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UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) to hold its ‘Mercy for Mankind’ charity challenge on August 19

Source: http://www.in-cumbria.com/Lake-District-businesses-set-to-benefit-from-Muslim-charity-event-e01e325c-3cc5-496f-954d-d3e651d53b5c-ds | by Gary West Hundreds of young Muslims will be gathering in the Lake District for a charity run and walk event, boosting the economy, with hotels, restaurants and local attractions all set to benefit. The largest Muslim youth organisation in Britain, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA), is to […]

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UK: East Hampshire District Council Chairman Lynn Evans Experience at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jalsa Salana – A Report

Source: http://www.publicnow.com/view/45699ECAD0A9623985E2E34353F5EC377722E791?2017-08-16-11:00:17+01:00-xxx308 The Muslim group behind a major religious festival in East Worldham welcomed East Hampshire District Council’s Chairman ahead of a charity walk in the area. East Hampshire District Council Chairman Lynn Evans visited the Ahmadiyya Muslim festival Jalsa Salana, an annual celebration attended by more than 30,000 worshippers. Cllr […]

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Nigeria: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s Elders group (Majlis Ansarullah) to hold its 42nd Annual National Ijtema (Islamic Conference)

Source: http://www.thegazellenews.com/2017/08/15/ahmadiyya-muslims-elders-meet-lokoja/ The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Elders group (Majlis Ansarullah Silsla Aliya Ahmadiyya) Nigeria, holds its 42nd annual National Islamic conference (Ijtema) in Lokoja, Kogi state from Friday 18th to 20th August at the Al-Azhar International College, Lokoja. The theme of the gathering is Mankind and The Search For Peace. The […]

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More than 100 cross-party politicians demand action over ‘Muslim Problem’ article in Sun newspaper

Exclusive: The letter to paper’s editor – signed by 107 MPs – was organised by the Labour MP Naz Shah and includes prominent politicians, including former Cabinet ministers Baroness Warsi and Anna Soubry Ashley Cowburn Political Correspondent @ashcowburn More than 100 cross-party politicians have signed an open letter demanding action over […]

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We don’t have a ‘Muslim problem’, we have a problem of Islamophobia

Source: Independent The Sun‘s column by Trevor Kavanagh is yet more proof that Islamaphobia has become socially acceptable in the UK. This is yet another attempt to dig a chasm between Muslims and non-Muslims and fan the embers of hate, discord, social segregation, alienation and intolerance. The vast majority of Muslims are peaceful, law-abiding […]

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Junk today’s secularism: India needs a reinvented secularism 2.0 rooted in separation of religion and state

timesofindia.indiatimes.com:  India’s ambitious experiment with freedom of religion has failed. Our insipid brand of secularism, based on states’ active engagement amid stated religious neutrality, has led to the appeasement of a few, but empowers none and brings injustice for all. Instead of uniting our society, it has fomented fragmentation and […]

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India: IN A FIRST, Bombay MOSQUE OPENS DOOR TO WOMEN scholars

Maulana Mohammed Fayyaz Baqri’s wife is among the many women who impart knowledge about the Quran to fellow Muslim women. http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/in-a-first-yari-road-mosque-opens-door-to-women-ulemas/articleshow/60078262.cms- By Linah Baliga, Mumbai Mirror | Updated: Aug 16, 2017, 01.21 AM IST At a time when Muslim women are breaking into many a male bastion, a mosque on Yari Road has […]