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EID UL-ADHA

On Sunday, 11 August 2019 at 11.00 am, we will be holding Eid-ul-Adha prayers at our UK headquarters at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley HA0 4JQ, where the Worldwide President of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, Hazrat Ameer Prof. Dr Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha will offer prayers and address the Eid assembly.


Eid-ul-Adha is integral to the observance of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah (Mecca). The sacrifices offered at this time by Muslims throughout the world, while they outwardly commemorate Abraham’s sacrifice — important for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike — serve, in fact to impart a lesson relevant to all of humanity.


Regarding sacrifice, the Holy Quran has this to say:


Not their flesh, nor their blood, reaches God, but what reaches Him is your righteousness and doing of duty. (22:37)

Another verse says:


“I (God) desire no sustenance from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me.” (51:57)

God does not require from human beings the offering of any material thing or performance of any outward act with the aim of averting His wrath. Pilgrims, setting aside their everyday concerns, dressed in the plainest and simplest of white garments, display only their common humanity and complete equality before their Creator. Selfish desires and outward show are relinquished. The sacrifice of Eid ul-Adha reflects and complements these features of the Hajj. It represents the sacrifice or surrender of the lower, ‘animal’ nature, whereby we abandon bad habits and seek to imbue ourselves with the divine qualities, and ultimately it represents the entire submission of the soul before the presence of its Lord. Such was the submission of Abraham and Ishmael.


We extend a warm welcome to all to attend our Eid celebrations, regardless of their creed, their gender or any other human distinctions.


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The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking
until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.


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http://www.aaiil.uk 07 Aug 2019 08:05:01 GMT Charities & non-profits Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article
<![CDATA[ Pioneers of British Islam ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/pioneers-of-british-islam-45ca412c42d54f46d1c4b1b3eb4bf9a0/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/pioneers-of-british-islam-45ca412c42d54f46d1c4b1b3eb4bf9a0/ Monday 5 August, 2019
Convention honours pioneers of British Islam

This association has the honour to host this year at its annual convention a special conference and programme of events to commemorate the pioneering work of the Woking Muslim Mission in introducing Islam to the West.


All are welcome to attend on any or all of the three days of this programme irrespective of their creed or affiliation, and we should like to take the opportunity to extend an invitation in particular to representatives of the Woking news media and British national news media to cover the proceedings at the H. G. Wells Conference and Events Centre, Woking and the tour of Muslim heritage sites.


This is an opportunity to learn more about this organisation’s distinctive vision of Islam and to discover the fundamental and indispensable part it played in the remarkable early history of the propagation of Islam in the West and the origins of British Islam.


Please see the following schedule of events.


Convention of the
Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam Lahore (UK) at Woking
Pioneers in the Introduction of Islam to the West- All Welcome -16 August 13:00 15 Stanley Ave, Wembley HA0 4JQ:Friday Prayers and Sermon with Questions and Discussion17 August 10:00 HG Wells Halls, Woking:Conference18 August 10:00 Woking:Tour of Muslim heritage sites
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The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam,
15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.


Submissions in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:Countering ExtremismOur submission: pdf • htmlSharia Councils:Our submission: pdf • html


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http://www.aaiil.uk 05 Aug 2019 08:05:01 GMT Charities & non-profits Education & Human Resources Government Health Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article Public Sector & Legal Travel & Tourism
<![CDATA[ Eid Mubarak! ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/eid-mubarak-9195efd219652eba8fbb2b40cf8ad4ae/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/eid-mubarak-9195efd219652eba8fbb2b40cf8ad4ae/ Monday 3 June, 2019

For thirty days, from dawn to dusk, Muslims forgo food and water. They do this in obedience to the Divine Command to fast, as did the prophets and communities which went before. But, to what purpose do they fast? The Holy Quran tells us that Muslims are commanded to fast so that they may purify themselves of the desires of this world and learn to love humanity. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) said that unless one gives up lying and cheating there is no purpose in fasting because Allah does not care for our going hungry and thirsty. A man’s fast is not accepted by Allah unless, when he breaks his fast, he goes to check to make sure his neighbour is not hungry.


The month of Ramadan ends with the festival of Eid which, loosely translated, means the day of recurring happiness. Happiness at being privileged to serve humanity for a whole month without the desire for any reward in return. We did it because love for Allah starts with love for the whole of humankind. So Eid Mubarak to one and all, and prayers that Allah keeps everyone free from harm and difficulties regardless of their colour, creed, religion, sect or nationality.

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The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking
until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.


Submissions in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:Countering ExtremismOur submission: pdf • htmlSharia Councils:Our submission: pdf • html




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http://www.aaiil.uk 03 Jun 2019 10:35:58 GMT Charities & non-profits Food & Drink Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article
<![CDATA[ Murder of the innocent ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/murder-of-the-innocent-819b66c81c2ee3ea895a2a84ce865032/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/murder-of-the-innocent-819b66c81c2ee3ea895a2a84ce865032/ Tuesday 23 April, 2019

We live in a terrible world where there is no longer any respect for human life or the places of worship!


About 1,500 years ago the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) showed through his actions how people of different faiths can and should live together. Immediately upon entering Medina he drafted the world’s first constitution based on recognising the freedom and the rights of all the citizens of a state. The State in return asked for loyalty from its subjects. The Prophet went so far as to make it a duty of all Muslims to protect the places of worship of the Christians, even to pay for the repair and renovation of their places of worship.


In Sri Lanka, nearly 300 innocent people have lost their lives in senseless bombings. Three of the bombings took place in churches at Easter time. We condemn all attacks on places of worship regardless of the religion and the killing of people engaged in performing their religious duties. We condemn all the killings wherever they may be carried out. The spate of such actions across the world shows that unless we all unite to oppose these killers the world will surely drift back to the time of the Holocaust. We strongly urge followers of all religions and none, to come together and make sure that these murderers can find no hiding place.


                                                                                                                                         


The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.


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http://www.aaiil.uk 23 Apr 2019 03:14:04 GMT Charities & non-profits Education & Human Resources Government Lifestyle & Relationships Media & Marketing Opinion Article Public Sector & Legal Travel & Tourism
<![CDATA[ Muslims have had no-fault divorce for 1,500 years! ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/muslims-have-had-no-fault-divorce-for-1500-years-26dc2e8423c1c9e3e4c99c1a8a6809fe/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/muslims-have-had-no-fault-divorce-for-1500-years-26dc2e8423c1c9e3e4c99c1a8a6809fe/ Wednesday 10 April, 2019

We congratulate the Justice Secretary for adopting the Islamic best practice with regard to divorce


Today the Justice Secretary announced that the UK Government is proposing legislation to allow no-fault divorces. This is welcome news. Currently, according to the law on divorce in England and Wales, with its historical roots in the Old and New Testaments, divorce cannot take place unless and until one of the parties is proven to be at fault or alternatively both parties have lived separately for two years with mutual consent. The original definition of ‘fault’ was adultery but then it was expanded to cover many other reasons.


Islamic law is based on the commandments of the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (s) interpretation of those commandments. Although the Holy Quran clearly disapproves of divorce because of the impact it has on those divorcing and their children, it
allows it. Despite disapproving it, then, Islam takes a radically different approach. In Islam, divorce depends on the affirmative answer to a simple question: do both, or does even just one of the parties want to end the marriage? There need be no ‘fault’ on part of either party. There are two famous examples of this.


