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Diverse civic, political and thought leaders gathered this weekend to discuss peacemaking and religious freedom during Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s 72 nd Annual Convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Nearly 6,000 people attended America’s oldest and longest running Muslim convention, and another 20,000 streamed online, for discourses on how to solve modern day conflicts through peacemaking.
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA will host its 72nd Jalsa Salana (annual convention) from June 17 to 19 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After being on hiatus in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Jalsa Salana event is expected to draw over 5,000 people to Harrisburg for presentations and discussions about international peace, leadership and unity.
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, the oldest Muslim organization in the United States, expresses its deepest sympathies and condolences to all those affected by the barbaric racially motivated attack in Buffalo. The cold murder of these 10 innocent people is a grave tragedy and serves as a reminder that we must all join together to tackle all forms of hatred with wisdom and a firm hand.
SILVER SPRING, MD—April 6, 2022— Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, the oldest Muslim organization in the United States, has launched a nationwide initiative to open its mosques to host Interfaith Iftars during the first weekend of April. With the convergence of Ramadan, Easter, and Passover this year, the interfaith events aim to bring people of all faiths together in this season of spirituality, centered on the theme “Justice Through Compassion.”
SILVER SPRING, MD—March 1, 2022— Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, the oldest Muslim organization in the United States, welcomes the statement published by the International Religious Freedom of Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution faced by Ahmadi Muslims in various countries across the world.
SILVER SPRING, MD—November 26, 2021— On a day focused on giving thanks for all we are blessed with, Muslims were hurt to hear the bigoted anti-Muslim words from a member of U.S. Congress, who referred to a Muslim Congresswoman as a member of “Jihad Squad” and expressed how fear being alone with a Muslim in an elevator was alleviated only because the Muslim “doesn’t have a backpack.”
SILVER SPRING, MD—May 21, 2021—Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, the nation’s oldest Muslim organization, calls on the U.S. Administration and U.S. State Department to act with justice and put an end to the prolonged suffering and destruction of the Palestinian people.
SILVER SPRING, MD—May 31, 2021— On Memorial Day 2021, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA remembers and thanks the brave men and women serving this nation in the armed forces. The Community proudly participates in the international “Muslims for Remembrance” campaign, which remembers the sacrifices of the local members of armed forces in various countries around the globe.
SILVER SPRING, MD—April 27, 2021—The 3rd Annual “Open Mosque” Ramadan initiative returns in 2021 with Interfaith Iftar events being hosted in over 30 cities across the country during the first weekend of May. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA is making its annual initiative virtual to ensure Muslims and their neighbors can continue to come together in friendship, prayer and support.
On the completion of its first centennial in America, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA has taken out a full-page ad in the New York Times to share the words of healing from its founder, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who is accepted as the long awaited Promised Messiah (on whom be peace).
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