Jalsa Salana
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn The annual convention – also known as the Jalsa Salana – of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is held every year around the world. As the UK is home to the current Caliph and worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the annual convention in this country is of an international scale. Of course, due to the…
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Nooresahar Ahmad, Hartlepool “Three days of every year should be fixed for a gathering in which all my devoted followers should – God willing – be present, with the condition of health, time and absence of strong impediments.” – The Promised Messiah (peace be on him), The Heavenly Decree. It is no exaggeration to say…
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Kholood Tahir Munir If one was to ever ask me what true sisterhood is, I would bring them to Jalsa. I would show them, how even from the very moment you set foot out of your car, you will probably encounter a sister who is getting out of hers. You will smile widely at each…
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Maleeha Mansur, Hayes If one cares to deliberate on gender segregation, the knee jerk reaction is to associate the concept of segregation with oppression, specifically female oppression. However, should one look closer, one sees elements of segregation is many aspects of society in the West. Washrooms, changing rooms and sporting events, to name but a few areas of segregation. Indeed, taking the timely example of sports with the Olympics in full swing, segregation is…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot Jalsa Salana is a special time which has left me with different memories; the people, the colour, the spiritual regeneration, there is so much that appears as snapshots of my Jalsa experience. Thursday – Mud I was working in hospitality, taking guests from the entrance to the accommodation area. Rain was falling, the…
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Basira Ajmal, Bournemouth With 39,829 attendees from 115 countries of the world, the 53rd Jalsa Salana UK has come to a successful end. The 3 blessed days of Jalsa UK passed so quickly and gave us many Jalsa memories and love to take away with us. You see, Jalsa for me is a lot more…
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Wajeeha Rana, Slough Often one’s spiritual journey is perceived to be a very private and personal matter. However, as I attend the blessed three-day event of Jalsa Salana it is evident that we can and we should have a public dialogue about what true spiritual progress is and how we can all strive for it.…
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Baaria Basit, London Sometimes I forget that there are people that come to Jalsa just for Jalsa, as ever since the age of seven I have been lucky enough to do different duties every year Alhamdulillah. Starting from small things such as hygiene and cleanliness, water duty, to MTA filming and press and media. The…
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Danila Jonnud, Hampshire My earliest memories of Jalsa Salana do not begin with the tents, the sun, or even the mud. No, my earliest memories of Jalsa are the guests at my grandma’s house. We would climb up to the loft and bring down as many mattresses as possible which we would use to make…
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park In his address, at the inspection of this year’s Ahmadiyya Muslim UK Annual Convention, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, stated that he only had two pieces of advice to give the volunteers for the success of the event. One had a deeply profound…
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