Abida Mahmud Chowdhrie, Secretary Tabligh, Lajna Imaillah, the Netherlands
On 14 June 2025, Lajna Imaillah the Netherlands held its annual National Peace Conference at the Baitul Afiyat Mosque in Almere, with the theme “Change the World: Strive together for Peace!” The conference was the start of the three-month-long “peace campaign”.
The Peace Conference was attended by 94 ladies, including 23 non-Muslim guests. The programme started with a recitation from the Holy Quran, followed by an introduction to Islam Ahmadiyyat by Maira Faiza Siddiqui Sahiba. A video was shown that was made by a Dutch reporter about the opening of the Baitul Afiyat Mosque in 2019 by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa. After an Urdu poem, guest speakers were invited to hold their lecture, including Mrs Patricia Caroline Haveman, Founder and the International President of Mundo Younido and Dr Aagje (A.M.) Voordouw MCC, Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Applied Sciences Windesheim in the city of Zwolle.
After this, Attia Aslam Sahiba, Sadr Lajna Imaillah of the Netherlands, delivered a speech about the teachings of Islam regarding the establishment of peace in the world.After silent prayer, the guests were able to visit the Tabligh exhibition and bookstall. Sadr Lajna Imaillah, the Netherlands, presented the book Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth and some other books with flowers to the guest speakers. All other guests were presented with the book The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam.