Saqib Ahmad, Qaid Tabligh, Majlis Ansarullah New Zealand
Majlis Ansarullah New Zealand held a Quran exhibition in Te Awamutu on 5 February 2025.
Two delegations from Majlis Ansarullah, along with a Lajna delegation from Auckland and Hamilton, arrived in Te Awamutu at 9 am at the venue.
The exhibition had on display translations of the Holy Quran in 40 languages. The true centerpiece was the Te Reo Māori translation, the language of the indigenous Māori people. Large pull-up banners adorned the venue, highlighting some of the fundamental Quranic verses on social peace, science and unity.
Soon after the opening, we welcomed our first group of visitors, including a representative from the local media. The Te Awamutu News covered our exhibition the following week, highlighting the Māori translation of the Holy Quran by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. The article also mentioned past exhibitions and our next plan later this year. During our first seminar on terrorism, a guest asked questions about the association of terrorism with Islam and the status of women in Islamic society, which our missionary answered. While at the bookstall, she spent time discussing books such as World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace and Hazrat Mariyah Qibtiyyah. Another guest spent about two hours at the exhibition, asking numerous questions about Khilafat, adopting a religion, decisions in choosing a faith, etc. She showed a keen interest in Islam and took note of the alislam.org website for her further study about Islam. Similarly, another guest collected some books on Islam Ahmadiyyat and the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa.