April

The Muslim News

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul

From Mr Amir Aziz, Secretary General at the
World-wide Headquarters.
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 Karachi, Pakistan, father of Mian
Khuram Aftab and a member
of General Council of the
Central Anjuman. He rendered great services for the
Jammat.
May Allah bless the departed
souls and give patience and
solace to bereaved families.
Amin.

The Basilica Cistern

2014
Issue 21

A fireplace in Topkapi.

Next Meeting
Sunday, 6th April,
2014 at 15:00
Dar-us-Salaam,
15 Stanley Ave, Wembley,
HA0 4JQ
Laser Success
Two students of Lahore
Ahmadiyya School of Education in Religions (LASER) win
laurels for the School. This
shows the standard and excellent performance of LASER
students and the staff.
Aftab Ahmad: A second-year
student of LASER, Aftab
Ahmad was awarded Masters
in Islamic studies from University of Peshawar. He secured 69% marks and got Ist
Division.
Usman Ahmad: Librarian of
Central Anjuman's Library
and Imam of Dar us Salam

A church in Istanbul.

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 diploma 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.

Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK)

15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, UK, HA0 4JQ
aaiiLahore@gmail.com

And Allah multiplies (further)

for whom He pleases. And Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing (Al-Quran 2:261).
Dear sisters and brothers,
Assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
We pray that all of you are
enjoying best of spiritual and
physical health by the grace
of Compassionate and Merciful 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 Malaysia. Consequently, our
plans for the revised project
for Delhi are progressing
well.
Inshaallah I will visit India
again in January 2014 to review the activities and progress 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 sacrifices for the Jamaat. In the
meantime, you will be
pleased to see the attached
photos of our new school at

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 areas particularly in Bihar and
Jharkhand, which are probably two of the poorest States
in India, where there are no
schools. It is absolutely shocking to note that Muslims in
rural areas in general have
been deprived of proper education 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 Community 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 completed and some of the students 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

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 premises this year; one at Barhari
Village in Bihar and the other
in Barharwah Village in Jharkhand; 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 coming years.

ELECTIONS AND THE

AGM
Date : 4th May 2014
Venue : 15 Stanley Ave, Wembley 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 qualified and suited for this purpose. 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 people to run your jamaat.
All of us are responsible for
the decisions and actions of
the members of Executive
Committee.