This first one, recorded in authentic history, involves the Holy Prophet himself. When the daughter of al-Jawn was brought in as a bride to the Messenger of Allah (s) and he came close to her, she said: “I seek refuge with Allah from you”. So, he said to her: “You have sought refuge with One Who is great; go back to your family”. Here. a woman is asking the Holy Prophet Muhammad himself for a ‘no fault’ divorce and it is granted.


The second records an episode during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (s) when he was approached by the wife of a companion of his, Thabit bin Qais. She told the Prophet that she could not find any defects in Thabit’s character or religion, but she could not bear to live with him. The Prophet asked if she was willing to return a garden Thabit had given to her as a marital gift or Mehr, upon which she replied that she was. She agreed to this and she was allowed to divorce Thabit. It is worth adding that on marriage a husband has to settle a part of his estate on his wife to make her financially independent.


This shows that ‘no fault’ divorce has been a part of Islam for 1,500 years. We welcome the Justice Secretary’s decision to adopt the Islamic best practice in this regard.

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The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

Submissions in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:Countering ExtremismOur submission: pdf • htmlSharia Councils:Our submission: pdf • html

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http://www.aaiil.uk 10 Apr 2019 00:55:18 GMT Charities & non-profits Government Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article Public Sector & Legal
<![CDATA[ There is no punishment in Islam for private acts ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/there-is-no-punishment-in-islam-for-private-acts-642d0c34ebc24ceba23d47f40ee764f6/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/there-is-no-punishment-in-islam-for-private-acts-642d0c34ebc24ceba23d47f40ee764f6/ Wednesday 3 April, 2019

The Holy Quran says that if I can’t convince you that my way of living is the right one, you live the way you want to and I’ll live the way I want to.


The Holy Quran, in a small chapter, Surah 109, presents us with a conversation between the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) and the non-believers. The summary of this conversation is that I can’t convince you to live the way I say, and you’ll never be able to convince me to live the way you say. So you live the way you want to and I’ll live the way I want to. This applies to all our actions in our private lives, including same-sex relationships. Islam does not condone them but in the light of the above verses, it does not deny people the right to choose the way they live. Elsewhere it says that no one should be forced to follow a path they don’t want to because the right and the wrong path are clear.


Islamic teaching also, by impressing it upon the believers that houses should be entered from the front door and that the visitor should seek the householder’s permission before entering, effectively forbids snooping into people’s lives (for which see 24:58 and 2:189).


In the light of these teachings of the Holy Quran, how can it be right for the government of Brunei to declare that people who have same-sex relationships or a relationship outside marriage will be stoned to death? How will the authorities determine that these acts have taken place? By snooping, which is specifically forbidden in the Holy Quran? Or will they install cameras in every bedroom in their country? It is strange that the authorities should violate an injunction of the Holy Quran in order to implement another one, as they claim.


Although, in line with teachings of all religions, we disapprove of such behaviour, we believe that those concerned are answerable to Allah and not to other human beings. He is a sufficient judge for us all. And we urge the government of Brunei not to succumb to extremist pressure and enact such legislation.


In conclusion, it remains to point out that there is a lack of justification in Islam for any law imposing a death penalty for adultery, whether by stoning or otherwise, and for this we would refer readers to the handbook The Religion of Islam by the pioneer translator of Holy Quran, Maulana Muhammad Ali.

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The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam
(Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

Submissions in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:Countering ExtremismOur submission: pdf • htmlSharia Councils:Our submission: pdf • html


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http://www.aaiil.uk 03 Apr 2019 12:47:31 GMT Charities & non-profits Education & Human Resources Government Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article Public Sector & Legal
<![CDATA[ If antisemitism is unacceptable, why is Islamophobia OK? ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/if-antisemitism-is-unacceptable-why-is-islamophobia-ok-6589c5ddb08fac652c15165a994adb46/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/if-antisemitism-is-unacceptable-why-is-islamophobia-ok-6589c5ddb08fac652c15165a994adb46/ Sunday 24 February, 2019
The Holy Quran says: “Mankind is a single nation …” (Chapter 2, verse 213)

The Holy Quran teaches that all human beings are one nation. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) stated that a white person is not superior to a black person and the Arab is not-superior to the non-Arab. The only superiority that Islam acknowledges is in people’s deeds and nothing else. The Holy Quran states that everyone who has done even an atom’s worth of good will be rewarded for it, while anyone who has done even an atom’s worth of evil shall be punished for that, and it does not, in these statements, mention such people’s religion, sect, caste, creed or nationality.

That is why Muslims must condemn all discrimination. And this was why a sect of Christians asked Muslims to attack Spain and free them from the oppression of their co-religionists. This is the reason that, for as long Muslims ruled Spain, Jews were safe and equal partners in national matters. When Sulaiman the Magnificent heard of the plight of the Jews in Spain after the Muslims had been expelled, he sent ships to rescue them and take the Jews to Palestine. He also rebuilt a part of the wailing wall for them to pray at. The current Wailing Wall was built for the Jews by a Muslim king!

In the present climate, what we find is that whereas antisemitism is condemned, and rightly so, Islamophobia has become respectable. Eleven members of the Labour Party have resigned the Labour whip because of antisemitism. If antisemitism is rife in the Labour Party then they were, of course, right to do so.

The question we have, however, is this: where were these ladies and gentlemen when Messrs Bush and Blair attacked Iraq? Where were they when Tony Blair was lying to the British Parliament and Colin Powell was lying to the UN? Where were they when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq? Where were they when Iraqi cities were mercilessly bombed, killing innocent women and children? Why have they not demanded that Bush and Blair be tried for genocide and hanged, just like the Nazi criminals at Nuremburg? The list of such questions is a long one and we eagerly wait to see if they will have the courage to answer us.

This genocide of Muslims has plunged the Middle East into chaos. It has caused murderous terrorist attacks by criminal-minded Muslims in our own country. The question that these terrorists ask, therefore, is: “Is Muslim blood so cheap that these venerable persons with such lofty ideals cannot even be bothered to condemn the spilling of it?”

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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http://www.aaiil.uk 24 Feb 2019 02:17:54 GMT Charities & non-profits Government Opinion Article Public Sector & Legal
<![CDATA[ Bring back Shamima Begum and put her on trial ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/bring-back-shamima-begum-and-put-her-on-trial-e18191eec1483b88f69ac023308c9a0a/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/bring-back-shamima-begum-and-put-her-on-trial-e18191eec1483b88f69ac023308c9a0a/ Sunday 24 February, 2019

The Holy Quran says imprison or deport those who create disruption in the land

The Holy Quran (Chapter 5, verse 33) lays down punishments for those who commit murder or “create fasad on earth”, that is those who create wickedness, depravity, disorder, destruction. Among others, one punishment is to imprison them, which some also interpret as deporting such people to other countries. But earlier in the same chapter the Holy Quran also says: “let not hatred of a people — because they hindered you from the Sacred Mosque — incite you to transgress. And help one another in righteousness and piety, and help not one another in sin and aggression.” Accordingly the accused, in this case, Shamima Begum, has the right to face his or her accuser and to defence. These principles are common to Islamic and British jurisprudence.

