Love for All Hatred For None

Ahmadi Muslims gathered in their thousands in East Worldham for a convention A FARM in the heart of the East Hampshire countryside shrugged off its working mantle for 28 days to make way for Britain’s biggest annual Islamic gathering. Some 38,000 Muslims from over the world travelled to Hadeeqatul Mahdi, otherwise known as the 210 acres of Oaklands Farm, on …

Some 37,000 people gathered at a farm for the worldwide convention of the Ahmadiyya sect. EACH summer in a collection of remote fields in rural Hampshire, sheep and cattle make way for a vast tented camp. But this is not another of Britain’s many music festivals; it is the largest gathering of Muslims in western Europe. At the end of …

Rina Wolfson didn’t know what to expect when she joined 40,000 Muslims at the annual Jalsa Salana meeting. She was impressed – but why were no other journalists there? Imagine if 40,000 Muslims gathered together in the south of England to swear a pledge of allegiance to Isis. Every major news outlet in the world would descend on the gathering …

Ahmadi Muslims poured into Oaklands Farm in Hampshire in their thousands for the biggest annual Muslim convention in Britain called the “Jalsa Salana” last weekend. Fifth Caliph and Worldwide Head of the community, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad reminded his community that peace, brotherhood and loyalty to one’s country are the essence of Islam. He explained that Muslims should …