Member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim San Franciso chpater, Dr. Koya was delighted to see his Urdu Poem " Jaoon Tumpe mein Qurban, Ya Rasool Allah" and its English Translation printed in the 10 TH SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR'S BREAKAFST hosted by San Francicso Interfaith Council yesterday November 20, 2007 at the Chaderal Hil Hotel, Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco.
Mayor Gevin Newsom graced the occasion and posed for dozens of pictures with volunteers who recived SIC Awards.
Here's Dr. Koya poem in English translation:
I render myself to Thee O Messenger of Allah
Voluminous Peace Be on Thee O Messenger of Allah
O Guide of Mecca O Sultan of Medina
Eminent among the messengers of God
The Crown of all prophets
I render my self to Thee O Messenger of Allah
Voluminous Peace be on Thee O Messenger of Allah
The Summit of Prophets and Pinnacle of Humanity
Praiseworthy thy name, praiseworthy thy deeds
Peace be on you and blessings of God be on thee
I render myself to ………………………………..........
What of mankind , even the angels together
Take bows to send salaam to thee
O my leader O my guide , I submit my soul to thee
I render myself to ………………………………......
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Sunni Muslim Sister on Walkersville Ahmadiyya Mosque
Grateful thanks to Sunni Muslim sister Diana Elbasha for a fair write up in the FREDRICK NEWS POST on the Walkersville Ahmadiyya Mosque project. Jazakllah ! ( Dr. Hanif Koya-San Francisco, Bay Area)
Diana ElbashaGive Walkersville a chanceOriginally published November 17, 2007
One of the most prevalent topics filling the pages of The Frederick News-Post lately seems, very apparently, to be that of the Walkersville Ahmadiyya controversy.
I have been attentively following them, making note of the endless viewpoints and reactions possible to be taken on the issue -- like anything else, some are understandable, and others plain preposterous. Thus, despite my initial intention to avoid writing on the issue, I have grown to believe in the past few weeks that this is an issue that is impossible to remain undefended.
Before I begin, allow me to clarify a few related key pieces of information: as my loyal readers are aware, I, too, am a Muslim -- so, prompting my interest in such a topic. However, before I am denunciated with accusations of bias, be aware that the Ahmadiyya religion differs significantly from the more populous Sunni Islam in which I believe.
Many of the fundamental beliefs of the two sects are in great opposition to one another; still, however, our holidays, practices, and prayers remain common. Such a comparison, among other reasons, is what provides me with enough understanding for not only the Ahmadiyyas' desire for a center, but also the strain they are currently undergoing to pursue the project.
Being a part of the Islamic Society of Frederick has me as well as all other long-time members, setting upon a pedestal of great accomplishment -- it took incredible amounts of time and effort to have our mosque and society be as extensive and successful as it is today. Years ago, when the ISF decided that the compromised idea of having prayers in an old, insecure, one-floor house, was too impractical for the increasing population to deal with, we went about division and conquest:
We approached every possible political figure within our reach -- commissioners, governors, anyone with enough stature to constitute decisions within Frederick -- to publicize our dire need for building or purchasing a vicinity for the community to pray and worship.
Rejected. Denied. Not in favor. Unapproved. (Are there any other words I am forgetting?)
I remember attending the public meetings and hearings on the issue -- several of our members would speak to these "leaders" with truth, passion, and at times desperation ... only to leave the room with angry tears of unfair rejection.
I was very young at the time, but seeing these types of reactions from the Ummah -- the community -- evoked from the insensitive, emotionless committee was more than enough to prompt anyone's understanding of the issue's extremity.
Now, as a painful section of Frederick history repeats itself, we see the issue being faced by Muslims again.
I have picked up on a plethora of responses to building the site -- one prominent comment being the trouble in allowing a possible 10,000 people to assemble at the site in Walkersville.
I don't know much about the dynamics of the Ahmadiyya society -- but I do know that the conventions they hold with "10,000 members" in attendance are held every few months or possibly annually.
So a few days out of the year -- what's the big deal? One five-mile radius of Frederick contains an amount of churches more than Muslims can ever hope to see on the entire East Coast of Mosques -- all of which were built and finalized for use in a fraction of the time it has been taking for us to gain a glimpse of the county's approval to build. So tell me, does anyone consider excuses in such ridiculous detail for the building of a Christian center? Or a Jewish center?
It is unfair and shouldn't be necessary -- and I say this with true empathy and personal experience -- for an entire religious population to have to travel miles and hours just to have grounds to pray on. Give them a chance.
Is this how we are representing the amendment of Freedom of Religion?
If so, what a great place to be ...
Diana ElbashaGive Walkersville a chanceOriginally published November 17, 2007
One of the most prevalent topics filling the pages of The Frederick News-Post lately seems, very apparently, to be that of the Walkersville Ahmadiyya controversy.
I have been attentively following them, making note of the endless viewpoints and reactions possible to be taken on the issue -- like anything else, some are understandable, and others plain preposterous. Thus, despite my initial intention to avoid writing on the issue, I have grown to believe in the past few weeks that this is an issue that is impossible to remain undefended.
Before I begin, allow me to clarify a few related key pieces of information: as my loyal readers are aware, I, too, am a Muslim -- so, prompting my interest in such a topic. However, before I am denunciated with accusations of bias, be aware that the Ahmadiyya religion differs significantly from the more populous Sunni Islam in which I believe.
