USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Queens organize a ‘women only’ event titled ‘Pioneer Women in My Faith’
Source: http://newyork.carpediem.cd/events/2889709-pioneer-women-in-my-faith-at-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-queens-ny/ 12th MARCH — 15:00 – 17:00
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pope Francis, “it’s the start of World War III if there’s no dialogue”
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/pope-francis-declares-that-texting-at-the-dinner-table-will-lead-to-war_us_58adb879e4b03d80af71304d Carly LedbetterLifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post Your family and friends may hate it when you text at the dinner table, but there’s no way they’re as extreme as Pope Francis. The pope decried technology’s prominent seat at the dinner table in a speech to university students in Rome on Friday, […]
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 […]
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 […]
UK: Ahmadi Muslims Elders Association hold Charity Walk Dinner
Source: http://www.loveforallhatredfornone.org/uk-ahmadi-muslims-hold-charity-walk-dinner/ The Ahmadiyya community’s elders association held a charity walk dinner, walk is planned for may 2017. Event was attended by 235 guests including representatives of over 55 charities. Event was chaired by Mr Rafiq Hayat National President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
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 […]
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 […]
Owen Sound: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association aims to build bridges between Canadians & Muslims by their Nationwide ‘Islam Understood’ campaign
Source: http://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/news_item.php?NewsID=91540 Muslims Canvassing Owen Sound | by Claire McCormack About 30 youth will be canvassing Owen Sound apart of Islam Understood You may find a Muslim youth at your door this weekend. It’s part of the Nationwide ‘Islam Understood’ campaign put on by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association that aims […]
USA: Chino Hills’ Ahmadi Muslims challenges extremism
Source: http://www.championnewspapers.com/news/article_0cdbf52a-0055-11e7-9999-3fbb39159ae3.html By Marianne Napoles Amjad Khan was a little boy when he laid one of the first bricks in the foundation of the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino 30 years ago. Today, the 37-year-old raised in Chino Hills relishes his volunteer role as the national director of public affairs for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community play their part in litter-picking along Cowley Road, Oxford
Source: http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/15135810.Litter_pickers_unite_to_banish_dumped_rubbish/ A team from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community decided to pitch in, taking their litter-picking skills along Cowley Road on Saturday morning. LITTER pickers were out in force as they came together to banish unsightly rubbish cluttering and clogging up the city’s streets. Hundreds of people armed themselves with bin bags […]
UK: MP McDonagh chairwoman of the all-party parliamentary group of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls crack down of radicalisation
Source: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/london-mp-calls-for-crackdown-on-extremists-radicalising-from-prison-cells-a3483086.html News >UK > FRANCESCA GILLETT London MP calls for crackdown on extremists radicalising from prison cells A south London MP is leading calls to crack down on radicalisation within UK prisons after an extremist killer preached hate from his jail cell. MPs heard how taxi driver Tanveer Ahmed was able to radicalise […]