Women
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes For a Muslim woman, the purpose of all her gatherings is to ultimately draw closer to Almighty Allah. Indeed, ijtema serves as a great means to this end. Our beloved Imam and worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah be his Helper) has beautifully explained
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hampshire ‘What is history?’ asked the second Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness Mirza Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him), in an address at the inauguration of a women-only college in Rabwah in 1951. ‘History,’ he asserted, ‘tells you who your father was, who your paternal grandfather was,
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Fezia Haq, Fazl Mosque Contrary to the criticism levelled at Islam that it prescribes segregation of genders, it is in actual fact a blessing of Khilafat or Caliphate within the same religion, that this separate venue has meant that Ahmadi Muslim women and girls get to be the direct recipient of our spiritual leader’s attention
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Fatiha Nadeem, Bradford Unity. Love. Service. Such emotions and sentiments arise when attending the Jalsa Salana UK. By the grace of Allah, I had the blessed opportunity to attend this year’s Jalsa a few days ago and will try to summarise my experience. My family and I began our journey on Thursday morning from my
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Nooresahar Ahmad and Durdana Ahmed discuss Jalsa Salana, the annual convention of our Ahmadiyya Muslim Community event which is currently taking place in the UK. They talk about the role of hospitality, both in the wider context of how it is prioritised in Islam, and specifically the role it plays at Jalsa and how the
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn Every year, when Jalsa Salana (the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) approaches, those new to the idea are amazed to learn that the whole event is run by volunteers. After all, ensuring basic needs and facilities are accessible and are of the required standard due to the scale of the
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Iffat Mirza Rashid, Bentley I do not think I need to remind anyone just how much the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of society, community, and human interaction. That was the first time in my life that the Jalsa Salana UK (in its usual scale and format) was cancelled. Bad phone signals, muddy tracks, and