Many of the fundamental beliefs of the two sects are in great opposition to one another; still, however, our holidays, practices, and prayers remain common. Such a comparison, among other reasons, is what provides me with enough understanding for not only the Ahmadiyyas' desire for a center, but also the strain they are currently undergoing to pursue the project.
Being a part of the Islamic Society of Frederick has me as well as all other long-time members, setting upon a pedestal of great accomplishment -- it took incredible amounts of time and effort to have our mosque and society be as extensive and successful as it is today. Years ago, when the ISF decided that the compromised idea of having prayers in an old, insecure, one-floor house, was too impractical for the increasing population to deal with, we went about division and conquest:
We approached every possible political figure within our reach -- commissioners, governors, anyone with enough stature to constitute decisions within Frederick -- to publicize our dire need for building or purchasing a vicinity for the community to pray and worship.
Rejected. Denied. Not in favor. Unapproved. (Are there any other words I am forgetting?)
I remember attending the public meetings and hearings on the issue -- several of our members would speak to these "leaders" with truth, passion, and at times desperation ... only to leave the room with angry tears of unfair rejection.
I was very young at the time, but seeing these types of reactions from the Ummah -- the community -- evoked from the insensitive, emotionless committee was more than enough to prompt anyone's understanding of the issue's extremity.
Now, as a painful section of Frederick history repeats itself, we see the issue being faced by Muslims again.
I have picked up on a plethora of responses to building the site -- one prominent comment being the trouble in allowing a possible 10,000 people to assemble at the site in Walkersville.
I don't know much about the dynamics of the Ahmadiyya society -- but I do know that the conventions they hold with "10,000 members" in attendance are held every few months or possibly annually.
So a few days out of the year -- what's the big deal? One five-mile radius of Frederick contains an amount of churches more than Muslims can ever hope to see on the entire East Coast of Mosques -- all of which were built and finalized for use in a fraction of the time it has been taking for us to gain a glimpse of the county's approval to build. So tell me, does anyone consider excuses in such ridiculous detail for the building of a Christian center? Or a Jewish center?
It is unfair and shouldn't be necessary -- and I say this with true empathy and personal experience -- for an entire religious population to have to travel miles and hours just to have grounds to pray on. Give them a chance.
Is this how we are representing the amendment of Freedom of Religion?
If so, what a great place to be ...
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Ahmadi Muslims pray led by Dr. Koya at Dr. Hak Jan Moon Peace Summt
One Family Under God~ Global Peace Festival ~Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon - 12 City Tour A Summit for Peace from the Community to the World
Monday, November 12, 2007 - Marriott San Francisco Airport Hotel, San Francisco, CA
As Dr. Hyun Jin Moon put it in his address and introduction to True Mother, “A heavenly earthquake is about to hit the San Francisco Bay Area!” An excited and diverse crowd of 1,200 filled the beautiful Grand Ballroom at the Marriott San Francisco Airport Hotel Monday evening. People came by the busload from throughout the Bay Area and as far away as Sacramento, San Jose, and Reno, Nevada, to see and hear our True Mother, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon.
Bishops, pastors, ministers, deacons, and congregation members from over 50 churches came, as well as 30 monks and members of the Purple Lotus Buddhist Temple in Union City, leaders and members of the Amidiyyah Muslims, and many more. This time 120 college-age youth leaders came to welcome True Mother and Hyun Jin Nim, and many of those were appointed as Youth Ambassadors for Peace. In all, over 200 new Ambassadors for Peace were appointed.
The afternoon began with a “Summit for Peace” conference that over 100 youth and senior Ambassadors for Peace and guests attended. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hagen organized the conference, with the help of a great team of brothers and sisters. Rev. Bento Leal gave the educational presentation on the Five Principles of Ambassadors for Peace. We heard from several local Ambassadors for Peace, and there were lively discussions among the participants about how we can work together to bring peace in our communities and in our world.
The preprogram began with a slide presentation titled “Youth Serving from the Community to the World,” accompanied by our 2nd Generation band. This was followed by a moving tribute honoring our veterans on Veterans Day. Ambassador Phillip Sanchez and Captain Jim Herndon led the audience in the honoring of the veterans on stage and in the audience, as the Boy Scout Troop 818 posted the colors on stage. Our preprogram MC’s Jove Meyer and Meagan Simonds did an incredible job!
Next the Youth Ambassadors for Peace were recognized, and we gave thanks to the veterans, for it is their sacrifice for freedom and peace that has made it possible for this younger generation to work for peace. Rev. Jesse Edwards brought the Holy Spirit through his remarks and the program just continued to build momentum.
Rev. Jenkins took the stage for the main program and brought the Interreligious prayers of peace, featuring Archbishop Stallings, Dr. Hanif Koya (Amidiyyah Muslims) and Master Samantha Chou of the Purple Lotus Temple, accompanied on stage by a dozen of her monks. Dr. Amos Brown, pastor of the 3rd Baptist Church of San Francisco and ACLC co-chairman, gave powerful remarks for peace in our community and in the world and brought to the stage young Kofi Vordjogbe, a 14-year-old child prodigy from Ghana, who enthralled the audience with his original piano composition. Then Dr. Brown truly brought the spirit to a peak as he called for us to work for peace for all of God’s children in a prophetic voice.
