Women

  • The Purpose of Ijtema 

    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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  • The Ever-Changing Ijtema 

    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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  • Sameea Jonnud asks Lajna members to tell us of their special memories of Ijtema  Rearranging a glass cabinet recently, I positioned some shiny gold trophies with ‘Lajna UK National Ijtema’ written on them and thought back to when my daughters had received them after months of preparation. On the shelf below were some children’s books…

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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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  • Utopian Dreams

    Utopian Dreams

    Danila Jonnud, Hampshire Everyone wishes to live in a utopian society, being able to live lives free from monetary greed, from ignorance, from prejudice, injustice, violence, destruction, poverty, inequality. To live in a society where all people have equal rights, respect, and liberty. We look at history and think “life without these terrible qualities would…

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  • Lot’s Wife

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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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  • Jalsa Stories

    Day 3, Sameea Jonnud talks to Lajna members The anticipation of each Jalsa Salana begins as the last one ends when we return to our homes thinking about attending the next Jalsa, booking hotel rooms and making travel plans. On Thursday His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, May Allah be his Helper, inaugurated Jalsa, on Friday…

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  • Jalsa day 2 by Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn Jalsa Salana (the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) in its entirety is an exciting and spiritually uplifting weekend for the attendees, the volunteers and even the audience of thousands watching from home. But for Lajna Ima’illah in the UK and worldwide, the second day of Jalsa…

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  • The Dutyholders Day

    Jalsa Salana UK day one by Yusra Dahri

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