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Dundee Islamic leader wants city’s mosques to be ‘beacons of peace’
A leader in Dundee’s Islamic community has said more must be done to stop “messages of hate” radicalising young Muslims in the city. The president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Dundee, Muhammad Ahmad, said the government is “right to be worried about extremism”, but added that there is “absolutely no radicalisation in our…
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A Muslim youth group helped raised cash for a children’s cancer charity at Crystal Palace FC last Saturday
Members from the Raynes Park, Southfields and Croydon group of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) lent a hand collected money for CLIC Sargent. Saturday’s collection was done as part of ongoing charity bucket collections at Selhurst Park Stadium. Farhan Khalid, the AMYA member from Raynes Park said: “We all were willing to strive for…
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Muslim youth group raises more than £300,000 for UK charities
A Muslim youth organisation was praised in Parliament last week after raising more than £300,000 for UK charities, distributing 30,000 food parcels and planting 10,000 trees. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) presented £340,000 raised in the last year to 45 charities at a House of Lords ceremony – bringing the group’s fundraising total to…
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Ahmadiyya’s peace talk
In the wake of the terror atrocities in France, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Woking have moved to promote harmony and dispel misconceptions about Islam. Recent terror attacks at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris were condemned in the strongest terms. Addressing an audience of about 90 at Sheerwater’s Parkview Centre, as well as a four-member panel…
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Coming together in name of peace at Leamington mosque
People of all faiths sent out a message of peace in the district, to counter a global rise in religious extremism. More than 100 people met at a special conference held at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community mosque in Leamington. The theme of the function was to address the rise of extremism, condemn the Paris attacks…
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Parliament Welcomes Muslim Youths who Raised £1.5 Million for British Charities
Muslim youth from the world’s largest organised Muslim community were hosted at the Houses of Parliament with their charity partners and dignitaries by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon today, to mark their contribution to charity and volunteering in British society. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) presented 45 cheques to UK based charities totalling £340,000 that…
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Milton Keynes Muslims hand £500 for Mayor’s Charities
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK in Milton Keynes have signed a £500 cheque for the chosen charities of the Mayor of Milton Keynes. Usman Chaudhary told the Citizen: “Ahmadiyya Muslim Association was established in the UK since 1913, and we built London’s first mosque in 1926 – The London Mosque in Putney. We…
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Qu’ran Exhibition to Banish Myths About Islam
An exhibition has been held to promote peace and eradicate any misconceptions of Islam. Mubashir Siddiqi, of Clayhall, helped set up the display at Wanstead Library, in Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead, on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association on Saturday. The exhibition organiser said his religion has suffered “a lot of negativity” in light of…
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