primary School pulls Hartlepool Nasir Mosque visit in response to parents’ terror attack fears Flossie Mainwaring-Taylor @EchoFlossie Reporter (Newton Aycliffe & Sedgefield) THE regional president of a worldwide Muslim group has spoken of his sadness after a County Durham school cancelled its mosque trip. Parents from Tow […]

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Ireland: Galway stands with Ahmadiyya Muslim community against Islamophobic attack

Source: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/93036/galway-stands-with-ahmadiyya-community-against-islamophobic-attack Public stands firm with Muslim community as attacks condemned as ‘cowardly’ and ‘dreadful’ The emergence of racist and neo-Nazi graffiti in Galway has been linked with vandalism on the city’s main mosque this week. However the public has stood firm with the Muslim community against any form of Islamophobia, […]

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Ireland: Politicians & Christian leaders express outrage & condemn attack on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Galway

Source: http://connachttribune.ie/outrage-following-attack-mosque-523/ Outrage following attack on Mosque Politicians and churches condemn ‘loutish’ attack on mosque Politicians and Christian leaders in Galway have expressed outrage at the attack on a mosque in the city on Monday. Windows at the Ballybane place of worship for Galway’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community were smashed while people […]

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Ireland: Galway’s Ahamdi Muslim group ‘heartened’ by support after mosque damaged

Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/galway-muslim-group-heartened-by-support-after-mosque-damaged-1.3109818 The imam of a Galway mosque which was attacked during Ramadan prayers on Monday night said its members were heartened by the wider community’s response to the incident. Rocks were thrown through windows at the Masjid Maryam (Mosque of Mary) in Ballybrit, which is used by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]

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Ireland: Ahmadiyya Muslim community’s Galway mosque vandalised while worshippers inside

Source: https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2017/0606/880552-galway-mosque-attack/ A mosque in Galway city was vandalised last night while people were inside praying. Members of the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community were gathered for prayers at the Mosque on Old Monivea Road, when a rock was thrown at windows close to the entrance. The incident happened shortly after 11pm […]

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UK: “Violence & terrorism has no religion, no justification and no place in the peaceful Islam”, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Walton

Source: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/london-bridge-attack-groups-condemn-13142830 Shahbaz Bajwa, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Walton , said: “The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community unequivocally condemns in the strongest possible terms Saturday’s terrorist attack in London. “All acts of terrorism and extremism are vile criminal acts that are completely unjustifiable. “We express our deepest sympathy and condolences […]

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Thurrock Muslim community in prayers for victims of ‘barbaric’ London Bridge attacks

Source: http://ekosvoice.com/2017/06/05/thurrock-muslim-community-in-prayers-for-victims-of.html Thurrock Muslim community in prayers for victims of ‘barbaric’ London Bridge attacks The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has spoken out condemning the terrorist attack in London “in the strongest possible terms”. Thirty-six of those injured in the attacks are still in hospital, with 21 in a critical condition. “The terrorists […]