The media reports tell us that she was groomed in the same way as the girls in Rochdale were groomed, and abused in the same way. By revoking her nationality, the Home Secretary has made her stateless in violation of the clear international conventions to which Britain is a signatory. From a legal and moral point of view, the just course of action to follow is to bring her back, to put her on trial for the evil that she has perpetrated and allow her to defend herself. Let her peers decide on her guilt and let a judge decide her punishment, as required by British Law. Remember, there is also the question of the life of a little baby who is a British national.

Let us not fall to level of ISIS and Shamima Begum. Let us take the moral high ground and show the world how we are better than they are!

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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http://www.aaiil.uk 24 Feb 2019 02:17:47 GMT Charities & non-profits Children & Teenagers Government Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article Public Sector & Legal
<![CDATA[ British Government turns to Sharia in family matters ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/british-government-turns-to-sharia-in-family-matters-086a79a9a965dac5c49782b7a40c4d13/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/british-government-turns-to-sharia-in-family-matters-086a79a9a965dac5c49782b7a40c4d13/ Saturday 9 February, 2019

Legislation to allow no fault divorce to be put to parliament

Tini Owens wanted to divorce her husband Hugh because she no longer wanted to be married to him. Her petition for divorce was rejected by the courts because she did not specify the fault in her husband for which she wanted to divorce him. Under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 in England and Wales, anyone seeking a divorce must prove their partner is at fault through adultery, desertion or unreasonable behaviour, otherwise, if both sides agree, they can part after two years of separation. In the absence of consent or evidence of fault, applicants must wait until they have been living apart for five years.

This is not the case in Islam. The Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (s) cousin Zainab wanted to divorce her husband Zaid, in whom she did not find any fault. Efforts by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) to bring about reconciliation did not succeed and so he granted her a divorce without the need for a long separation. It was thus established in Islam that a woman has a right to divorce simply because she does not want to remain married.

The Times supported this aspect of the Sharia and conducted a campaign for a change in Family Law to recognise no fault divorces. It is welcome news that the Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon David Gauke MP, has confirmed that he will bring in legislation enacting the reform in the next session of Parliament, removing the need for separating couples to wait for years or allocate blame for the collapse of their relationship.

An earlier attempt to allow no fault divorce through the Family Law Act 1996 failed because its provisions were considered unworkable and it was repealed. We pray that the proposed legislation does not suffer the same fate so that people in the same position as Tini do not suffer years of financial loss, stress and heart ache before finding whether or not they can divorce.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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http://www.aaiil.uk 09 Feb 2019 11:51:46 GMT Charities & non-profits Government Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article Public Sector & Legal
<![CDATA[ Success of our jihad: first person sent to prison for FGM ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/success-of-our-jihad-first-person-sent-to-prison-for-fgm-d8f188593d493a9f0da2adc353876dcc/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/success-of-our-jihad-first-person-sent-to-prison-for-fgm-d8f188593d493a9f0da2adc353876dcc/ Sunday 3 February, 2019
Mrs Justice Whipple tells the mother: “You have been found guilty of a serious offence against your daughter”, warning of a “lengthy” jail term

For many years, this organisation has carried out a jihad against female genital mutilation (FGM). This practice inflicts severe physical and psychological damage on young girls. We are proud of our role in the legislation which in 1985 led to an Act of Parliament criminalising this heinous act. The Act was further amended to include assisting in this crime of taking children out of the country to be subjected to FGM. It was disappointing that, despite these efforts, girls continued to be subjected to what can only be described as grievous body harm or GBH.

It is to the authorities’ credit that they managed to put in place 298 prevention orders to protect children. It was extremely important that people are made to realise that those perpetrating his crime will not continue to get away it. Now that the first person has been found guilty and in Mrs Justice Whipple’s words can expect a lengthy jail sentence, we hope that this will serve as a warning to others.

We give below a link to a paper written by this organisation to explode the myth that this criminal offence is an Islamic practice.

https://www.academia.edu/33549872/Female_Circumcision_Is_it_prescribed_by_Islam

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Witness lied, Defence failed to cross-examine: Pakistan Supreme Court judgement in Asia Bibi case ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/witness-lied-defence-failed-to-cross-examine-pakistan-supreme-court-judgement-in-asia-bibi-case-1b50108839ff0128dbfc5077737b1981/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/witness-lied-defence-failed-to-cross-examine-pakistan-supreme-court-judgement-in-asia-bibi-case-1b50108839ff0128dbfc5077737b1981/ Wednesday 30 January, 2019

Asia
Bibi, a Christian woman, was falsely accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. In the
lower courts she was convicted and sentenced to death. She spent eight years on
death-row waiting for her appeal to be heard and eventually the Supreme Court
of Pakistan found her innocent of all charges. Yesterday, they also threw out a
petition for review of their decision. We salute the Supreme Court judges
for their brave decision to stand up to extremism and intolerance, and hope
this sets a precedent for the future.

There
is no punishment for blasphemy in Islam. At the conquest of Makkah, the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (s) forgave and set free all those who had been
persecuting and killing Muslims. Muslims are required to follow the Sunnah,
or the example of the Holy Prophet (s), and this example shows that he
embodied forgiveness and mercy for all living things.

We
must also remember that rule of law is a fundamental principle of Islam. This
means that the matter should end with this decision of the Supreme Court. There
is no point in having courts if mobs are going to take to the streets when the
mob does not like a judgement.

It
is sad to note that Asia Bibi is not safe, despite being found innocent, and
this is a sad indictment of Muslim society. It is even sadder that the
blasphemy law will continue to be misused to settle personal scores and bring
the name of our beautiful religion into disrepute.

The
Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaʻat Islam) was
established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in
the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam,
15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the
first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government
recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national
heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this
organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect
between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Ludlow’s ideology and actions contradict the true teachings of Islam ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/ludlows-ideology-and-actions-contradict-the-true-teachings-of-islam-91de3eacef5b595ea965d55b1c51a0c0/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/ludlows-ideology-and-actions-contradict-the-true-teachings-of-islam-91de3eacef5b595ea965d55b1c51a0c0/ Friday 17 August, 2018

On Friday, 10th August 2018, Lewis Ludlow, who had pledged allegiance to the so-called ‘Islamic State’, pleaded guilty to a terrorist plot to drive a van into pedestrians on Oxford Street in London. He had hoped to kill up to 100 people.

Although he had professed Islam at the age of 17 and attended a mosque in Chatham, his ideology and actions stand in complete contradiction to the true teachings of Islam and are in contravention of the injunctions of the Holy Quran and the example of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sas). It is a sad irony that such persons try to further the cause of Islam by violating its injunctions.

We are approaching Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifices. This is an annual event when Muslims should be thinking about sacrificing their desires for the sake of the Divine Command to be the benefactors of humanity. At the pilgrimage which takes place at this time we shed our normal clothes to denote the discarding of our routine daily desires and in their place put on a simple white garment, denoting symbolically the immersion of the soul in a simple life free from the encumbrances of worldly desires.

