• Bareera Ghaffar, Birmingham As the white tents and marquees are erected and the Ahmadiyya flag is raised high, many Ahmadis eagerly anticipate the three days of the blessed Jalsa Salana or the annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community here in the UK. For these three days the whole world comes to a pause, and…

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  • Sarah Ward, London As Maya Angelou famously said “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ”1 As I grow older, I am beginning to realise how very true this wisdom is. Memory, as we travel through life and time, begins…

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  • Podcast – Jalsa Salana: A Moment of Growth

    In our Jalsa special podcast, Iffat Mirza and Nooresahar Ahmad reflect on the origins of Jalsa Salana, its purpose, the value of the Pledge of Allegiance, and their fond memories of the blessed three days.

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  • Shumaila Iftikhar, London With the grace of Allah, his year’s annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK, begins today. The Jalsa Salana is a three-day event filled with speeches from key figures from within the Community as well as outside, including politicians, philanthropists and others from around the world. This year, in…

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  • Cemal Inam, Thornton Heath It was at the 50th UK Jalsa Salana in 2016 when I cried during the Bai’at ceremony conducted by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V. Bai’at literally means to sell yourself or to make a pledge of allegiance. The Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) said “To take Bai‘at…

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  • Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Every summer, generally at the start of the school holidays, Jalsa Salana UK arrives, certain and exciting. Many weeks, if not months of preparation followed by three days of speeches by scholars, exhibitions, meeting friends, and four addresses and a sermon by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, (may Allah be his Helper)…

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  • Eid ul Adha, also known as Eid of sacrifice, was celebrated by Muslims all over the world in this month. We marked this with a series of blogs on sacrifice and what it really means to followers of the Islamic faith. Here is the last blog of the series. Khoula Saeed, Tilford All over the…

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  • Podcast – Eid-ul-Adha: Essence of True Sacrifice

    In this episode of the British Muslim Women’s podcast, Ayesha Naseem, Maleeha Mansur and Iffat Mirza talk about the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Adha, “Festival of Sacrifice”, and delve deeper into the meaning and purpose of this Eid and the broader emphasis on the subject of sacrifice in Islam.

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  • In the month Muslims all over the world celebrated Eid ul Adha, also known as Eid of sacrifice, we present the third in our series of blogs on sacrifice and what it really means to followers of the Islamic faith. Sameen Rashid Chaudhary, Surbiton ‘Our Lord, I have settled some of my children in an…

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  •   In a month Muslims all over the world celebrated Eid ul Adha, also known as Eid of sacrifice, we present our second in a series of blogs on sacrifice and what it really means to followers of the Islamic faith. Dr. Mishal Jaleel Akbar Khan, London Why is it that when we use or…

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