Prayer
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Dr Qurratul-Ain Rehman, London It is in our nature to look forward to the future and to wish and hope for something better for ourselves, our families and the world at the start of the New Year. There is also an element of self-reflection on our failings and achievements over the past year and we
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Maria Anwar, Bradford South There is a devastating acronym being used in Gaza: WCNSF – Wounded Child No Surviving Family. A paediatric intensive care doctor from Doctors Without Borders described the situation as “an avalanche of human suffering” which is 100% manmade. i The world powers who were so vocal in their condemnation of Russia’s
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Iffat Mirza, Cambridge If you’re like me, you’ve probably also been glued to a screen the last two weeks. Simultaneously wishing you could simply turn off your screen and hoping the violence, injustices, and horrors would stop, but also knowing that living in the safety of a London suburb, the least I can do is
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Part II Kholood Munir Tahir, London One beautiful memory of my visit to Qadian in January 2023 that I will cherish is that of the piety and simplicity of the elder members of Lajna Ima’illah that I saw, whose hearts brimmed with such unwavering love and kindness: Due to the snowy weather conditions in Kashmir
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Kholood Munir Tahir, London A hundred years ago, in the small Indian village of Qadian, His Holiness Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmud Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him) founded Lajna Ima’illah – an organisation devoted to empowering women through education and service to humanity. A hundred years from then, it was an honour for me to
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park There’s much to be said about human nature. Every society has built up extensive conversations and discourses surrounding what it means to be human and what humanity means to us. I don’t pretend to be able to add much, or anything at all, to the conversation. But one thing that has
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With Allah’s grace, as we complete 100 years of our wonderful Ahmadi Muslim women’s auxiliary organistaion, Bareera Ghaffar and Matina Hakim reflect over what Lajna Ima’illah means to them, how it has shaped their lives and how they feel blessed to be a part of it.
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Bareera Ghaffar, Birmingham As it celebrates its 100 years, I reflect on how Lajna Ima’illah, the women’s auxiliary organisation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community enables and encourages not only me, but many women around the globe to serve Islam Ahmadiyyat. It is like being swathed by the true and pure sense of sisterhood, like cold
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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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*Huzoor is the term Ahmadi Muslims use to refer to His Holiness, the fifth Caliph/Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Yusra Dahri, Tilford Last year, I wrote an article entitled ‘Our Khalifa in the Quiet: the Greatness of Humility’ about His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad – my grandfather. It was my first time writing an
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