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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Jalsa Salana is the annual gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and at the International Jalsa held here in the UK, the current seat of Khilafat e Ahmadiyya, “guests of the Promised Messiah” (on whom be peace) travel to join from around the world. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) himself…
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn The objective of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, in line with the core teaching of Islam, is to instil the belief of Oneness of God, to bring mankind closer to Allah the Almighty, to fulfil the rights owed to God and to His Creation and to let the love of Allah and His…
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With Allah’s grace, this is the centenary year of our wonderful Ahmadi Muslim women’s auxiliary organistaion, a time for gratefulness and reflection. Bareera Ghaffar and Dr Sarah Waseem talk about the psychology behind the immense blessings of being part of Lajna Ima’illah.
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Bareera Ghaffar, Birmingham What is a tree without its roots? Without its foundation, without the very thing that makes it stand. Likewise, what is a tree without its branches and stems. It is the branches and stems of a tree that makes the tree come alive and stretch, reaching new heights. It is with the…
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Rabah Nasir, Worcester Park Our beloved Huzoor, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, our current Khalifa and worldwide spiritual head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, often ends the letters he writes to us with the prayer: ‘May Allah Almighty enhance your spiritual wellbeing’. This perfectly summarises how important it is to take care of and value…
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn Annual events of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community bring a great sense of excitement and joy for the Community members. This is extra noticeable this year as events slowly return to their normal scale after two years of Covid restrictions. As for the Ijtema or the Annual Gathering of Lajna Imaillah UK –…
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon From the corner of my eye, I was looking at the table which the stage secretary had asked me to place a flower vase and some other things on. I placed the vase in the centre, thinking it looked “best” that way, contrary to what I was told which was to place…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park Recent popular feminist discourse has broadly adopted the idea of ‘women supporting women’. The idea of women being there to keep one another safe, motivated, and inspired is becoming paramount amongst women’s circles and certainly is a positive direction. So many fields of the secular world, which are still heavily dominated…
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Cemal Inam, Thornton Heath The media for many years has been quick to label Muslim women as ‘oppressed, meek, silent victims’ but if anyone attends an Ijtema, an event run exclusively by Ahmadi Muslim women and attended by Ahmadi Muslim women and girls, their assumption would quickly be contradicted. That is why for as long…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Ijtema is an annual event where members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community join in their separate auxiliaries to learn, compete and socialise with others of their faith. I have been going to the national Lajna and Nasirat Ijtema for as long as I can remember, a fixed event in my diary along…