Abraham’s name lives on because he was ready, together with his son Ishmael, to make the supreme sacrifice and not on account of any desire to kill another person under the motivation of vanity, anger or injured feeling, or through blindly following preachers of hate, oppression and mayhem. Let us follow his example and show the world that we occupy the moral high ground.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Nadiya let the world see Muslim humanity ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/nadiya-let-the-world-see-muslim-humanity-b6f05934bf275bd0144d27016bbc535a/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/nadiya-let-the-world-see-muslim-humanity-b6f05934bf275bd0144d27016bbc535a/ Thursday 16 August, 2018

The Great British Bake Off

We find it ironical that the burqa issue — once again given prominence in world media by Mr Boris Johnson MP — has arisen so close to the annual pilgrimage to Mecca next week.

Regarding the garb which pilgrims are required to put on, we find it stated in Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khan’s translation of Sahih Al-Bukhari, the second most authoritative book in Sunni Islam after the Quran — published, incidentally, in Saudi Arabia — that a woman should neither cover her face up to the eyes, nor cover her face completely. The words translated as meaning not to cover the face completely are, literally, ‘should not wear the burqa’.

Nadiya Hussain first came to public notice because of her intriguing and varied facial expressions in The Great British Bake Off. Through her face she communicated that Muslims are normal human beings who are part of general society. Her face has done more to create a favourable impression of Muslims than any campaign, argument or law could do. So the proof of the pudding is in the eating, in her case!

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Saudis issue false moon sighting announcement ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/saudis-issue-false-moon-sighting-announcement-8cc406130437aa9325243ab058c9b5f4/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/saudis-issue-false-moon-sighting-announcement-8cc406130437aa9325243ab058c9b5f4/ Tuesday 14 August, 2018

Eid-ul-Adha date, 2018

In a large number of countries, Eid-ul-Adha will be held on 22 August 2018. Among these are: Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa and some other African countries, and even the Arab countries of Tunisia and Egypt.In most of these countries, the new moon was actually observed on 12 August, giving the date of 22 August for Eid-ul-Adha. (A few used calculation methods.)Saudi Arabia announced on 11 August that the new moon had been sighted and Eid-ul-Adha would be on 21 August. Many other countries followed the Saudi date without question.It was entirely impossible for the new moon to be seen in Saudi Arabia on 11 August, or in almost the whole of the world. This can be confirmed from any astronomical body, and from Muslim experts as well.It stands established that Saudi Arabia knowingly made a false announcement of moon sighting.If Saudi Arabia had not made its announcement, Eid-ul-Adha would have been celebrated in the vast majority of countries (except a few) on 22 August.Who is going to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for:knowingly making a false announcement in the name of Islam,breaking Muslim unity by preventing Eid from being held on the same day in most of the world?

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Islamophobia, it would seem, is respectable while antisemitism is not ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/islamophobia-it-would-seem-is-respectable-while-antisemitism-is-not-423fc8b1fa028af8d708b4dbcbf87b49/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/islamophobia-it-would-seem-is-respectable-while-antisemitism-is-not-423fc8b1fa028af8d708b4dbcbf87b49/ Wednesday 8 August, 2018

Boris Johnson gives further encouragement to haters of Islam

In his article which appeared in The Daily Telegraph on Monday 6th August, Boris Johnson, the former Foreign Secretary, told his readers that “it is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes”, adding that any female student who appeared at school or in a lecture “looking like a bank robber” should be asked to remove it. This is not the first time Mr Johnson has expressed hatred for Islam and Muslims.

In 2005, Mr Johnson wrote in the Spectator: “To any non-Muslim reader of the Koran, Islamophobia — fear of Islam — seems a natural reaction, and, indeed, exactly what that text is intended to provoke”. He continued “Judged purely on its scripture — to say nothing of what is preached in the mosques — it is the most viciously sectarian of all religions in its heartlessness towards unbelievers.”

After the London bombings, he said: “That means disposing of the first taboo and accepting that the problem is Islam. Islam is the problem.” These are only some examples of Mr Johnson’s rantings by which he has tried to make Islamophobia respectable. We wonder whether he made his views known to the Saudi and other Muslim governments when he went round begging for trade deals.

Baroness Warsi was widely criticised by the Conservatives for saying that “It’s [Islamophobia] very widespread [in the Conservative party]. It exists right from the grassroots, all the way up to the top”. Boris Johnson’s statements prove that she was correct. The Conservatives criticise the Labour Party for failing to conduct an enquiry into allegations of antisemitism in the Party while failing to carry out a similar enquiry into Islamophobia in their own ranks.

We understand that the Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa has now, perhaps a little belatedly, backed calls for Mr Johnson to apologise. Some have pointed out that Mr Johnson appears to be adopting the ‘dog whistle’ politics so favoured by certain people in the United States in order to attract the support of the far right.

If he is prepared to stand corrected, Mr Johnson would benefit greatly from a careful study of the literature of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, particularly the book Islam, Peace and Tolerance by Dr Zahid Aziz (now in its second edition) and the Translation of the Holy Quran with Commentary by Maulana Muhammad Ali.

We now demand that:

1. the Conservative Party hold an open enquiry into Islamophobia in its ranks;

2. those found to preach hatred of Islam and Muslims are expelled from the Party;

3. Mr Johnson be prosecuted for spreading hate speech — hatred of Islam and Muslims in this country.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Lessons of Ramadan ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/lessons-of-ramadan-9a986474119dea84d7937833eb0e0f30/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/lessons-of-ramadan-9a986474119dea84d7937833eb0e0f30/ Thursday 14 June, 2018

We are now at the end of Ramadan, and on Friday 15th June we will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr.

The Holy Quran explains to us what is the purpose of fasting in these words:

“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil…. And those who find it extremely hard may effect redemption by feeding a poor person. So whoever does good spontaneously, it is better for them; and that you fast is better for you if you know.” (2:183–184)

The Holy Quran also tells us that the greatest evil is to ignore the suffering of our fellows. That is why we say that Islam means I Shall Love All Mankind. And this is the message of the holy month of Ramadan. Just as an athlete goes through a long period of training, putting his or her body through the most difficult of trials in order to achieve an objective, so do Muslims put their bodies through a hard training to learn that whatever their circumstances, they must learn to smile and be good to others.

We pray that after Ramadan we do not forget what we learned during this training. We are facing harsh trials of prejudice against Islam. Muslims are being tortured and killed in Israel, Palestine, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, to name just a few places. Sadly, in Muslim majority countries Muslims themselves are killing each other over political and religious differences and this has continued during Ramadan.

We urge our brothers and sisters to take the moral high ground and show that we shall adhere to the highest moral standards even under the most trying of circumstances, as evidenced by our actions during Ramadan.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Warning of impending jihad! ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/warning-of-impending-jihad-4ca791bf0d30be8e7f832500e07f524b/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/warning-of-impending-jihad-4ca791bf0d30be8e7f832500e07f524b/ Tuesday 15 May, 2018

A very dangerous month ahead

We want to warn people in the West about the impending declaration of jihad by Muslims on the 17th May! At that time every able-bodied Muslim in the world is going to initiate open jihad wherever he or she lives! This state of jihad will be set to continue until 15th June as directed by the Holy Quran. It commands Muslims:

“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard against evil … And those who find it extremely hard may affect redemption by feeding a poor person. So whoever does good spontaneously, it is better for them; and that you fast is better for you if you know.” (2:183–184)

The first thing this jihad will show non-Muslim friends is that Islam is not a new religion. It follows in a long line of great religions revealed by Allah for the guidance of mankind. Just as members of other religions were commanded to keep fast, so are Muslims. Remnants of fasting remain within other religions. In Christianity there are the forty days of fasting before Lent. In Hinduism, wives fast on special days and pray for their husbands’ long life and prosperity. Islam, in the words of Jesus Christ, came to fulfil the law, not to abrogate it, but it had to be the law as it was revealed to the original prophets and not the law modified over time.

