The Light English Edition November 2017

November 2017 The
Light 8
pen, reducing pluralism to a handful of low-circulation
publications. Dozens of journalists
have been imprisoned without trial, turning
Turkey into the world’s biggest prison for media
personnel.
Islamaphobia an opportunity.
It is my view that Islamaphobia can be a
positive for all of the Muslims in the UK, in that
it allows us to present the true picture of Islam
through publications, interviews on television
and a general dissemination of information to
nullify the gross misrepresentation of Islam. It
is also an immense opportunity for the Lahore
Ahmadiyya Movement, and though our numbers
are small, the wealth of material we have is
large.
Articles written by us explaining our view
must be published in the mainstream press and
media so that the message reaches a much
larger audience than it does at the moment. For
instance, our friends in Harrogate are fully
aware of the Ahmadiyya Movement not only
from ourselves but also from BBC Radio 4,
which had recently discussed the discrimination
against Ahmadis in Pakistan.
Of course, some of the media here is biased.
But we do have freedom of speech and
expression. We must support the press freedom
despite some of the press being prejudiced.
Since in my view, some of the freedoms are
being often eroded in the name of national
security, and this has resulted in Parliament
adopting the most extreme surveillance
legislation in UK history, with insufficient
protection mechanisms for whistle blowers,
journalists, and their sources, posing a serious
threat to investigative journalism.
Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement’s role
It is obvious that as time progresses, the
Ahmadiyya view of Islam is being adopted
though not in name, but this is of no concern to
me or should be of concern to anyone in the
Movement since the overreaching principle
should be the propagation of the message.
However, what must be done is that we
make available all the material within the
Jamaat. (Go To Contents)
I Shall Love All Mankind.
Why the Prophet Muhammad
(s) is an Integral Part of a
Muslim’s Testimony of Faith
– Kalima Shahada
by Ebrahim Muhamed, October 2017
(Note: All emphases depicted in Quranic references
herein are author’s)
“Allah bears witness that there is no god but
He, and (so do) the angels and those possessed
of knowledge, maintaining justice. There is no
god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.” 3:18
“Muhammad is not the father of any of your
men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the
Seal of the prophets. And Allah is ever Knower
of all things.” 33:40
“Say: O mankind, surely I am the Messenger
of Allah to you all, of Him, Whose is the kingdom
of the heavens and the earth. There is no god
but He; He gives life and causes death. So believe
in Allah and His Messenger, the Ummi
Prophet who believes in Allah and His words,
and follow him so that you may be guided
aright.” 7:158
as time progresses, the Ahmadiyya
view of Islam is being adopted
The Kalima Shahada or Testimony of Faith
is what a person declares when he or she enters
the fold of Islam. This testimony consists of the
following statement made with absolute sincerity:
Ashhaddu an la ilaha ill-allahu wa ashhaddu
anna Muhammadar Rasulullah – which means ‘I
bear witness that there is no God besides Allah
and I bear witness that Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah.’ This statement, although
it does do not appear as one in the Holy Quran,
contains the very basic theme of the Holy Quran
and that is the absolute Oneness of Almighty Allah
and the Messengership of the Holy Prophet
(s) which can be seen from just a few verses to
this effect quoted above. It is on this undercurrent
theme that the Kalima Shahada of a Muslim
is formulated. In the first verse of the Holy
Quran quoted above ( 3:18) Almighty Allah declares
that He
and His angels
bear witness to
His Oneness