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With the grace of Allah and through the blessings of Khilafat, the work of Lajna Ima’illah UK, the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association is ongoing throughout the year. Now as 2015 draws to a close we look back to some of the things Lajna UK was enabled to do over the year.…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot At a Humanity First fundraising dinner recently I found myself in a sell-out hall full of people who had paid a ticket price, were bidding in an auction and leaving donations in envelopes when they left. It felt good to be part of this cheerful atmosphere and led me to reflect on…
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Sarah Waseem, London In the Evening Standard (07/12/15) the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has coined a lovely phase. “Every vicar is really a mad jihadist in mufti”. To put his remark in context, he was referring to the fact that …“Visible religious commitment means we are instantly at risk of being manipulated…
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Basma Qazi Chaudhry, London The title of the article by Mary Wakefield in The Spectator some four days ago ran, “The Vicar of Baghdad: ‘I’ve looked through the Qur’an trying to find forgiveness… there isn’t any [1]. While the piece mainly talks about the Anglican Church vicar Canon White and his recall to England for security…
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Sarah Khan, London I believe in peace. Seeking peace is a cornerstone of my daily life. When I rise in the darkness before dawn, I wish peace on my loved ones in particular, and the world in general. When I greet my children, I wish them peace, just as I leave them with an expression…
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Hajra Ahmad, USA You came, with your eyes full of revenge, Your hands, eager to destroy, Your mouths, foaming with rage, Shouting in the name of Allah, Screaming in the name of His Messenger. You knocked down the doors. You broke down the windows. Breaking, smashing, looting, Burning down the livelihood of hundreds. The…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot How did you feel as the news of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris was unfolding? Probably the same as everyone else – shock followed by sadness. However how we Muslims feel after this may be different due to the fact that so many atrocities have recently been carried out in the name of Islam. As a…
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Sameen Rashid, London United we stand… and fall to our knees, in prostration before the Almighty. We stand before Him in Prayer, in rows facing His House. We all bow and prostrate at one command. We are an army, an army of God, a spiritual force. We stand shoulder to shoulder, ready and willing to…
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Tehmeena Luqman Amir, London For those saying Muslims aren’t condemning the Paris attacks, you aren’t looking in the right places. After all if you find Muslims condemning terrorism and actually talking sense, there is no easy, common enemy, is there? Piers Morgan and Bill O’Reilly say they want to see Muslims rally in the streets…
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Ayesha Malik, Tilford I had just come out of an enriching and thought provoking discussion on whether religion is really violent in Saint Anthony’s College Oxford, delivered by the witty yet incredibly persuasive Karen Armstrong, when news of the deadly attacks in Paris swept across the media. Terrorism has no religion Armstrong had said, espousing…
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