Women
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot After Jalsa Salana and before winter sets in, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community auxiliaries hold their annual “Ijtema”, where members assemble to learn about their faith and its teachings. To me going to Ijtema holds the same importance as going to Jalsa Salana, something that, while not obligatory the way Eid Prayer is,…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot On Mothering Sunday children all over Britain show love for their mothers by giving cards and gifts, often of flowers and chocolates. However while the gesture is a lovely one, we don’t actually need a special day to show our love and appreciation; we should be doing this every day. After all…
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By Navida Sayed, Hounslow From the boardroom to the political and social domain, women’s achievements are being celebrated across the globe today on International Women’s Day 2019; the theme ‘Balance for Better’ aims towards a more gender-balanced world. While the emphasis is on the successes and achievements of women this day is also a time…
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Wajeeha Rana, Slough Feminism has become a widely circulated term in today’s media; it is a word loaded with meaning, yet difficult to define due to the emergence of several different branches of its kind. However, central to this movement is its purpose to advocate “equality of the sexes and the establishment of the political,…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot I grew up as a Muslim in Britain, was educated here and, in fact, teachers told girls at my school they should strive to be whatever they wanted in their lives, regardless of whether the profession was traditionally thought of as a ‘boy’s’ job. In history, however, it was a different story…
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Sarah Ward Khan, London As I get older, as yes I must face the inevitable, Ijtema* has taken on new shades of meaning for me. In my younger days as a Nasirat* it was all about meeting friends and not forgetting the words I had memorised…
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Qudsia Ward, Cornwall At this time of year in the UK, members of the Ahmadi Muslim Community are finalising plans for their annual Ijtemas*. Speeches are being practiced and timed, poems polished, handicraft models and craft work completed, other skills honed. Travel plans are being made, checking with friends and family how to reach our…
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Sarah Ward Khan, London I love studying history. I have always been enthralled by the lives of those who paved a way forward before me and steered society towards its current point. Growing up in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s was also a heady time: we felt history unfolding before us and we were…
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Yusra Dahri, London This is not just a cloth Nor the hatred that you’ve made, But a symbol of faith and trust. A decision that will not fade. Yet all cloths are woven from thread. And this thread has been constantly weaving. From our mothers to our grandmothers, From ancient scriptures to a world never…
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Sameea Jonnud, Aldershot At the inspection and inauguration of Jalsa Salana on Sunday, after Sadr Lajna UK had earlier requested advice from Hadhoor regarding Jalsa work, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih gave Lajna Jalsa duty workers the advice that they should engage in prayer and that they should smile and keep smiling all three days of Jalsa.…
