The plan has already been trialled in parts of Britain where the community has contributed to village life and local fundraising.
Source/Credit: Jalsa Salana UK
By Press Release | August 5, 2016
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community, that established the first mosque in London, plans to spearhead a new drive for integration.
Village fetes- the quintessentially British occasion with tea, homemade cakes and jams, are to be spiced up with a new ingredient - the samosa and pakora or bhaji as it is commonly known.
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association, that is based in nearly 80 cities across the UK, will be instructed to reach out to villages and request selling spicy street food at their fund-raising fetes. All the proceeds will be donated to the charity and all costs will be met by the faith community whose ethos is Love for All, Hatred for None.
The plan has already been trialled in parts of Britain where the community has contributed to village life and local fundraising.
The plan is announced to coincide with the community’s Golden Jubilee annual convention – the Jalsa Salana – marking 50 years of the event in Britain. More than 30,000 people are expected over three days for the event between August 12-14 in Alton, Hampshire.
The event will be addressed by the worldwide Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, and will be broadcast globally via satellite TV.
Ijaz Rehman, President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association UK, said:
“The ethos of our community is Love for All, Hatred for None and we welcome this opportunity of reaching out to others to promote peace and cohesion.
“We already engage in interfaith work so are well networked with churches, temples, synagogues and gurdwaras. We regularly raise funds for local and national charities, support the Poppy Appeal, and we work with the authorities to support their work to tackle extremism.
“We are very pleased about the prospect of sending our members to support village fetes in their fundraising by selling food we prepare. We would bear all the costs of supplying the food, selling it and all proceeds would go to the local cause.
“It means our members can play a part in village life where Muslims may be ‘invisible’ and where people’s impressions of Islam might be influenced by media.
“It will provide us with a chance to interact with others, to exchange knowledge and ideas- and to help raise funds. We hope to spice things up but hopefully not too much! The aim is to break down barriers and to show support for others in our society.”
Contact details:
Name: Basharat Nazir +447703 483384
E-mail: media(at)ahmadiyya.org.uk
Mahmood Rafiq +447971 060 962
Twitter: @JalsaUK @AhmadiyyaUK
http://www.alislam.org/
http://www.loveforallhatredfornone.org/
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