Huzoor addresses Ahmadiyya Medical Association UK
Surrey councillors and dignitaries meet Huzoor
Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh: A reflection
The annual meeting of AMMA UK took place in Islamabad, Tilford on 30 November
On 24 November, councillors and dignitaries had the opportunity to meet with Hazrat Khalifatul Masih
A look at our responsibilities in the midst of materialism
Prophet Noah’sas age and the prediction of the Promised Messiahas
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Responding to allegations
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nother abhorrent incident of murder in A London. Another murderer found to be Muslim. Strange events surrounding the
whole situation and the general public is left to draw conclusions. Should the probation system reconsider its practices or should the election campaigners use the situation to tag another appendix to their manifestos is not our concern here. What is of our concern is how to circumnavigate the name of Islam out of the storm that it has been plunged into. A solution to this was given a hundred years ago. It remains as valid today as it ever was, thanks to the stagnant states of mind that refuse to change.
The Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, presented the solution to protecting the name of Islam that is associated to violence by guiding both the Western powers and the Muslim global community. While asking the Muslims to refrain from violence in the name of Islam, he urged Western powers not to toy with the sensitivities of Muslims. Yet the tenet of Jihad remained to be a favourite playground for both – it still is. Now, almost a century later, the successor of the Promised Messiahas has analysed the situation in the modern context and prescribed remedies accordingly – the basic advice remains the same for both. The leitmotif of the modern situation may
have remained the same, but the problem has taken a much more complex form and the possible solutions, subsequently, have become far more complicated. The Western media machinery – powered by the powers – has continued to play with the Muslim emotion by branding their religion as nothing but a game of blood and sword. The Muslim world generally has reacted in exactly the way that was desired by such propaganda. What the Western powers did not realise was that the reaction of the Muslims would not necessarily remain in the Muslim world. It was destined to spill over the brim of what is known as the Muslim world and flow eventually to the West. This is what has happened. This spill-over of what the West calls “Islamist terrorism” has brought with it a band of multidimensional crises. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V, may Allah strengthen his hand, has addressed each and every crisis and advised world leaders – Muslim and Western both – on how to tackle them. What troubles the youth that they turn into reactionaries, who see not other ways but to use weapons and kill innocent people? Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa has gone into the psyche of such troubled youth and, alongside many other problems, has seen frustration to be lying at the root of it. He is of the opinion that when the youth do not find the right channel to exert their energies, they will, inevitably turn to destructive tactics. Continued on page 2
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa Spending in the way of Allah Khuraim bin Fatik, Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Whoever spends something in the cause of Allah is rewarded seven hundred times over.” (Tirmidhi)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words The state of the present age and the need for a reformer In the same way, in this present era, religious capacities have died away, and sin and impiety have taken their place. The mutual interaction of people on the one hand and their worship on the other – everything has become corrupted. If this affliction was all that plagued the people, there was no harm or danger. But in addition to all these things, the greatest calamity, regarding which I am compelled to speak time and again, and which every heart possessing sympathy for Islam has already felt or can feel, is the poisonous effect of today’s natural medicine, astronomy and flawed philosophy, which is attacking Islam and Muslims. The scholars pay no attention to this because they can barely find time from their wars with one another, waging internal conflicts, and declaring one another disbelievers. If the ascetics sat in seclusion and did so much as to pray, even that could bring about positive effects, but they are engrossed in debates on the worship of saints and the permissibility of the Sufi practice of sama, etc. A few traditions, which are not to be found in the Quran and Sunnah, have taken the place of true Sufism. Therefore, from every direction Islam is victim to the arrows of the foolish and the ignorant. In this age, those necessary conditions, which undoubtedly call for the advent of a reformer, have reached their pinnacle. Everyone believes Continued on page 2