London (CNN) Police investigating the deadly terrorist attack in central London are focusing closely on how the perpetrator became radicalized, as they battle to piece together his identity and connections. […]
Hundreds of Muslims now find themselves trapped in the UK, frustrated that they can’t travel to Islamist and rebel strongholds and perform what they regard as their religious duty. Britain’s zero-tolerance policy on Syria has filled our prisons with young jihadists already marginalised and isolated inside mainstream society Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik1 The […]
Source: http://www.pressahmadiyya.com/press-releases/2017/03/statement-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-following-attacks-westminster-london/ MARCH 22, 2017 PRESS RELEASES Statement of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community following attacks in Westminster, London The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community strongly condemns the barbaric attacks in Westminster today. Our sympathies and prayers are with the people of London and all those affected. Such attacks and violence against innocent people […]
Editorial It is the moment everyone feared would come. But it must be kept in proportion An armed police officer gestures as he stands guard in Parliament Square. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Wednesday 22 March 2017 19.59 GMTLast modified on Thursday 23 March 201707.28 GMT It was only ever a matter of […]
Source: UK Eight arrests have been made in raids in London, Birmingham and elsewhere following an attack in Westminster that left four dead, police have said. Hundreds of detectives worked […]
theguardian: by Julia Kollewe — ONS finds pronounced rise in women working past traditional retirement age, from 5.6% to 11.3% between 2012 and 2016 Many older workers say they are happy to continue in employment, but pension experts say women in particular have low levels of savings. Photograph: Getty The […]
Letter to the Editor South Wales Echo, UK Cardiff council has once again utterly disappointed me. The planning application to build an Ahmadi mosque in Canton has been in and out of council corridors for more than two years and the council couldn’t distinguish between Ahmadi Muslims and non-Ahmadi Muslims […]
Source: http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/15171919.Ahmadiyya_Muslim_Ladies_from_Carshalton_visit_Saint_Hill_Church_of_Scientology_to_improve_Interfaith_relations/ Scientology might be well known in the US and in East Grinstead but in the Ahmadiyya Muslim community very few people know about it. So when my friend Amelia Cavanagh invited me to visit her Church I arranged a group tour for Muslim ladies to see what they have […]
Four people, including an armed police officer and a man believed to be the attacker, have died in a terrorist incident near the UK’s Houses of Parliament, Scotland Yard has said.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/parliament-shooting-latest-news-man-shot-explosions-heard-westminster-london-a7643686.html One of the victims was among several pedestrians hit by a car on Westminster Bridge, before it crashed. An […]
Source: http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/home/ahmadi_muslims_share_translations_of_qur_an_in_newham_exhibition_1_4942217 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Newham welcomed people to The Froud Centre in Romford Road, Manor Park, on Saturday last week to view more than 50 translated Qur’ans and complementary information stands. The minority Muslim sect, whose followers are persecuted as apostates in Pakistan, is known for its peaceful […]
Source: http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/102679/volunteers-plant-new-trees-at-woodland Volunteers plant new trees at woodland Reporter: Lucy Kenderdine | Date online: 21 March 2017 DOZENS of volunteers braved the cold and mud to help plant hundreds of trees at a new community woodland in Oldham on Saturday. Armed with spades, gloves and much-needed wellies, the volunteers helped to transform […]
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Source: The Washington Post By Rick Noack, Lori Aratani and Luz Lazo March 21 at 2:23 PM LONDON — Britain joined the United States on Tuesday in banning passengers traveling […]
Former Sinn Fein leader followed along the familiar trail of so many enemies of Britain’s weary colonial history Robert Fisk @indyvoices Martin McGuinness dies: The ‘super-terrorist who became a super-statesman – like so many others Martin McGuinness followed along the familiar trail of so many enemies of Britain’s weary colonial […]
Source: The Independent UK We are in a bind where UK humanitarian organisations try to get aid and medicines, paid for by the British taxpayer, into Yemen while a Saudi-led […]
Source: BBC The government has removed its adverts from YouTube amid concerns they are appearing next to “inappropriate” material on the video-sharing site. The Cabinet Office said it was seeking […]
Source: The Daily Mail The BBC‘s Asian Network has provoked uproar by asking its Twitter followers ‘what is the right punishment for blasphemy?’A video posted on its account shows Muslim activist Shazia Awan asking followers to get in touch and offer their opinions on how blasphemy should be dealt with.Her […]
Source:CNN The White House has promised not to repeat allegations that a UK intelligence agency spied on US President Donald Trump at the behest of former President Barack Obama, the British government said Friday. A spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said UK officials had protested to the Trump […]
Source: http://www.swlondoner.co.uk/national-peace-symposium-morden/ By Matthew Robinson His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the community, will provide the keynote speech Morden’s Baitul Futuh Mosque to host key Ahmadiyya Muslim Community event A Morden mosque will host a global Islamic community’s symposium promoting peace and cooperation this month. The National Peace Symposium, hosted […]
Source: http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/home/ilford_walk_for_peace_organisers_hope_to_break_previous_fundraising_records_1_4930891 By Sebastian Murphy-Bates Last year’s Charity Walk for Peace resulted in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA) raising £500,000 for UK charities. With 2017 marking the walk’s 29th year, regional AMA co-ordinator Mubashir Siddiqi, of Ilford, welcomed charity representatives to a launch dinner where about 300 people were invited to sign […]