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USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Organization Texas works with interfaith organizations to build interfaith relationships

Source: http://dailytexanonline.com/2017/03/09/interfaith-communities-come-together-with-strength-in-numbers BY HANNAH PLANTOWSKY Interfaith communities come together with strength in numbers Though the anti-Muslim flyers stapled across the West Mall and the vandalism of the Texas Hillel building were clearly intended to frighten, religious leaders on campus have come together in showing mutual interfaith support. “There is a really […]

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Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim community Calgary try building bridges in High River by their Islam Understood Campaign

Source: http://www.highrivertimes.com/2017/03/09/campaign-seeks-to-remove-islam-misunderstanding By Kevin Rushworth, High River Times In order to build bridges and take down barriers, youth members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at community launched a nation-wide campaign to remove misconceptions surrounding the Islamic faith. Thousands of Canadian Muslim youth chose March 5 to travel to towns and cities across […]

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Canada: People from King for Refugees attend open house at Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Maple

Source: http://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/7179996-ureport-people-from-king-for-refugees-attend-maple-mosque-open-house/ King Connection | By Nancy Hopkinson Several people from King for Refugees accepted the kind invitation of the Muslim Ahmadiyya Mosque in Maple to attend an open house on Sunday, March 5. The visitors arrived at 2 p.m. and were directed to the mezzanine upstairs to view the prayers. In […]

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USA: Ahmadi Muslims in Fitchburg help bridge the gap between them and their non-Muslim counterparts

Source: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/letters/ci_30845659/heres-your-chance-meet-muslim Here’s your chance to meet a Muslim Sentinel & Enterprise UPDATED: 03/09/2017 08:55:35 AM EST In this age of misinformation, many Americans have misconceptions about Islam and a majority (62 percent) don’t even know a Muslim. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association aims to erase these misgivings and answer any […]

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Canada: Young Ahmadi Muslim Torontonians Combating Islamophobia… want to dispel myths people have about their faith

Source: http://torontoist.com/2017/03/meet-the-young-torontonians-combating-islamophobia/ BY ANDERS MARSHALL On March 5, a cold day in downtown Toronto, about 30 young kids from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square to talk to people about Islam. Their campaign’s goal, called “Islam Understood,” aims to inform the public and foster a community of young people […]

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USA: American Ahmadi Muslims explain true Islam… Islam in America still shrouded in mystery & misconceptions

Source: http://www.dispatch.com/opinion/20170308/letter-few-americans-know-muslim Just hearing the word Islam or Muslim brings emotions like fear and anxiety to many Americans. Thoughts of uncertainty regarding the future of the world and safety of the United States always becomes a topic when discussing Islam. As a Muslim, I was appalled when someone asked me if […]

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Ahmadi Muslim Women’s Community invites Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle to make feminine hygiene kits at their mosque in Monroe

Source: https://www.evensi.us/invitation-to-sew-with-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-monroe-wa/202373349 PROGRAM: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch (provided) . To enhance our cross-cultural experience and strengthen us as a community, the Ahmadi Muslim Community invites members of the Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle to make feminine hygiene kits at the mosque in Monroe. The sisters of the Ahmadi Muslim […]

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Canada: Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Women’s History Month

Source: Canada: Women’s Auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Women’s History Month By Dr Amatul Quddus Ayaz-Shams | Marseilles As we commemorate Women’s History Month this March, I wish to elaborate on this subject and shine some light upon the remarkable gestures of generosity and outstanding achievements of the women in my […]

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[Video] Inside Britain’s largest mosque, Baitul Futuh, of Ahmadiyya Muslims in Morden

Source: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/inside-britain-s-largest-mosque-baitul-futuh-in-morden-a3482946.html The Standard has gained exclusive access inside Britain’s largest mosque to find out why security has been stepped up, how the mosque is recovering after fire damage, and who prepares behind the scenes for the arrival of 6,000 Muslims during Friday prayers. The Baitul Futuh Mosque in south London […]

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UK: East London’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community raised more than £3.5m for charity since 1998

Source: http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/15145564.Ahmadiyya_community_call_on_walkers_to_help_raise_charity_cash/ By  Tom Barnes, Reporter Waltham Forest. Call 07795 507440 / thomas_barnes Waltham Forest Ahmadiyya community call on walkers to help raise charity cash Members of Waltham Forest’s Ahmadiyya community are calling on volunteers to get their walking boots on to raise charity cash. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association will […]

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UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) Wandsworth join the Great British Spring Clean campaign to ‘Keep Britain Tidy’

Source: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/15141830.More_than_50_young_Muslims_take_to_the_streets_to_banish_the_borough_of_litter/ By  Grainne Cuffe, Reporter – Wandsworth / @grainne_cuffe Young Muslims joined members of the local community to clean the streets of Wandsworth to “help keep Britain’s streets clean” last weekend. More than 50 youths from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) Wandsworth took the initiative to ‘Keep Britain Tidy’, as […]

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UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) at Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque in London join Sustainable Merton group for litter picking

Source: http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/15142091.In_pictures__The_Big_Tidy_Up_hits_Merton/ Groups from around Merton joined forced to clean up the borough for the ‘Big Tidy Up’ weekend. Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA), based at Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque in London Road, joined forces with local environmental group Sustainable Merton for a litter pick in Morden town […]

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Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Lloydminster to hold “Islam Understood” session at North Battleford Library to educate locals

Source: http://www.battlefordsnow.com/article/553262/islam-information-session-library By Angela Brown Curious to know more about Islam but don’t know who to ask? The Ahma’adiyya Muslim Jama’at missionary from Lloydminster is holding an information session at the North Battleford Library, called Islam Understood, to try to educate people on Islam. Tariq Azeem, of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’adiyya will give […]

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Canada: Ahmadi Muslim youth make house calls in Moose Jaw as national outreach continues

Source: http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/03/06/muslim-youth-make-house-calls-in-moose-jaw-as-national-outreach-continues/ By Carmel Kilkenny | english@rcinet.ca Muslim young people were visiting homes in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan yesterday in an effort to dispel the myths and misunderstandings about the second-largest religion, after Christianity, in the world. Ahmadi Muslims come from an Islamic religious movement established in Punjab, British India, near the […]

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Young Canadian Ahmadi Muslims Launch Door-to-Door Education Initiative in Toronto

Source: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/03/210295/young-canadian-muslims-launch-door-door-education-initiative/ By Constance Renton – March 6, 2017 , 10:22 pm Toronto – Following the massacre in Quebec last month, which left six Muslim men dead and five others injured, Muslim youth across Canada launched a new initiative aimed at educating neighbors and community members about being a Muslim in Canada. The […]

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Canada: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association spreads message of peace in Orillia

Source: http://www.orilliapacket.com/2017/03/06/youth-association-spreads-message-of-peace Youth association spreads message of peace By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times Monday, March 6, 2017 6:04:22 EST PM Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association canvassing in Orillia Sunday. PATRICK BALES/THE PACKET & TIMES Orillia was one of 65 towns and cities in Canada to get […]

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Op-Ed: “Quran outlines our duty as to defend churches, synagogues and all places of worship”, American Ahmadi Muslim

Source: http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/letters/ci_30838344/guest-column-i-decry-hatred-against-any-religion GUEST COLUMN: I decry hatred against any religion Sentinel & Enterprise | UPDATED:   03/06/2017 08:26:06 AM EST By Ijaz Ahmed Hundreds of tombstones were vandalized in a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia over the weekend. Hearing about this was both shocking and upsetting. As a Muslim American, I condemn […]