This truly set the stage for Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, who was electrifying in his emphatic call for “One Family Under God!” He testified so deeply to the work of his father and then introduced True Mother, to the standing ovation of everyone in the room. The spirit was so high and united as Mother came to the stage. She read God’s message with such passion and beauty that many were moved to tears. Mother was so beautiful; she was the embodiment of true love and the image of peace. Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Jacques Vitrac were so moved by her speech as they prepared to present the flowers backstage to Mother and Hyun Jin Nim. A beautiful trophy was presented to Mother by Bishop and Mrs. Andre Jackson , Ms. Wafaa Aboreshaad, and Mr. Dwight Sterling.
We thank all of our brothers and sisters who prayed and worked so hard to bring this victory and take our foundation to a new level; and all of our Ambassadors for Peace, clergy, interfaith leaders, women leaders, and youth leaders who joined together in welcoming True Parents and True Family and determined to join hands in truly building peace in our families, communities, and our world.
Aju and thank you, God and True Parents! Rev. Joshua Cotter
TESTIMONIES FROM GUESTS
Amidiyyah Muslim: It was a beautiful, fantastic program!
Professor: The conference was wonderful and very educational, and I will definitely come back. I deeply respect Mother Moon for her leadership and her efforts for peace throughout the world.
Bishop: It was a wonderful program. I really enjoyed the talk on True Family Values and Mrs. Moon's speech. It was very family-oriented.
Deacon: It was a Holy Spirit filled program. I really enjoyed worshipping together. I am looking forward to building this One Family Under God together!
Service for Peace leader: It is very inspiring to be part of an international movement for peace. You don't often see people coming together to build peace centered on spirituality.
Minister: It was so inspiring and rejuvenating to see so many young people ready and willing to carry the torch of world peace on into the future! To God be the glory in the rebuilding of world peace and His Kingdom!
International gospel singer: I am so blessed to be here and to be a part of this! Glory be to God! This is a work of God and I want to be part of the national and the world tour. God bless Mother Moon!
UC Berkeley graduate student: I was deeply moved by the prayer of St. Francis, in both Dr. Brown's remarks and Dr. Hyun Jin Moon's remarks. I remembered that it was the understanding of the suffering heart of God that touched me so deeply about the Unification Church before. I was grateful to be there tonight.
San Francisco State University student: I was tearful and repentful; I felt Mother's beautiful, sincere and loving heart. I was also moved so deeply by the quality of Father Moon's life, and the 8 areas that he championed in his life. I was also moved to tears by the interreligious prayers and by the Ambassador for Peace conference.
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Monday, November 12, 2007 - Marriott San Francisco Airport Hotel, San Francisco, CA
As Dr. Hyun Jin Moon put it in his address and introduction to True Mother, “A heavenly earthquake is about to hit the San Francisco Bay Area!” An excited and diverse crowd of 1,200 filled the beautiful Grand Ballroom at the Marriott San Francisco Airport Hotel Monday evening. People came by the busload from throughout the Bay Area and as far away as Sacramento, San Jose, and Reno, Nevada, to see and hear our True Mother, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon.
Bishops, pastors, ministers, deacons, and congregation members from over 50 churches came, as well as 30 monks and members of the Purple Lotus Buddhist Temple in Union City, leaders and members of the Amidiyyah Muslims, and many more. This time 120 college-age youth leaders came to welcome True Mother and Hyun Jin Nim, and many of those were appointed as Youth Ambassadors for Peace. In all, over 200 new Ambassadors for Peace were appointed.
The afternoon began with a “Summit for Peace” conference that over 100 youth and senior Ambassadors for Peace and guests attended. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hagen organized the conference, with the help of a great team of brothers and sisters. Rev. Bento Leal gave the educational presentation on the Five Principles of Ambassadors for Peace. We heard from several local Ambassadors for Peace, and there were lively discussions among the participants about how we can work together to bring peace in our communities and in our world.
The preprogram began with a slide presentation titled “Youth Serving from the Community to the World,” accompanied by our 2nd Generation band. This was followed by a moving tribute honoring our veterans on Veterans Day. Ambassador Phillip Sanchez and Captain Jim Herndon led the audience in the honoring of the veterans on stage and in the audience, as the Boy Scout Troop 818 posted the colors on stage. Our preprogram MC’s Jove Meyer and Meagan Simonds did an incredible job!
Next the Youth Ambassadors for Peace were recognized, and we gave thanks to the veterans, for it is their sacrifice for freedom and peace that has made it possible for this younger generation to work for peace. Rev. Jesse Edwards brought the Holy Spirit through his remarks and the program just continued to build momentum.
Rev. Jenkins took the stage for the main program and brought the Interreligious prayers of peace, featuring Archbishop Stallings, Dr. Hanif Koya (Amidiyyah Muslims) and Master Samantha Chou of the Purple Lotus Temple, accompanied on stage by a dozen of her monks. Dr. Amos Brown, pastor of the 3rd Baptist Church of San Francisco and ACLC co-chairman, gave powerful remarks for peace in our community and in the world and brought to the stage young Kofi Vordjogbe, a 14-year-old child prodigy from Ghana, who enthralled the audience with his original piano composition. Then Dr. Brown truly brought the spirit to a peak as he called for us to work for peace for all of God’s children in a prophetic voice.
This truly set the stage for Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, who was electrifying in his emphatic call for “One Family Under God!” He testified so deeply to the work of his father and then introduced True Mother, to the standing ovation of everyone in the room. The spirit was so high and united as Mother came to the stage. She read God’s message with such passion and beauty that many were moved to tears. Mother was so beautiful; she was the embodiment of true love and the image of peace. Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Jacques Vitrac were so moved by her speech as they prepared to present the flowers backstage to Mother and Hyun Jin Nim. A beautiful trophy was presented to Mother by Bishop and Mrs. Andre Jackson , Ms. Wafaa Aboreshaad, and Mr. Dwight Sterling.
