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Friday, September 21, 2012
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Head of Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Khalifatul Masih V, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, central and other executive members, during the Jalsa Salans held in the United Kingdom last Sunday.
L-R: Missionary-in-charge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaát Nigeria, Maulana Khalique Nayyar; Amir, Dr. Mashhud Fashola Aderenle and Missionary Abdulkhabree Olowolayemo.
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L-R: Missionary Tirmizy Muhammad Adeniran; Naib, Amir East, Dr. Abdul Ganiyy Enahoro; Missionary Elias Nurudeen, Oba Muraina Adedini, Asoya of Ile Isoya, Osun State and missionary Mudahir Alaka, at the Jalsa.
Cross section of the Nigerian delegate, during the Jalsa.
PHOTOS: BAYOOR EWUOSO
Muslim women should be more resourceful – Yusuf Ahmadiyya to hold conference M soon STORIES: LATEEFAH IBRAHIMANIMASHAUN
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hmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Nigeria is set to hold a three-day conference with the theme: Love for all, hatred for none, at Ilaro, the headquarter of Yewa south local government from today, September 21 till Sunday 23rd of the month. The gathering will feature Quran competitions, lectures, medical camp, sports and visitations to the paramount ruler of Yewaland, chief imam of Ilaro, the chairman of Yewa south local government, coordinator of the Yewa south Christians Association of Nigeria, the prison, motherless babies home and the General Manager, Ogun State Broadcasting Service, (radio and television). There will also be a speech on the topic, Holy Prophet Muhammad as Mercy to mankind, Khalifat: the rallying point for world peace and drug abuse. Ahead of the convention, a one hour enlightenment programme was aired on Ogun radio to propagate the essence of Islam and its message to the populace and this was presented by the National Tabligh secretary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim ja-
uslim women have been asked to be resourceful in terms of impacting on the lives of people around them by caring about the affairs of neighbours, including non-Muslims to enhance peace and mutual relationship in the society. This was disclosed by Dr Tajudeen Yusuf while addressing Al Mu’minaat women on the Understanding Islam during their Women’s Week held at Dawah Centre, Ijesha, Lagos. He said Muslim women cannot afford to live a lonely life of waking up, going out and coming in without having a direct relationship with people around them. He said by relating with the people,
Muslim women will get to know their problems and as such, will be able to proffer solutions to these problems which, he said, could also be in form of prayers. He urged them to improve on their primary role of raising God fearing kids that will reform the society. This, he said, can only be actualised if they engage their children in useful activities like memorization of the holy Quran, prayers and giving them admonitions on injunctions of the Almighty Allah. He dissuaded women from segregating due to way of dressing but to admit the differences in other people and use it as a medium of developing good inter-
personal relationship. Dr Yusuf advised that women be submissive to their husbands, no matter how educated and highly placed they may be. This, he said, manifests when the woman admits the role of men in the home to attain the pleasure of Allah. He enjoined women who are more knowledgeable than their husbands on religious obligations to be patient with them and correct them in the best manners to sustain peace in the home. “Don’t ever correct your husbands or your wives in the presence of your children nor should you scream on each other in their presence”, he admonished.
Gratitude – a source ‘Include morals in teaching children’ of blessings CONTINUED FROM PAGE 27 Masih has seen the management of UK Jalsa as well as the workers tearfully attribute their success to God’s blessings. As long as we will be grateful servants of God we will experience His blessings. Each person from the Jalsa management, each worker, each attendee of Jalsa and each Ahmadi who participated in the Jalsa via MTA should sing praises of God and prostrate before Him with gratefulness.
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clarion call has gone to stakeholders in the education sector to include the core values of morality, nobility and dignity in teaching children to prepare them for future inevitability rather than giving emphasis to entertainment at the expense of education. Giving this advice at the 10 years anniversary of Vanguards Academy held at The Muslim Congress National Secretariat, Thanni Olodo Street, Jibowu Lagos the Director of the school, Dr Za’afaran Adeniyi urged wealthy Nigerians to invest in their chileducation. He encouraged government across all
levels to give genuine attention to the welfare of the youths as this will stabilise the country and provide good leadership. He said the solution to increasing insecurity in the country is for government at all levels to invest massively in education agriculture and to also improve electricity supply. He lamented that the Federal Government has allocated a lesser proportion of the budget to education when compared to other sectors like entertainment which, he said, is the reason for the fall in the standard of education in the country.