This jihad will also make people realise, to their surprise perhaps, that Islam does not teach blind belief. Islam is a rational and scientific religion. It explains to its adherents why they are commanded to fast. Muslims are commanded to fast because fasting helps them guard against evil. By giving up the taking of food and water — things which are lawful in the normal course of events and on which our very lives depend — we are reminding ourselves how important it is that we stay away from those things which are forbidden. But Islam does not want to make religion an unbearable burden upon its followers. Allah tells us in the Holy Quran that He does not want to impose upon us a burden we cannot bear. So, if we cannot fast we can make recompense by feeding a poor person. The reason for such recompense is obvious, as well. One of the purposes of fasting is to make the well-fed feel pangs of hunger which are the daily experience of the poor. So if a Muslim cannot experience the pain himself or herself, that Muslim is required to relieve the pain of someone who experiences it regularly.

Islam is a great leveller of temporal differences of position, power, and wealth. All Islamic devotions sweep away these distinctions. During prayers the king and pauper stand shoulder to shoulder. During the Hajj, or pilgrimage, all go round the holy Kaaba together without distinction of rank or wealth, everyone clothed in the same simple white sheet.

When fasting, all Muslims are in the same boat. The mighty king with his kitchens, chefs and stores of food is just as helpless in the matter of eating and drinking during the month of Ramadan as a poor person who can hardly afford a square meal. Remove the trappings of this world and we are all the same is the lesson of all Islamic religious devotions.

The Holy Prophet Muhammad explained further the purpose of fasting in these words:

“He who does not give up uttering falsehood and acting according to it, Allah has no need of his giving up food and drink.”

This shows that fasting is about doing one’s best to become a better person; a more truthful, honest, kind and helpful person. It is not an exercise in slimming, beneficial though it may be. That we do not always achieve the ideal does not mean we should not aspire to it. The important thing is that even if we make a small change for the better in our character and habits, the change is permanent. Otherwise we will be like the student who keeps repeating the last year of his school without ever sitting GCSEs! If we keep trying we may, one day, get close to achieving the ideal.

This jihad puts the people of this country in great danger because if our Muslim brothers and sisters act upon the injunctions of the Holy Quran regarding fasting, both in letter and in spirit, they will see that Islam is not the blood thirsty religion it is portrayed to be. Please warn your readers to beware that Muslims are about to launch a great jihad which will have a devastating impact upon the people of this country and make them realise that real jihad is not a bloody war against others but one against our own demons.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Spread a culture of peace and tolerance ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/spread-a-culture-of-peace-and-tolerance-12557acaf29f4ded171b00d880e21f25/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/spread-a-culture-of-peace-and-tolerance-12557acaf29f4ded171b00d880e21f25/ Wednesday 9 May, 2018

For
the last two hundred years, a debate has
ranged in the Muslim world about how Muslims living under non-Muslim
governments should live and behave. The Holy Quran is clear on this. It states:
“O you who believe, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in
authority from among you …” (4:59) Rather than
take this simple statement at face value, convoluted arguments were used
to show that it means that Muslims are to obey only Muslim governments, although
actual history negated such arguments. During the lifetime of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad, Muslims lived in peace under the Christian ruler, the Negus,
obeying his government and its rules. The Holy Prophet referred to the Negus as
‘our brother’.

120
years ago, His Holiness Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who was divinely raised to correct
the Muslim misunderstanding of the Holy Quran, declared that so long as Muslims
have the freedom to practice and preach their religion, they should live in
peace under a non-Muslim government. He further declared that when dealing with
people a Muslim should never consider a petitioner’s religion or sect, telling
a newly qualified doctor: “only think: Allah has put the gift of healing in my
hand by which I can benefit humanity”.

It has taken our brothers and sisters a long time to
accept this. Gulf News, on
7th May 2018, underneath the headline “Good Muslims must strive to
be good citizens, scholars say”, reported on a two-day international conference on Muslim minorities held in Abu
Dhabi. Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, chairman of the Supreme Committee of the conference is quoted as saying: “The
conference aims at spreading the culture of peace and tolerance between
adherents of religions and cultures and contributing to safeguarding the
children of Muslim minorities against violence and extremism and defending the
rights of these religious and cultural minorities according to international
conventions and treaties”.

The article quotes another
contributor, Abaas Yunas, head of the think tank Futures Initiative, who said: “The
same issues which face Muslim minorities face other minorities —
discrimination, the rise of nationalism and xenophobia, identity politics and
so on. What is important in such a time is the need to work towards alliances
of common good that are not restricted to people of the same religion or
ethnicity. Many Muslims are proud citizens of their towns and cities and just
like others, they want to see good for them”.

“Professor
Akbar Ahmad”, continues the article, “author, poet and playwright, who
currently serves as the Ibn Khaldoun Chair of Islamic Studies at American
University in Washington, DC, said the holy Quran very emphatically speaks of
all humanity as being a part of the same divine order”, and it quotes these
words from Prof. Ahmad: “Muslims in the minority must learn to live comfortably
both as citizens of their country and as Muslims. Indian Muslims should feel
both Indian and Muslim; British Muslims should feel both British and Muslim. It
is this sense of compatibility that must evolve in order for majority and
minority communities to live together in peace”.

This
organisation has been making just these points for over a century, struggling
against the erroneous understanding of
the Holy Quran on the part of Muslims and non-Muslims alike. There is no disputing
that Muslims are a target of hatred and
discrimination, but we need to accept that the
outdated views of our brothers have contributed to rise of Islamophobia. We praise Western
governments for upholding the rule of law, providing us with protection and
prosecuting those indulge in hate speech.

We,
yet again, invite our brothers to reflect upon the time they have lost by
rejecting the correct interpretation of the disputed verses of the Holy Quran
put forward by His Holiness Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah of Islam.
The time which could have been better spent
in moving forward to provide humanity with the solutions to its problems. It is
still not too late, let us join hands and move forward.

The Ahmadiyya
Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was
established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in
the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam,
15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the
first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government
recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national
heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this
organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect
between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ ‘Mini Taj Mahal’ mosque dedicated to peace reopens ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/mini-taj-mahal-mosque-dedicated-to-peace-reopens-d0fb61cb25493084f1798588e1855c38/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/mini-taj-mahal-mosque-dedicated-to-peace-reopens-d0fb61cb25493084f1798588e1855c38/ Thursday 19 April, 2018

World Ameer of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement says “Allah is Lord of the whole of humanity!”

In 1924, the World Centre of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement completed the construction of a mosque in Berlin.

It was the first mosque to be built in Continental Europe in the modern era.

A message of peace, harmony, inclusiveness and love was disseminated from its pulpits. Many notable scholars including Einstein and other Nobel Laureates visited the mosque. The mosque became the hub of all important literary and intellectual activity, producing the first translation of the Holy Quran into German by a Muslim, the monthly magazine Moslemische Revue and much other literature. The mosque would be visited by notable Muslim scholars and leaders.