We thank all of our brothers and sisters who prayed and worked so hard to bring this victory and take our foundation to a new level; and all of our Ambassadors for Peace, clergy, interfaith leaders, women leaders, and youth leaders who joined together in welcoming True Parents and True Family and determined to join hands in truly building peace in our families, communities, and our world.
Aju and thank you, God and True Parents! Rev. Joshua Cotter
TESTIMONIES FROM GUESTS
Amidiyyah Muslim: It was a beautiful, fantastic program!
Professor: The conference was wonderful and very educational, and I will definitely come back. I deeply respect Mother Moon for her leadership and her efforts for peace throughout the world.
Bishop: It was a wonderful program. I really enjoyed the talk on True Family Values and Mrs. Moon's speech. It was very family-oriented.
Deacon: It was a Holy Spirit filled program. I really enjoyed worshipping together. I am looking forward to building this One Family Under God together!
Service for Peace leader: It is very inspiring to be part of an international movement for peace. You don't often see people coming together to build peace centered on spirituality.
Minister: It was so inspiring and rejuvenating to see so many young people ready and willing to carry the torch of world peace on into the future! To God be the glory in the rebuilding of world peace and His Kingdom!
International gospel singer: I am so blessed to be here and to be a part of this! Glory be to God! This is a work of God and I want to be part of the national and the world tour. God bless Mother Moon!
UC Berkeley graduate student: I was deeply moved by the prayer of St. Francis, in both Dr. Brown's remarks and Dr. Hyun Jin Moon's remarks. I remembered that it was the understanding of the suffering heart of God that touched me so deeply about the Unification Church before. I was grateful to be there tonight.
San Francisco State University student: I was tearful and repentful; I felt Mother's beautiful, sincere and loving heart. I was also moved so deeply by the quality of Father Moon's life, and the 8 areas that he championed in his life. I was also moved to tears by the interreligious prayers and by the Ambassador for Peace conference.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
The cult answer
There are a few drop-outs like Ahmad Karim Shaikk of Canada who cannot abide by the degree of obedience to a Khalifa-e-Waqt. I have met a few who fell by the way side and could not give up their ego which has no place in Islam which means total surrender to the Will of God. In comlying with the orders and guidance of Khalifa, no matter how bitterly you disagree with him, you are humbling yourself to the dust. Eluding to this, in part, Hazrat Mirza sahib said: "Jo mite mein mile oose milta hey Ashana. O Aazmane wale yeh Nuska to Aazma."
It is only in Ahmadiyya Jamaat you learn to experience total submission in which your own self has no worth. This is not cult, this is very high degree of Fana-Fillah and Fanfil Rasool. In being obedient to a Khalifa of Hazrat Muhammad Musftafa, sallalahu allayhe wassalam, you are acutally induldging in Fanfil Rasool which so important to attaining nearness to Allah. If you call this cult, then be it. Cult does not embrace the meaning I just outlined.
In Ateeullah Ateer Rasool, Allah desires the same degree of obdedince from Muslims which so badly lacking in us today. That's is why an Imamuz Zamaal like Hazrat Mriza sahib comes to foster the spririt of obdeinece in us. If all Muslims were to acquire the same degree of obedience in Fana Filrasool, there will be no problem in Islam, we will be moving forward and ahead of the entire world, saying: "Allah Hummah Labaiq, Allah Hummah Labaiq". This is what the Ahmadis are accustomed to and the example cannot be found anywhere else in today's Islam because there is no Imam, Khalifah or Ameerul Momineen to whom such relentless obedience can be given. Hope this will drive out the idea of Ahamdiyya Cult to the farthest end of the bush of ignorance and never dare to enter your mind.Posted by DR.HANIF KOYA, United States of America
Islam And Democracy ______________ DR.HANIF KOYA, United States of America (2007-07-28 05:26:33)
Ahamdiyaa Cult ______________ DR.HANIF KOYA, United States of America (2007-07-27 05:53:56)
It is only in Ahmadiyya Jamaat you learn to experience total submission in which your own self has no worth. This is not cult, this is very high degree of Fana-Fillah and Fanfil Rasool. In being obedient to a Khalifa of Hazrat Muhammad Musftafa, sallalahu allayhe wassalam, you are acutally induldging in Fanfil Rasool which so important to attaining nearness to Allah. If you call this cult, then be it. Cult does not embrace the meaning I just outlined.
In Ateeullah Ateer Rasool, Allah desires the same degree of obdedince from Muslims which so badly lacking in us today. That's is why an Imamuz Zamaal like Hazrat Mriza sahib comes to foster the spririt of obdeinece in us. If all Muslims were to acquire the same degree of obedience in Fana Filrasool, there will be no problem in Islam, we will be moving forward and ahead of the entire world, saying: "Allah Hummah Labaiq, Allah Hummah Labaiq". This is what the Ahmadis are accustomed to and the example cannot be found anywhere else in today's Islam because there is no Imam, Khalifah or Ameerul Momineen to whom such relentless obedience can be given. Hope this will drive out the idea of Ahamdiyya Cult to the farthest end of the bush of ignorance and never dare to enter your mind.Posted by DR.HANIF KOYA, United States of America
Islam And Democracy ______________ DR.HANIF KOYA, United States of America (2007-07-28 05:26:33)
Ahamdiyaa Cult ______________ DR.HANIF KOYA, United States of America (2007-07-27 05:53:56)
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Prayer for Iraq Peace
October 25, partcipated in the Payers for Iraq Peace hosted by American Friends Services Committee and Inter-Religious Group at the Grace Cathedral Church in San Francisco. Read out the following prayers for Iraq. I opened with the rciatl of Surah Fateha and closed with Darrod Shareef.
