..…as UK Jalsa opens with over 35,000 delegates

By Ishola Balogun
 
As the 2015 convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat opens Friday at the Jalsa Ground, Oakland Farm, otherwise known as Hadeeqatul Madhi, Hampshire, London, leader of the Jamaat, his holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has charged all Muslims to be brothers to one and other, urging all attendees to the convention to create a link of love of God Almighty and the Holy Prophet (s.aw) 

While delivering his keynote address, the spiritual head of the Jamaat, reacting to the crises in most parts of the world as well as the activities of ISIS in the Middle East and Boko Haram in Nigeria, stated that the world was in its dark age. “The world is in its dark age.  Therefore, the true believer should promote Islam and protect it.  The practical believer should promote the teachings of religion and set it right for others to emulate.  

He added that the gathering of this sort was meant to make the Muslim a better person and change the world better. 

According to him, “Righteousness only gives the strength to run through anything in life and to avoid vices and get strive to be righteous.  

“Vices begin by thinking ill about people, you should rather pray for people to have them change their bad attitudes. 

“We believe that no one can be equal to the founder of Islam, (Prophet Muhammad s.a.w) but we must endeavour to do our bits, return to God and make the society better. Brothers should respect each other’s sentiments and abstain from vices.”

The Huzur advised that living peacefully with each other is the hallmark of Isalm.
Right now, over 35,000 delegates from all over 200 countries where Ahmadiyaa is established are already at the Jalsa ground.  The Vice-President of Sierra Leone, Ambassador Victor Bockarie Foh including special dignitaries are also present. Non-Ahmadis and non-Muslim guests are also participants.

The Muslim Television Ahmadiyya, MTA, has studios in 12 countries including United States of America, United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, Nigeria and other parts of Africa.  It also covers Middle East, North Africa and North America. It broadcast both live and recorded programmes in over 16 languages. The MTA is being led by Munir-ud-Din Shams, a British.

With the growing Islamophobia, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat works with stronger passion and zeal to spread the true teachings of Islam.