Mr Master Abdul Qudoos Ahmad (43) a government school teacher in education department and the president of local chapter of Rabwah named Nusrat Abad died after falling victim to brutal police torture in Rabwah. Mr Qudoos was taken into custody on 10th February 2012 and was kept in a private torture cell run by Chenab Nagar Police Station House Officer (SHO) Khadim Hussain on suspicion of murdering a local stamp paper dealer Ahmad Yousaf of Nusrat Abad. The illegal custody …
Ahmadi murdered in Nawab Shah, Sindh
An 80 year old Ahmadi, Chaudhary Muhammad Akram was murdered in an attack in Nawab Shah, Sindh. His 18 year old grandson Muneeb Ahmad was also victim of this fatal attack and is in hospital undergoing life saving surgery. Mr Chaudhary Muhammad Akram was coming back from his son in law’s shop to his home when unknown assailants opened fire on him. He died on the spot while his grandson Muneeb Ahmad was taken to hospital in critical condition. Mr …
Mayor & MP of Lewisham attend Mosque opening in Catford, London
Muslims urged to cast aside differences of religion, ethnicity and nationality for the sake of peace and unity. A clarion call to Muslims to set aside differences and work relentlessly for peace and unity in the UK has been made on the occasion of the opening of a new mosque in South East London. To mark the opening, and as part of its ongoing commitment to serving mankind, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community donated thousands of pounds to British charities. Representatives …
Canada’s Foreign Minister visits Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in London
How the Canadian ‘Office of Religious Freedom’ should function? Yesterday, Canada’s Foreign Minister, John Baird MP, visited the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at the Fazl Mosque in London. His Excellency, Gordon Campbell, the Canadian High Commissioner to the UK and other members of staff were also present at the meeting which lasted around forty minutes. During the meeting, the Foreign Minister mentioned how the Canadian Government was in the process of setting up …
Kabaddi Tounament Quarter Finals
Police officer shot at Virginia Tech Campus
Virginia Tech which has an enrolment of around 30,000 has issued a campus wide alert after a Police officer along with another possible person have been shot by an unknown gunman near the campus’ parking lot, The same parking lot where four years ago in 2007 the most deadliest shooting massacre took place in which 33 people were killed . As the suspect remains at large, the campus alert is asking members of the faculty and students to stay inside …
29 Ahmadi graves desecrated in Dunyapur
A case has been registered by the Police for the desecration of 29 graves belonging to Ahmadiyya community members. The incident happened on Saturday night in the Dunyapur, District Lodhran Punjab. Ahmadiyya community’s spokesperson Saleemuddin said that plaques of a large number of graves were broken while 29 other graves were dug up. The local representatives of the Ahmadiyya community approached the Police and submitted an application for legal action to be taken against the perpetrators but no action has …
Ahmadiyya Community celebrates African Independence
On 26 November 2011, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat celebrated the Golden Anniversary of the Independence of Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Tanzania in an event organised by the Pan-African Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK. Dignitaries representing a number of African countries attended the function that took place at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, Surrey. The highlight of the event was the attendance and address given by the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. His Holiness spoke of …
Ahmadi student expelled from COMSATS
Rabia Saleem, a female student of the Ahmadi religious sect in the final year of studies at the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Lahore, Pakistan, has been expelled on allegations of blasphemy. Saleem was accused of blasphemy by the student wing of the banned Islamist organization known as Tahaffuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwwat (TKN). Saleem lived at a student hostel in Lahore, and allegedly removed a banner displayed by TKN condemning the Ahmadi community. A guard observed her removing the poster. He then …
Pakistan: Age is no barrier to learning
With the sort of things we see, hear and observe in this day and age, you might be tempted to think nothing can surprise you anymore. But last month I met Sitara Brooj Akbar, and my sceptical bubble was entirely burst. Scoring a Band 7 on your IELTS exam is pretty impressive when you’re in your 20s, it is nothing short of amazing when you are Sitara, who is all of 11 years old. When I saw her at the …
Eid-ul-Azha 2011 Preparations
80 year old woman killed during break-in
Robbers murdered a 80-year-old woman and took away gold ornaments, cash and other valuables in three strike here the other day. As per detail, the incident occurred in Mohallah Nasirabad of Rabwah where unidentified intruders killed a 80-year-old woman Amatul Majeed. She was alone in the house when the culprits stormed the house.