PRAYER FOR PEACE IN IRAQ
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
San Francisco-Oakland
On behalf of the world spiritual leader- the caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Khalifatul Masih V) , the National Amir of AMC/USA and the president of our San Francisco-Oakland Chapter, Mr. Yemen Samut (who is here with us tonight) I join you all in prayers for Peace in Iraq.
“ O Lord, The King of the heavens and the earth, we supplicate before Thee and seek Thy protection against those who violate Thy laws for Thou do not love those who “cause disorder on earth” and those who “transgress”
“ Indeed Thou hast entrusted us with the responsibility of promoting and establishing peace but in the recent past some of us have exceeded the bounds in committing the “disorder on earth” and “transgressions” by killing thousands of innocent women in children in the execution of Iraq War.”
“We are, our Lord, probably way past the time for reconciliation and your Mercy. Indeed it seems, our Lord, that it is probably time for the deliverance of Thy Judgment.”
“O! Master of the Day of Judgment ! O! King of the heavens and the earth, our souls and our minds burn in agony and our hearts bleed with sorrows over the sufferings of innocent people or Iraq.”
“We submit to Thee and beg Thee for Mercy and Kindness to restore peace and order for the righteous souls in Iraq and the mankind in the world. Ameen !“
449 W. Mac Arthur Blvd, Oakland CA
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He is Allah and there is no god beside Him, the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of peace, the Bestower of security, the Protector, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Exalted. Holy is Allah, far above that which they associate with Him.Chap 59: Verse 24
PRAYER FOR PEACE IN IRAQ
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
San Francisco-Oakland
On behalf of the world spiritual leader- the caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Khalifatul Masih V) , the National Amir of AMC/USA and the president of our San Francisco-Oakland Chapter, Mr. Yemen Samut (who is here with us tonight) I join you all in prayers for Peace in Iraq.
“ O Lord, The King of the heavens and the earth, we supplicate before Thee and seek Thy protection against those who violate Thy laws for Thou do not love those who “cause disorder on earth” and those who “transgress”
“ Indeed Thou hast entrusted us with the responsibility of promoting and establishing peace but in the recent past some of us have exceeded the bounds in committing the “disorder on earth” and “transgressions” by killing thousands of innocent women in children in the execution of Iraq War.”
“We are, our Lord, probably way past the time for reconciliation and your Mercy. Indeed it seems, our Lord, that it is probably time for the deliverance of Thy Judgment.”
“O! Master of the Day of Judgment ! O! King of the heavens and the earth, our souls and our minds burn in agony and our hearts bleed with sorrows over the sufferings of innocent people or Iraq.”
“We submit to Thee and beg Thee for Mercy and Kindness to restore peace and order for the righteous souls in Iraq and the mankind in the world. Ameen !“
449 W. Mac Arthur Blvd, Oakland CA
Ph 510-594-7670
www.alislam.org
He is Allah and there is no god beside Him, the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Source of peace, the Bestower of security, the Protector, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Exalted. Holy is Allah, far above that which they associate with Him.Chap 59: Verse 24
Monday, October 15, 2007
Group Celebrates Ramadan End -- Courant.com
Group Celebrates Ramadan End -- Courant.com
Congratulations and Eid Mubarak to all and the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as well. We also celebrated here in San Francisco at the Baypoint Mosque site.
Dr. Hanif Koya
Congratulations and Eid Mubarak to all and the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as well. We also celebrated here in San Francisco at the Baypoint Mosque site.