It is unique in that during World War II, a lady called Amina Mosler kept the mosque open and functioning. When the Russian army started shelling the mosque she nailed a piece of red cloth to a stick, raised it high and ran towards the Russian guns that were firing towards the mosque. The Russians took this as a sign of peace and stopped firing. Though damaged, the mosque survived and after the war returned to its teachings of peace, tolerance and love.

It needed major repairs in order to regain its Taj Mahal-like beauty. Some years ago, the World Ameer of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement initiated a project for the complete renovation of the mosque and its compound, which are now listed buildings.

The work on the restoration of the exterior was eventually completed and the World Ameer of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, His Holiness Dr Abdul Karim Saeed, has reopened the mosque and rededicated it to the mission of establishing peace between religions and communities. Representatives of the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Denmark, the Jewish community and other religious bodies were present and presents were given to the mosque as a gesture of goodwill. A tapestry which took a year to make by hand was presented by the Muslim community. Members of the Church of Denmark and the World Ameer planted a rose bush to represent the beauty and fragrance of love and friendship between the Church and the mosque.

The gathering ended after dinner with a prayer to Allah from those present to help grow the seed of love into a strong and evergreen tree. May Allah accept our dedication of the Berlin mosque to this noble task.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Observations of a High Court Judge ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/observations-of-a-high-court-judge-df0a40a4708e385d474e83db8c4c5338/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/observations-of-a-high-court-judge-df0a40a4708e385d474e83db8c4c5338/ Monday 26 March, 2018

Mr Justice Haddon-Cave in his judgement observed that the Holy Quran and Islam teach peace

Ahmed Hassan, an Iraqi asylum seeker, was taken in by the UK and provided with free food, accommodation, education and medical facilities by our country. He repaid us by trying to blow up an underground train at Parsons Green Tube Station. Sentencing him to a minimum term of 34 years, Mr Justice Haddon-Cave made the following observation:

“Finally, Ahmed Hassan, let me say this to you. You will have plenty of time to study the Qur’an in prison in the years to come. You should understand that the Qur’an is a book of peace; Islam is a religion of peace. The Qur’an and Islam forbid anything extreme, including extremism in religion. Islam forbids breaking the ‘law of the land’ where one is living or is a guest. Islam forbids terrorism (hiraba). The Qur’an and the Sunna provide that the crime of perpetrating terror to ‘cause corruption in the land’ is one of the most severe crimes in Islam. So it is in the law of the United Kingdom. You have, therefore, received the most severe of sentences under the law of this land. You have violated the Qur’an and Islam by your actions, as well as the law of all civilized people. It is to be hoped that you will come to realise this one day.”

This is a wonderful summary of Islamic teaching. We are saddened that our own brothers and sisters fail to understand the Holy Quran and Islam. On the day that Mr Justice Haddon-Cave was making these remarks, yet another Muslim was holding hostage innocent women and children and killing them.

Muslim do have genuine grievances which need to be redressed but terror is not the way to redress them. We should occupy the moral high ground and show by our action and our patience that we are the injured party and that the world should listen to us.

Blowing up innocent people going to work, or taking and killing hostages in countries which have been kind enough to give our brothers and sisters sanctuary is not the answer.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Registration of Muslim marriages: UK Government accepts our proposals ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/registration-of-muslim-marriages-uk-government-accepts-our-proposals-5bb68ff8211722a0a34df886ca26490b/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/registration-of-muslim-marriages-uk-government-accepts-our-proposals-5bb68ff8211722a0a34df886ca26490b/ Thursday 15 March, 2018

Muslim Marriages: Aligning Sharia Family Law with British Family Law

About 40 years ago, this organisation made a rule that its imams shall not perform a nikah unless a civil marriage had been registered. We did this to save the parties from legal difficulties and hardship if the marriage broke down. We also struggled for a change to the law to make sure that this happens. We tried everything we could think of but without success.

The Times has just announced that the Government is going to change the law and require that before a nikah takes place the couple must register a civil marriage. An imam who performs a nikah without making sure that a civil marriage has taken place will face prosecution.

This is a great victory for common sense. It vindicates our struggle over 40 years and shows that in our country, eventually, the Government will come to the right conclusion.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

Our press release on Muslim marriages: http://www.pressat.co.uk/releases/recognition-of-muslim-marriage-ceremony-nikah-364d0d11e48d99cd882541762c99d6c7/Submissions in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:Countering ExtremismOur submission: pdf • htmlSharia Councils:Our submission: pdf • html


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http://www.aaiil.uk 15 Mar 2018 07:59:04 GMT Charities & non-profits Government Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article Personal Finance
<![CDATA[ Listed status for UK mosques ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/listed-status-for-uk-mosques-3c19c3558507dcfcd861deafc6fc09c1/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/listed-status-for-uk-mosques-3c19c3558507dcfcd861deafc6fc09c1/ Tuesday 13 March, 2018

The Woking Mosque upgraded to a Grade 1 listed building

We congratulate our Muslim brothers and sisters on the recognition of various mosques around the UK as listed buildings, helping thereby to preserve the history of the establishment of Islam in the UK. It has to be said that the message these mosques gave to the people of this country at that time, in the early part of the twentieth century, is far removed from what is propagated from their hallowed halls these days.

All the early mosques, among which The Woking Mosque had the pride of place, sent a message of peace to the local population. At the time, the Woking Mosque was under the control and management of this organisation, the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement. Commenting on the message of Islam which went out from the Woking Mosque, Christian missionaries said that it was something new and fresh which they had not come across in their travels in the Muslim majority countries.

The one outstanding element of this message was to declare that a Muslim is a person who says that he or she is a Muslim and that no one has the right to judge people’s faith or declare any Muslim an unbeliever and outside the fold of Islam. At that time, for example, a Shia Muslim would lead the prayers and Sunni Muslims would pray behind him and vice versa. Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers went to the Woking Mosque to see such an amazing sight in such an eye-opening place.

The first significant and complete English translation of the Holy Quran by a Muslim was printed and published from the Woking Mosque. The first English language magazine on Islam in the West, The Islamic Review, was published from the Woking Mosque. The idea for the creation of Pakistan was put forward at the Woking Mosque. The idea for the creation of the Organisation of Islamic Countries was mooted there. The Woking Mosque was the hub of all intellectual and missionary activity in the UK.

We welcome the recognition of the structure and fabric of the building. However, it is just as important, if not more so, to preserve and propagate the message that went out from the Woking Mosque. We pray that the Woking Mosque again becomes the glory that it was once and that it does not just remain as a fantastic building where the Holy Quran is merely learnt by heart.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

Submissions in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:

Countering Extremism
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Woking Mosque and Muslim Mission: history

Maulana Muhammad Ali’s Quran Translation (first published at Woking, 1917)




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<![CDATA[ Florida Shootings ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/florida-shootings-f1c52d0c68e9db448050169346ba1d40/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/florida-shootings-f1c52d0c68e9db448050169346ba1d40/ Friday 16 February, 2018
Islam forbids the unjustified killing of even one human

“… whoever kills a person — except for having taken a life or for having wrought mayhem in the land — commits genocide. And whoever saves a life, it is as though he had saved the lives of all humanity”, says the Holy Quran (5:32).

