Farida Laeeq says Muslim women should have right to decide if they wear Hijab after David Cameron said he would support veil ban in schools and courts. The president of a Liverpool women’s Muslim group has spoken out over the government’s controversial proposal to ban the veil.Farida Laeeq, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association,…
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK have expressed concern at Prime Minister David Cameron’s remarks on measures that claim to promote integration.In a detailed response they called for the Prime Minister to spend more time talking to Muslim women in particular before announcing measures that would impose restrictions and limitations on personal choice. They…
Yesterday at the Penistone Town Council meeting, our town mayor was presented with a cheque for £500 by members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It was a wonderful gesture from, at face value, some wonderful community minded individuals.I’m ashamed to say that part of me thought why? Was there some ulterior motive? At this point…
OVER the course of December, members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) from Tilford took part in a range of charitable activities and on New year’s Day, nine members took to the streets of Farnham in liaison with Farnham Town Council to clear the streets of litter.The young men, donning ‘Muslims for Humanity’ high-vis…
A Bradford man who was told he would never walk again after he jumped from a ninth floor balcony to escape a fire has spent two weeks helping victims of flooding. Subah Amini, from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, was one of 350 volunteers who helped in Cumbria and Yorkshire.Mr Amini spent 10 months in…
A group of young Sheffield Muslims joined forces with the City Council to help clean the city’s streets. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Sheffield Chapter spent a morning bagging up litter and bottles that had been dropped in the city centre streets during the course of New Year celebrations.Shazad Ahmad, Regional Youth Leader for AMYA…
A Hillingdon Imam is inviting members of the public and politicians to join an event challenging views of extremism in Islam.Mansur Ahmed, Imam of the Baitul Amn Mosque, said the event will highlight that “Islam condemns terrorism” and that there’s “no space for extremist views within Islam”.The mosque will host an exhibition, question and answer…
A Southfields man is close to fulfilling the dying wish of his brother to raise £50,000 for blood cancer charity Bloodline.Kamal Aftab died aged 33 on August 7 last year after a six-week battle against Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.Kamal, pictured above after a round of chemotherapy, was a mentor, fundraising champion, and optometrist.After finding out he…
On New Year’s day when most people were tucked up warm in bed after celebrating saying goodbye to 2015 and welcoming 2016, young volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) were up at the crack of dawn to clean the streets in Glasgow.They picked up litter in the Yorkhill area, Kelvingrove, Argyle Street, Dumbarton…
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