Dr. Hanif Koya
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Killing of Ahmadis in Pakistan
News: Two Ahmadi doctors killed in Karachi, Pakistan
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Aoa everyone,It's very sad to report the news of the martyrdom of Two Ahmadi Doctors in Karachi Pakistan on Sept. 21st 2007 and on Sept 26th, 2007. Innah Lillahe Wa Inna aleh Raja'oon.1. Dr. Hamidullah SahibOn the 20th Sept. 2007, Former president of Landhi Halka, Dr. Hamidullah was kidnapped on his way back from his clinic. Later he was shot dead next day on Sept. 21st. It's strange that his unknown kidnappers never made any contact with the family of the dr. Hamidullah to make any demands of any kind during all this time.In past, as dental surgeon, he also served in Africa where he went on "Wakf-e-Aarzi".He has left behind his widow, two daughters and two sons. One of his daughter Dr. Zahida is currently serving at Tahir Heart Institute Rabwah. He was 55 years old at the time and was buried in Karachi.2. Dr. Shaikh Mubbashar Ahmad.On Sept, 26th, 2007, Dr. Shaikh Mubbashar Ahmad of Clifton, Karachi was shot outside his clinic in the area known as "Mehmadood Abad". He suffered severe bullet wounds and was rushed to nearby Jinnah Hospital where he died a short time later. His funeral took place on Sept. 27th, 2007 and was buried in Karachi. He was 55 years old.He was well known and liked for his professionalism among his peers and the locals. At the time of his martyrdom, he was serving as Lab. Incharge at Jinnah Hospital and was also holding the office of Principal at the Nursing college.He is survived by a widow, three daughters and a son.May Allah shower his choicest blessings on the departed souls and offer the strength to their families to bear this irreparable losses. AminWaslam,__._,_.___
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Aoa everyone,It's very sad to report the news of the martyrdom of Two Ahmadi Doctors in Karachi Pakistan on Sept. 21st 2007 and on Sept 26th, 2007. Innah Lillahe Wa Inna aleh Raja'oon.1. Dr. Hamidullah SahibOn the 20th Sept. 2007, Former president of Landhi Halka, Dr. Hamidullah was kidnapped on his way back from his clinic. Later he was shot dead next day on Sept. 21st. It's strange that his unknown kidnappers never made any contact with the family of the dr. Hamidullah to make any demands of any kind during all this time.In past, as dental surgeon, he also served in Africa where he went on "Wakf-e-Aarzi".He has left behind his widow, two daughters and two sons. One of his daughter Dr. Zahida is currently serving at Tahir Heart Institute Rabwah. He was 55 years old at the time and was buried in Karachi.2. Dr. Shaikh Mubbashar Ahmad.On Sept, 26th, 2007, Dr. Shaikh Mubbashar Ahmad of Clifton, Karachi was shot outside his clinic in the area known as "Mehmadood Abad". He suffered severe bullet wounds and was rushed to nearby Jinnah Hospital where he died a short time later. His funeral took place on Sept. 27th, 2007 and was buried in Karachi. He was 55 years old.He was well known and liked for his professionalism among his peers and the locals. At the time of his martyrdom, he was serving as Lab. Incharge at Jinnah Hospital and was also holding the office of Principal at the Nursing college.He is survived by a widow, three daughters and a son.May Allah shower his choicest blessings on the departed souls and offer the strength to their families to bear this irreparable losses. AminWaslam,__._,_.___
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Pakistan's Persecution of Ahmadi-Petition-online
Due to the unabadting circumstance regarding the Ahmadi situation in Pakistan and lak of shame with which both the Government and poeple of Pakistan discriminate against Ahmadi Mulims, it has become imperative to take a more serious legal action internationally by Ahmadi Muslims living all over the world.
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Ahmadi Muslims for peaceful Islam
Ahmadis gearing up for 100 years of Khilafat
By Dr. Hanif Koya
At a time when most of the Muslim world is gripped in the middle of turmoil, disorder and vehemently defending allegations of Islamist terrorism and radical Islam, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is gearing up to celebrate 100 years of Khilafat (caliphate) a system of Islamic leadership and succession spelled out in the Holy Quran
Speaking in a series of Friday sermons, the London-based spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the fifth Ahmadi Khalifa, launched a Khilafat Day Fund to mark the first 100 years of the Ahmadiyya Khilafat in all major cities around the world slated in May of 2008.
The announcement has set in motion formation of celebration committees and stirred up Ahmadis all over the world to aggressively contribute towards the Khilafat Fund. The National Amir, of Ahmadiyya Muslim USA, Dr. Ahasanullah Khan, set $5 Million target, which I am told American Ahmadis have exceeded.
The Islamic Khilafat system commenced on the demise of the Prophet of Islam when one of his closest companions Hazrat Abu Bakr was elected as the first Khalifa. Abu Bakr was followed by Hazrat Umar, Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Usman, that order, all being exemplary leaders and came to be regarded as “khulafa-e-rashadeen” – the rightly guided caliphs.
With the assassination of Hazrat Usman and a period characterized by tumultuous and painful chaos, disunity and distrust among early dynasties, the Khilafat began losing its impact and eventually faded away during the Ottoman Empire, a pathetic situation the Prophet of Islam had variously eluded to in his admonitions to the Muslims.
Cognizant of the admonitions and predictions of the prophet, Muslims anticipated the resurgence of the Khilafat after the collapse lasted well over 1000 years.
The Khilafat in Islam cannot be artificially made up. It is a divine system and Quran stipulates that it is a promise of God and as such God institutes the system in the manner he did in the past with reference to biblical prophets who simply came one after another and followed the Mosaic Laws.
According to the Prophet of Islam the resurgence o his Khilafat would be “ min hajin nabuwah” (on the style –the tradition- of the prophets) meaning the Khilafat would succeed a prophet. He set the timeframe, in many symbolic messages, around 14th century of the Islamic calendar which is representative of the 19 century of the Christian era.
When Islam was its lowest ebb suffering onslaughts from all sides and the Muslim world was steeped in darkness of ignorance, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) rose
from a small village of Qadian, India to champion its cause, claiming that he had been commissioned by Almighty God to rejuvenate the faith and bring Muslims back to the path righteousness.
Out of eighty books he wrote, the “Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya” and “The philosophy of the teachings of Islam” became very popular which he claimed were based on the revelations he received from Allah. Maulvis took offense to it and objected that revelations ceased after Prophet Muhammad and declared Mirza Sahib a heretic.
Hazrat Mriza Ghulam Ahmad
Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Despite severe opposition the claimant’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community moved on which he said God had promised would “reach the corners of the earth”, and “Kings shall seek blessings from you.” He would have a large following blessed with “brilliant intelligence and high honor.”
