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Some excerpts from Friday Sermon delivered by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
October 24 th, 2008
In France the Jama’at has been enabled to have a mosque built at St. Prix, just outside Paris. During his 1924 visit of Europe Hadhrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him) laid the foundation stone of **Fazl Mosque, London **and graced the renowned Wembley Conference. He also visited Paris at the time. There was no established Jama’at there at the time but a non-Ahmadi mosque had been newly built with governmental help. The first Salat of the mosque was led by Hadhrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him). He assigned the Community elders who accompanied him, among whom were Mirza Sharif Ahmad sahib (Huzur’s parental grandfather), Tabligh tasks for France.
This work developed many contacts and although a Jama’at was not formally established but introductory work was done. During the fourth Khilafat a property was purchased by the Jama’at in France; a residential home that served as a mosque and a mission house. In the courtyard of the house a temporary mosque/hall was built. A wave of opposition started among the locals as the general impression of Muslims in the area was not good.
There was a time when the **Mayor of St. Prix **came into the hall/mosque with his shoes on and was reproachful. It was most painful for the Jama’at to see him walk over the prayer mats with his shoes but nothing could be done but be patient. In 2003 the adjoining property was also purchased and in 2006 a third property was bought.
The new mosque has been built on the plot of the three properties and has residential quarters comprising of a guest house, a house for the missionary etc. It is the grace of Allah that the once indignant Mayor now speaks of us with great affection and regret is evident when his previous stance is mentioned. On the day of the inauguration of the mosque, despite the fact that he was invited to a reception held in the evening, the Mayor also came at Friday Prayer time and sat through the sermon in a separate room and later spoke to the press in a most positive tone about the Community.
In his interview published in a newspaper on 10th October the Mayor said that this little known community represents peace-loving and respectable Islam and he said he affirmed that the Community was peaceful. He spoke of our charitable works and acknowledged that we were integrated in society. Huzur said the newspaper also published an introductory piece on our Community.
Other media have also published material on our Community. The French national TV gave news coverage with reference to our Community for the first time, while other channels also covered the inauguration. TV24, a renowned French channel which is watched in all the continents of the world also covered the news.
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Some excerpts from Friday Sermon delivered by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
October 24 th, 2008
In France the Jama’at has been enabled to have a mosque built at St. Prix, just outside Paris. During his 1924 visit of Europe Hadhrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him) laid the foundation stone of **Fazl Mosque, London **and graced the renowned Wembley Conference. He also visited Paris at the time. There was no established Jama’at there at the time but a non-Ahmadi mosque had been newly built with governmental help. The first Salat of the mosque was led by Hadhrat Musleh Maud (may Allah be pleased with him). He assigned the Community elders who accompanied him, among whom were Mirza Sharif Ahmad sahib (Huzur’s parental grandfather), Tabligh tasks for France.
This work developed many contacts and although a Jama’at was not formally established but introductory work was done. During the fourth Khilafat a property was purchased by the Jama’at in France; a residential home that served as a mosque and a mission house. In the courtyard of the house a temporary mosque/hall was built. A wave of opposition started among the locals as the general impression of Muslims in the area was not good.
There was a time when the **Mayor of St. Prix **came into the hall/mosque with his shoes on and was reproachful. It was most painful for the Jama’at to see him walk over the prayer mats with his shoes but nothing could be done but be patient. In 2003 the adjoining property was also purchased and in 2006 a third property was bought.
The new mosque has been built on the plot of the three properties and has residential quarters comprising of a guest house, a house for the missionary etc. It is the grace of Allah that the once indignant Mayor now speaks of us with great affection and regret is evident when his previous stance is mentioned. On the day of the inauguration of the mosque, despite the fact that he was invited to a reception held in the evening, the Mayor also came at Friday Prayer time and sat through the sermon in a separate room and later spoke to the press in a most positive tone about the Community.
In his interview published in a newspaper on 10th October the Mayor said that this little known community represents peace-loving and respectable Islam and he said he affirmed that the Community was peaceful. He spoke of our charitable works and acknowledged that we were integrated in society. Huzur said the newspaper also published an introductory piece on our Community.
Other media have also published material on our Community. The French national TV gave news coverage with reference to our Community for the first time, while other channels also covered the inauguration. TV24, a renowned French channel which is watched in all the continents of the world also covered the news.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I love Jesus and Mary as I do love Buddha and Krishna
Thanks