News: Eid-ul-Fitr at London Centre
4th November 2005
The Light (UK), December 2005 Issue (p. 2)
Eid-ul-Fitr in our U.K. Centre was held on Friday 4th November 2005. The Eid prayers were led by Dr. M. [Muhammad Ahmad] Hami, whose khutba [sermon] is reproduced in this issue. Being Friday, a short while after the Eid khutba there followed the Jumua khutba [Friday sermon] and prayers by Dr. Zahid Aziz.
Already during Ramadan, our members had given donations and advance fitrana [charity given to the needy], as well as collecting donations from kind friends, to be sent to our Lahore Centre for the earthquake calamity that struck Northern Pakistan in October [2005]. Announcing these donations, the President Mrs. J. [Jamila] Khan set a yet higher target and appealed to the Jamaat [U.K. branch of Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam Lahore] to reach it. In consequence, the total reached about 3,500 Pounds (of U.K. currency). The U.K. Jamaat had also received some 1,500 Pounds from some friends in Trinidad, for which we are thankful to Mr. Wahid Omardeen. The whole amount has now been sent to Lahore.