Three years before his death Mirza Sahib wrote in his WILL that the world will see a second manifestation after his demise and that the blessing cannot come unless he departs. Upon his departure, he prophesied, caliphs will succeed him like what happened after Prophet Muhammad and the second manifestation will last till the Day of Judgment. It will establish his truth and prove to all that his community is the selected sect of Islam that will prosper, progress and supersede.
His words came true when his most trusted and devout follower and friend Hazrat Al-Hajj Maulana Hakim Nooruddin (1841-1914) was unanimously elected the first Ahmadi Khalifa.
A renown physician of the King of Jammu Kashmir and a Muslim divine, Khalifa Noorddin led the Ahmadiyya community navigating a near dissension headed by disciples like Maulvi Muhammad Ali and Khwaja Kamul ud Dean
First Khalifa
Hazrat Al Hajj Nooruddin
On his death 25 year old son of the founder of the community, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-dean Mahmood Ahmad was elected the second Khalifa to which dissident took an exception and broke away from the community and regrouped as Lahore Ahmadis denouncing the idea of caliphate as mentioned by the founder in his Will.
Hazrat Mirza Mahmood’s Khilafat itself last over half a century and saw great diversification and expansion in the foreign nations including Fiji and many African countries. He was the promised illustrious son mentioned in several books of the founder given to growing faster and gaining eminence. Like his father, Hazrat Mirza Mahmood Ahmad was also a prolific writer, orator and poet.
Second Khalifa
Hazrat Mirza Mahmood Ahmad
Surviving a life-threatening attack by an opponent, the second Ahmadi Khalifa led the community successfully for 51 years.
In 1965 on the death of the second Khalifa, community elected his elder son Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nazir Ahmad as the third Ahmadi Khalifa. A graduate scholar of Oxford University, Hazrat Mirza Nazir Ahmad continued building upon the foreign missions created by his father and faced the bitterest opposition from the Pakistan’s Bhutto Government, which constitutionally declared Ahmadis as kefirs (disbelievers) after a
parliamentary hearing in which the third Khalifa appeared and responded to many questions. Ironically, Bhutto was overthrown by late Gen. General Zia-ul-Haq and later hanged for political crimes.
Third Khalifa
Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nazir Ahmad
Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nazir Ahmad passed away in 1982. His younger brother Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahamd, got elected as the fourth Ahmadi caliph. He was a visionary and a person with steel courage who took Gen. Zia by the horn in his powerful sermons for promulgating anti Ahmadiyya Laws in Pakistan which carried imprisonment and heavy fines if any Ahmadi attempted to utter and Islamic verses or greetings. Under Zia’s instructions Pakistani police obliterated verses of the Quran from Ahmadi mosques.
After taking political refuge in England, Mirza Tahir Ahmad led the community from the London Mosque and from where he launched the first only 24 Hour Muslim TV program called MTA (Muslim TV, Ahmadiyya) via satellite without a monthly fee and is now also available via the Internet. He traveled extensively, gave daily interviews to the press, address leaders against the Gulf War in his Friday Sermons and left behind valuable writings on Homeopathy and a collection of most amazingly powerful poems. He also acquired a 25-acre piece of land in Surry and renamed it Islamabad and built on of the largest mosques in Europe in another plot and refurbishing an old dairy factory.
Fourth Khalifa
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
The 100 years of Ahmadiyya Khilafat is being led by the new Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad who was elected in 2003 on the demise of the fourth Khalifa Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad.
Like his predecessor, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad is also very widely traveled. He initially worked as a principal at the Ahmadiyya operated Schools in Ghana. With a Masters degree in Agricultural Science from Faisalabad University Pakistan, Hazrat Masroor Ahmad initiated a wheat farming experimentation in Ghana, which has contributed greatly to the country’s economic growth and self-sufficiency.
While the mainstream Muslims are is debating the idea of Khilafat, caught in the sectarian strife and bloodshed, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is forging ahead for the grand celebration of 100 years of Khilafat, which promises to be the continuing platform for a peaceful world community.
Fifth Khalifa
Hazrat Mirza Masoor Ahmad
By Dr. Hanif Koya
At a time when most of the Muslim world is gripped in the middle of turmoil, disorder and vehemently defending allegations of Islamist terrorism and radical Islam, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is gearing up to celebrate 100 years of Khilafat (caliphate) a system of Islamic leadership and succession spelled out in the Holy Quran
Speaking in a series of Friday sermons, the London-based spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the fifth Ahmadi Khalifa, launched a Khilafat Day Fund to mark the first 100 years of the Ahmadiyya Khilafat in all major cities around the world slated in May of 2008.
The announcement has set in motion formation of celebration committees and stirred up Ahmadis all over the world to aggressively contribute towards the Khilafat Fund. The National Amir, of Ahmadiyya Muslim USA, Dr. Ahasanullah Khan, set $5 Million target, which I am told American Ahmadis have exceeded.
The Islamic Khilafat system commenced on the demise of the Prophet of Islam when one of his closest companions Hazrat Abu Bakr was elected as the first Khalifa. Abu Bakr was followed by Hazrat Umar, Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Usman, that order, all being exemplary leaders and came to be regarded as “khulafa-e-rashadeen” – the rightly guided caliphs.
With the assassination of Hazrat Usman and a period characterized by tumultuous and painful chaos, disunity and distrust among early dynasties, the Khilafat began losing its impact and eventually faded away during the Ottoman Empire, a pathetic situation the Prophet of Islam had variously eluded to in his admonitions to the Muslims.
Cognizant of the admonitions and predictions of the prophet, Muslims anticipated the resurgence of the Khilafat after the collapse lasted well over 1000 years.