It is with the utmost sadness and regret that this organisation is moved to comment upon the killing of seventeen persons at a high school in Florida. It is absolutely right that the murderer’s religion was not mentioned in the news bulletins. A murderer is a criminal who does not have a religion despite favouring to apply to himself one label or another.

Clearly, the US government needs to take urgent action to tackle these killings. Severe restrictions on gun ownership go some way to providing a solution to this problem. Some years ago, Australia had a similar problem and, despite efforts by the gun lobby, managed to enact legislation prohibiting or restricting ownership of guns. This has led to the elimination of mass shootings and a marked reduction in other gun crime in that country.

Commenting on the killings this morning, the President of this organisation said: “It is sad that some organisations oppose gun control because such action will have a severe negative impact on their profitability. One must not value human life in terms of a business’s balance sheet. Unless we learn that each human life is precious people will continue to kill each other for money.”

Like Nero, the US lawmakers fiddle while innocent children are killed in schools all over the United States.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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http://www.aaiil.uk 16 Feb 2018 11:03:10 GMT Charities & non-profits Children & Teenagers Government Lifestyle & Relationships Opinion Article Public Sector & Legal
<![CDATA[ Is the British Government no longer secular? ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/is-the-british-government-no-longer-secular-c21917e9d1f00f795de4328e743861a1/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/is-the-british-government-no-longer-secular-c21917e9d1f00f795de4328e743861a1/ Monday 12 February, 2018

Non-interference in religion is a corner stone of the British governmental and legal system. There are sensible reasons for incorporating this in our system of government and it arose in response to religious intolerance against Roman Catholics and Jews in this country. Anyone with a modest knowledge of history knows that Roman Catholic Church assets were plundered by the monarchs and that Church clergy were killed. Even those who tried to protect these innocent people were also jailed or killed. We have seen the results of religious intolerance in Northern Ireland, where in a brutal war, Protestants and Roman Catholics murdered each other.

We now learn with concern that the British Government has taken to interfering in the religious affairs of the Muslim community. Last week the Government held a hijab day when it encouraged female Muslim civil servants to come to work in hijab. We are totally against such initiatives by the government. Will there be a crucifix day, a Sikh turban day and a Jewish skull cap day?

The myth the Government was trying to create — that it supports religious observance — was exploded in the following days when the Minister for Schools announced government support for school heads who ban the wearing of hijab and fasting in their schools. This shows that the Government is utterly confused and does not know how to deal with religious issues. That is why it is imperative that it refrains from interfering in such matters.

The Government’s intentions may be good, but it is a slippery slope and we do not want to go back to the days of the Spanish Inquisition! This may seem far-fetched at the moment but — if we may so apply the words of the Dao De Jing — the journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is not Islamic ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-is-not-islamic-c04ed10b75883c3ad13e080d0b6706a1/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-is-not-islamic-c04ed10b75883c3ad13e080d0b6706a1/ Saturday 10 February, 2018

Irish Imam is wrong to say FGM should be recognised

Ali Selim, a spokesman for the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland in Clonskeagh, said in an interview with a newspaper for doctors that “female circumcision” was provided for in Islam. He claims that there is a difference between “female circumcision” and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). He is totally wrong. The two are the same and are a brutal mutilation of the female body which causes untold psychological damage to women subjected to it.

FGM is an ancient practice which originated in pre-Islamic Africa. It is a common practice in some countries in Africa and the Middle East. Inhabitants of those countries practice FGM regardless of their faith. For example, Ethiopia is a predominantly Christian country and yet FGM is a common practice. Somalia is a predominantly Muslim country and FGM is practiced there. In Nigeria, Muslims and Christians are almost equal in numbers and both practice FGM.

Female circumcision or FGM is against Islamic teaching. Not only is female circumcision not practiced in most Muslim majority countries such as Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, but in fact is not even known in those countries and, when it is mentioned, people express astonishment.

The Holy Quran states: “Follow the faith of Abraham”. The Prophet Abraham was circumcised, according to Jewish tradition. There is no evidence to show that any female related to the Prophet Abraham himself or among the Jewish people was ever circumcised. Accordingly, if Muslims are to follow the faith of Abraham, then only males are to be circumcised and not females.

The Holy Quran also says that the devil will lead people astray and they will mutilate Allah’s creation (4:119). This is one reason, among others, why Muslims have expressed opposition to post-mortems.

If female circumcision were an obligatory Islamic practice, then the Holy Prophet Muhammad would have engaged in it. There were girls in the Holy Prophet’s (s) family and Hazrat Fatima (r) was his daughter, yet there is no evidence that any woman in the family of the Holy Prophet (s) was circumcised, while there is clear evidence that the Prophet circumcised his grandsons.

FGM is a heinous crime against women. Those who engage in it must be most severely punished.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The German Government recognises the Berlin Mosque as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Netanyahu says the Holy Quran is correct ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/netanyahu-says-the-holy-quran-is-correct-e5216b4b8617c6986737b309bf9fb155/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/netanyahu-says-the-holy-quran-is-correct-e5216b4b8617c6986737b309bf9fb155/ Thursday 7 December, 2017
President Trump says US recognises Israel’s
illegal occupation of Jerusalem

On Monday, 17th July, 2017, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressing a Christian evangelical audience in
Washington, said: “When I say we have no greater friends than Christian
supporters of Israel, I know you’ve always stood with us.” He further said: “America
has no better friend than Israel and Israel has no better friend than America”,
adding “And Israel has no better friend in America than you”. (The Times of
Israel, 18th July 2017)

The Holy Quran, addressing the beleaguered
early Muslim community, advises the Muslims: “O you who believe, take not the
Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends of each other” (5:51).
Many Christians quote this verse to try foster the false belief that Islam is a
racist or bigoted religion. If this is true, then Netanyahu must also be a
racist or bigot. In making this statement, the Holy Quran is making a simple
statement of fact, which has been borne out throughout history.

In the case of Israel, it is borne
out by the Balfour Declaration and Teresa May’s statement that Britain should
be proud of it. We suggest that Britain should be ashamed of the Balfour
Declaration, which has led to the death and homelessness of millions of
innocent Palestinians. From the Balfour Declaration to Trump’s recognition of
Jerusalem, each event has set the seal of truth on the above quoted Quranic
verse. Jerusalem is lost to the Muslims because they did not heed the Quranic
warning about the Jews and the Christians: “take not the Jews and the
Christians for friends (i.e., in matters of national interest)”.

There are, of course, some Christians and Jews to whom justice is more important than religious or national allegiance and they have condemned Trump’s action, but until Muslims learn to look after their own interests and stop relying on others they will continue to be humiliated in this way.

The
Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was
established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in
the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam,
15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the
first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The Berlin Mosque is now recognised by the German government as part of the German
national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this
organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect
between all communities and nationalities.

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<![CDATA[ Fake News ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/fake-news-ef4e345df3f6a939f7f39fc1b2613d9a/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/fake-news-ef4e345df3f6a939f7f39fc1b2613d9a/ Saturday 2 December, 2017
President Trump Promotes Fake News

During his presidential campaign and afterwards, President Trump has constantly complained of "fake news" regarding himself, his campaign and his family. Yesterday, President Trump retweeted three videos from the Twitter account of Jayda Fransen. She is the deputy leader of Britain First, an obscure far-right outfit widely considered to be a hate group. Ms Fransen is charged with “religiously aggravated harassment” after shouting abuse at a hijab-wearing woman and her children.

