The Muslim News April 2014

Issue 21

م می

حالر

ن

م

ح اہلل الر

م س

ب

وانا الیہ راجعون انا للہ

From Mr Amir Aziz, Sec-

retary General at the

World-wide Headquar-

ters.

We are deeply distressed to

announce demise of :-

Sheikh Zafrullah sahib of

Sialkot, Pakistan who was

father in law of our dear

brother Dr. Jawad of UK ,

Aftab Ahmad sahib of Kara-

chi, Pakistan, father of Mian

Khuram Aftab and a member

of General Council of the

Central Anjuman. He ren-

dered great services for the

Jammat.

May Allah bless the departed

souls and give patience and

solace to bereaved families.

Amin.

Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam Lahore (UK) 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, UK, HA0 4JQ

aaiiLahore@gmail.com

Next Meeting

Sunday, 6th April,

2014 at 15:00

Dar-us-Salaam,

15 Stanley Ave, Wembley,

HA0 4JQ

Broadcasts

at

www.virtualmosque.co.uk

Friday service: 12:30 Dars: 13:15

Monthly meetings: first

Sunday of the month

at 15:00

Mosque, Usman Ahmad

(LASER graduate) passed one

year Arabic Language di-

ploma from University of the

Punjab. He secured 77%

marks in the exam.

We congratulate them and all

teaching staff of LASER.

NEWS FROM INDIA

Thanks for Support to

Members in India

Shaukat A. Ali, Thailand.

“The parable of those who

spend their wealth in the way

of Allah is as the parable of a

grain growing seven ears, in

every ear a hundred grains.

Laser Success

Two students of Lahore

Ahmadiyya School of Educa-

tion in Religions (LASER) win

laurels for the School. This

shows the standard and ex-

cellent performance of LASER

students and the staff.

Aftab Ahmad: A second-year

student of LASER, Aftab

Ahmad was awarded Masters

in Islamic studies from Uni-

versity of Peshawar. He se-

cured 69% marks and got Ist

Division.

Usman Ahmad: Librarian of

Central Anjuman's Library

and Imam of Dar us Salam

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul The Basilica Cistern A fireplace in Topkapi. A church in Istanbul.

And Allah multiplies (further)

for whom He pleases. And Al-

lah is Ample-giving, Know-

ing” (Al-Quran 2:261).

Dear sisters and brothers,

Assalamo alaikum wa rah-

matullahi wa barakatuhu

We pray that all of you are

enjoying best of spiritual and

physical health by the grace

of Compassionate and Merci-

ful Allah. We have reached

the end of 2013.

We know that you must be

waiting for information on

what has transpired since

July 2013. As a result of our

appeal response has been

very encouraging and funds

have come from members in

Australia, Fiji, California,

Vancouver, Holland and Ma-

laysia. Consequently, our

plans for the revised project

for Delhi are progressing

well.

Inshaallah I will visit India

again in January 2014 to re-

view the activities and pro-

gress during the past year

and finalize our plans and

programmes for the year and

beyond. The intention is to

visit Chennai (Madras),

Mumbai (Bombay), Indore

and Delhi and a report will

Inshaallah be provided in

due course. Please pray for

the success of the mission

and for all those who are

making tremendous sacri-

fices for the Jama’at. In the

meantime, you will be

pleased to see the attached

photos of our new school at

all their children to school so

that there is no child labour.

In view of the success of this

project and requests from

members in other areas, we

have started two other

schools in temporary prem-

ises this year; one at Barhari

Village in Bihar and the other

in Barharwah Village in Jhark-

hand; as you can see from the

attached photos. Please pray

that our membership in those

areas continue to grow so

that we can provide proper

schools for them in the com-

ing years.

ELECTIONS AND THE

AGM

Date : 4th May 2014

Venue : 15 Stanley Ave, Wem-

bley HA0 4JQ

Programme :

15:00 Lecture as normal

15:30 Annual Report

16:30 Elections

The Holy Quran tells us to

entrust our communal affairs

to those who are best quali-

fied and suited for this pur-

pose. This imposes a serious

duty upon all our members to

make sure that they fulfil the

conditions for voting. Please

make sure that you attend

this meeting and suitable peo-

ple to run your jamaat.

All of us are responsible for

the decisions and actions of

the members of Executive

Committee.

Baraini village, in Bihar.

Those who are not familiar

with the geography of India,

should note that it is about

1,200 kilometers from Delhi

and it took us 22 hours by

train to reach the village and

a further 10 hours train ride

to Kolkata (Calcutta) from

there.

You may be very surprised to

note that there are many ar-

eas particularly in Bihar and

Jharkhand, which are proba-

bly two of the poorest States

in India, where there are no

schools. It is absolutely shock-

ing to note that Muslims in

rural areas in general have

been deprived of proper edu-

cation and it was reported

that as low as 4% of the girls

get any education in those

States.

When some members from

those areas brought this to

our attention, we decided to

start a school in the Commu-

nity Hall at Baraini Village,

Bhagalpur in Bihar about 8

years ago. There are about

150 Muslim families with

over 400 children but there

was no school in the vicinity.

When we visited the village

and saw the condition, we

decided to buy a block of land

for a school. Alhamdulillah,

the building is virtually com-

pleted and some of the stu-

dents started classes there

about six months ago. It is

encouraging to note that

there are over 250 students,

of which over 50% are girls.

We are urging parents to send