The Khilafat in Islam cannot be artificially made up. It is a divine system and Quran stipulates that it is a promise of God and as such God institutes the system in the manner he did in the past with reference to biblical prophets who simply came one after another and followed the Mosaic Laws.
According to the Prophet of Islam the resurgence o his Khilafat would be “ min hajin nabuwah” (on the style –the tradition- of the prophets) meaning the Khilafat would succeed a prophet. He set the timeframe, in many symbolic messages, around 14th century of the Islamic calendar which is representative of the 19 century of the Christian era.
When Islam was its lowest ebb suffering onslaughts from all sides and the Muslim world was steeped in darkness of ignorance, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) rose
from a small village of Qadian, India to champion its cause, claiming that he had been commissioned by Almighty God to rejuvenate the faith and bring Muslims back to the path righteousness.
Out of eighty books he wrote, the “Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya” and “The philosophy of the teachings of Islam” became very popular which he claimed were based on the revelations he received from Allah. Maulvis took offense to it and objected that revelations ceased after Prophet Muhammad and declared Mirza Sahib a heretic.
Hazrat Mriza Ghulam Ahmad
Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Despite severe opposition the claimant’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community moved on which he said God had promised would “reach the corners of the earth”, and “Kings shall seek blessings from you.” He would have a large following blessed with “brilliant intelligence and high honor.”
Three years before his death Mirza Sahib wrote in his WILL that the world will see a second manifestation after his demise and that the blessing cannot come unless he departs. Upon his departure, he prophesied, caliphs will succeed him like what happened after Prophet Muhammad and the second manifestation will last till the Day of Judgment. It will establish his truth and prove to all that his community is the selected sect of Islam that will prosper, progress and supersede.
His words came true when his most trusted and devout follower and friend Hazrat Al-Hajj Maulana Hakim Nooruddin (1841-1914) was unanimously elected the first Ahmadi Khalifa.
A renown physician of the King of Jammu Kashmir and a Muslim divine, Khalifa Noorddin led the Ahmadiyya community navigating a near dissension headed by disciples like Maulvi Muhammad Ali and Khwaja Kamul ud Dean
First Khalifa
Hazrat Al Hajj Nooruddin
On his death 25 year old son of the founder of the community, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-dean Mahmood Ahmad was elected the second Khalifa to which dissident took an exception and broke away from the community and regrouped as Lahore Ahmadis denouncing the idea of caliphate as mentioned by the founder in his Will.
Hazrat Mirza Mahmood’s Khilafat itself last over half a century and saw great diversification and expansion in the foreign nations including Fiji and many African countries. He was the promised illustrious son mentioned in several books of the founder given to growing faster and gaining eminence. Like his father, Hazrat Mirza Mahmood Ahmad was also a prolific writer, orator and poet.
Second Khalifa
Hazrat Mirza Mahmood Ahmad
Surviving a life-threatening attack by an opponent, the second Ahmadi Khalifa led the community successfully for 51 years.
In 1965 on the death of the second Khalifa, community elected his elder son Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nazir Ahmad as the third Ahmadi Khalifa. A graduate scholar of Oxford University, Hazrat Mirza Nazir Ahmad continued building upon the foreign missions created by his father and faced the bitterest opposition from the Pakistan’s Bhutto Government, which constitutionally declared Ahmadis as kefirs (disbelievers) after a
parliamentary hearing in which the third Khalifa appeared and responded to many questions. Ironically, Bhutto was overthrown by late Gen. General Zia-ul-Haq and later hanged for political crimes.
Third Khalifa
Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nazir Ahmad
Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nazir Ahmad passed away in 1982. His younger brother Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahamd, got elected as the fourth Ahmadi caliph. He was a visionary and a person with steel courage who took Gen. Zia by the horn in his powerful sermons for promulgating anti Ahmadiyya Laws in Pakistan which carried imprisonment and heavy fines if any Ahmadi attempted to utter and Islamic verses or greetings. Under Zia’s instructions Pakistani police obliterated verses of the Quran from Ahmadi mosques.
After taking political refuge in England, Mirza Tahir Ahmad led the community from the London Mosque and from where he launched the first only 24 Hour Muslim TV program called MTA (Muslim TV, Ahmadiyya) via satellite without a monthly fee and is now also available via the Internet. He traveled extensively, gave daily interviews to the press, address leaders against the Gulf War in his Friday Sermons and left behind valuable writings on Homeopathy and a collection of most amazingly powerful poems. He also acquired a 25-acre piece of land in Surry and renamed it Islamabad and built on of the largest mosques in Europe in another plot and refurbishing an old dairy factory.
Fourth Khalifa
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
The 100 years of Ahmadiyya Khilafat is being led by the new Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad who was elected in 2003 on the demise of the fourth Khalifa Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad.
Like his predecessor, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad is also very widely traveled. He initially worked as a principal at the Ahmadiyya operated Schools in Ghana. With a Masters degree in Agricultural Science from Faisalabad University Pakistan, Hazrat Masroor Ahmad initiated a wheat farming experimentation in Ghana, which has contributed greatly to the country’s economic growth and self-sufficiency.
While the mainstream Muslims are is debating the idea of Khilafat, caught in the sectarian strife and bloodshed, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is forging ahead for the grand celebration of 100 years of Khilafat, which promises to be the continuing platform for a peaceful world community.
Fifth Khalifa
Hazrat Mirza Masoor Ahmad
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