The three tweets presented videos of murky origin with flat, crude captions: “Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!”, “Muslim destroys a statue of Virgin Mary!” and “Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!” We cannot think of any reason for these tweets, except to demonise Muslims. Two of the videos are from 2013. Why would the US President retweet them four years later?

As for the the video that depicts an Egyptian crowd shoving a teen off a building amid a political protest, the perpetrator was later detained and hanged. The video of the supposed “Muslim migrant” attacking a Dutch boy, which surfaced this May, actually featured two Dutch nationals. Neither police nor local news identified either as Muslim or an immigrant. In fact, the Dutch embassy in Washington said: “The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.”

In a spirit of reconciliation, we wish to draw President Trump’s attention to the Holy Quran, which tells people:

“Ascertain the truth of any news, lest you smite someone in ignorance and afterwards repent of what you did” (49:6)

“When you hear something malicious about someone, keep a favourable view about him/her until you attain full knowledge about the matter. Consider others innocent until they are proven guilty with solid and truthful evidence” (24:12–13)

“If you do not have complete knowledge about anything, better keep silent. You might think that speaking about something without full knowledge is a trivial matter. But it might have grave consequences” (24:15–16)

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The Berlin Mosque is now recognised by the German government as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

Submissions in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:Countering ExtremismOur submission: pdf • htmlSharia Councils:Our submission: pdf • html


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<![CDATA[ The Rights of Women in Islam ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/the-rights-of-women-in-islam-96e953ccdad1502e9c378c345559e4a0/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/the-rights-of-women-in-islam-96e953ccdad1502e9c378c345559e4a0/ Wednesday 29 November, 2017
Ofsted finds misogynist material in Muslim faith schools in the UK

According to recent newspaper reports Ofsted has found inappropriate material in books in the libraries of some Muslim faith schools in the UK. Misogyny is not restricted to Muslims. Judaic Law only allows a husband to divorce his wife, and so some wives have had to withdraw reports of domestic violence and other criminal acts by husbands to enable them to get a divorce. In Malta, the kidnapper of a woman escapes prosecution if he marries his victim. Cameroon is one of 18 countries where women cannot get a job if their husbands feel it is not in their family’s interest. In the United States, men and women are viewed differently under nationality law. A child born out of wedlock to a foreign mother and an American father has to endure a gruelling process in order to become an American citizen. At least 22 countries do not allow married women to pass citizenship to their children as fathers can, and 44 countries do not allow married women to pass citizenship to their spouses as married men can.

The authorities need to address every area of discrimination in all spheres of life. However, the best places to start are the home and the school. The Holy Quran states that “women have rights similar to those against them in a just manner ….” (2:228), and this what Muslim faith schools should be teaching. The authorities should take steps to ensure that children from every background are taught the human values of respect, tolerance and consideration for others, regardless of any such distinctions as those of gender, colour, religion, sect or nationality. Schools — regardless
of which faith runs the school — teaching or
storing misogynist or hate material, should be heavily punished and
given notice that their licences are to be
revoked.

The Ahmadiyya
Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in
1914 to promote the informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it
operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam,
15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the
first mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The Berlin Mosque is now recognised by the German government as part of the German
national heritage. From its European and other centres around the world this
organisation has taught that Islam promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect
between all communities and nationalities.

Submissions in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:Countering ExtremismOur submission: pdf • htmlSharia Councils:Our submission: pdf • html




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<![CDATA[ Egypt Killings: Forsaking Islam ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/egypt-killings-forsaking-islam-98f132e28b2c69c4c0bbbc4dd23cbfb6/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/egypt-killings-forsaking-islam-98f132e28b2c69c4c0bbbc4dd23cbfb6/ Sunday 26 November, 2017
What kind of Islam is this?

The Holy Quran says: “O mankind, surely We have created you from a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other. Surely the noblest of you with Allah is the most dutiful of you. Surely Allah is Knowing, Aware. O mankind, surely We have created you from a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other. Surely the noblest of you with Allah is the most dutiful of you. Surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.” (49:13)

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (s) said: “Whoever would love to be delivered from hellfire and admitted into Paradise, then let him die with faith in Allah and the Last Day, and let him treat people the way he would love to be treated.” The Prophet used the word ‘people’ and not the word ‘Muslims’, showing that this means humanity in general.

What happened in Egypt is a clear violation of the teachings of Islam. We condemn such acts without equivocation for they bring Islam into dispute and distract from its teachings of peace, harmony and tolerance. We call for such people to be severely punished so that it may serve as a warning to others contemplating such action. We also urge Western governments not to allow members and supporters of such organisations political asylum in the UK, thereby putting our own citizens at risk.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya
Anjuman Ishaat Islam) was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the
informed understanding of Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking
until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15
Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first
mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The Berlin Mosque is now recognised by the
German government as part of the German national heritage. From its European
and other centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam
promotes peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.

Submissions
in 2016 to UK Parliament InquiriesCountering ExtremismOur submission: pdf • htmlSharia CouncilsOur submission: pdf • html




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<![CDATA[ Recognition of Muslim Marriage Ceremony (Nikah) ]]> https://pressat.co.uk/releases/recognition-of-muslim-marriage-ceremony-nikah-364d0d11e48d99cd882541762c99d6c7/ https://pressat.co.uk/releases/recognition-of-muslim-marriage-ceremony-nikah-364d0d11e48d99cd882541762c99d6c7/ Thursday 23 November, 2017

The Law of Marriage in the United Kingdom

Family Law in the UK recognizes religious marriages of Christians,
Jews and Quakers but it does not recognize the religious marriages conducted
under the rules of other religions such as Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam. In this
way, it discriminates against people of these faiths. It is the religious
marriage that is important to many people and not the civil marriage because
they want to be married in the eyes of God rather than some secular body. In
fact, many do not even realise that they are not married in law. This
deprives such men and women of their rights under Family Law in the UK such as
division of assets and access to children. There is an urgent need to amend Family
Law in the UK such that the religious marriages of faiths other than those of Christians,
Jews and Quakers are recognized. We appeal to Parliament to take steps to amend
Family Law most speedily.

This organization does not, as a
matter of policy, perform a nikah unless the couple are married in civil
law. About 40 years ago, we formulated a temporary solution to a serious
problem by taking this step. However, this is an unsatisfactory solution to an
undesirable situation. We strongly urge Parliament to provide a better and a
more permanent mandatory solution to this problem.

The Ahmadiyya Association for the
Propagation of Islam (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam)
was established in Lahore in 1914 to promote the informed understanding of
Islam in the West. In the UK it operated the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking
until the early 1960s. Its new headquarters is at Dar-us-Salaam, 15
Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, UK. In 1924, in Berlin, it built the first
mosque in Continental Europe of the modern era. The Berlin Mosque is now recognised by the German
government as part of the German national heritage. From its European and other
centres around the world this organisation has taught that Islam promotes
peace, harmony and mutual respect between all communities and nationalities.


Submissions
in 2016 to UK Parliament Inquiries:
Countering
Extremism:
Our
submission: pdf • html


Sharia
Councils:
Our
submission: pdf • html


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