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…
COMMUNITIES across Yorkshire are still mopping up after the terrible floods that blighted the Christmas holiday.In times of adversity, Diary is always heartened to hear of community groups who are doing their bit to help those in the eye of the storm.Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association UK (AMYA) rushed to the scenes of…
Whilst many Croydonians were sleeping off a 1st January hangover, a bunch of local young people went to workBefore dawn on Friday 1st January, more than sixty young Muslim volunteers descended on the streets of Croydon to clean up following the New Year’s Eve festivities.Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA), were ready to…
Young Muslims from Sheffield, Huddersfield, Scunthorpe joined the city councils to help keep the streets clean after the New Year festivities.Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) were out in force doing their bit to rid the town centres of rubbish and debris left over the Christmas period. The big street clean was just…
COMMUNITY members visited residents at a care centre on Christmas day to extend season’s greetings and hand out chocolates. Members from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Slough and Burnham visited 50 residents at the Salt Hill Care Centre, in Bath Road, Slough, on Christmas Day to offer a bit of festive cheer on a day which…
A key figure in the Wolverhampton Muslim community hopes sharing a community meal with people in the area has helped bury misconceptions about people of his faith. The dinner, held at Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque on Willenhall Road, was organised by Toby Ephram.He is the regional president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Society, and reckons the slap-up…
Youth leader Aamir Shahzad and his family are Ahmadiyya Muslims and don’t celebrateChristmas, but they will be delivering cards and gifts of home-cooked food to their neighbours and friends.And they will not be alone, as their community in Huddersfield is known for its generosity and desire to help others.Acts of kindness towards neighbours are an…
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