Lajna Imaillah
The Lajna Imaillah ( Urdu ﻟﺠﻨﮧﺍﻣﺎﺀﷲ Ladschnah Imaillah , German , 'Association of the Servants of Allah' ) is the sub-organization of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat for women. It was founded in 1922 by Mirza Baschir ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad at the suggestion of his wife in India as an important step towards the emancipation of Muslims. The Lajna Imaillah is represented in Germany with about 10,000 women and was established in 1975. Its members are called Lajna .
organization
Every Ahmadi woman is a member. Members under the age of 15 are called Naziats.
see under Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat .
motto
No nation can progress without educating its wives.
activities
Internally, the Lajna Imaillah is committed to the education and organization of women and girls, whereby the girls, the Nasratul Ahmadiyya (between 7 and 14 years of age), receive religious instruction and go on excursions or trips abroad.
Lajna Imaillah also donates funds to build schools and hospitals, especially in Africa.
The Lajnas give lectures in schools, universities and other (including their own) events about Islam and work in all areas independently and on a voluntary basis.
In Germany, the Ahmadi women publish the magazine Nuur for women and contribute significantly to the work in the community's own television program Muslim Television Ahmadiyya ( MTA ).
Women's inn
On the initiative of the Ahmadi women, a women's inn with six residential units is being built on the grounds of the Nuur Mosque . It is intended to offer support to women in need in an “Islamic environment”. In addition, it should also be used “as a guest house, as a meeting point for excursions and sports”.
Mosque construction
With nationwide fundraising, Lajna Imaillah Germany has set itself the task of financing the construction of the Khadija Mosque in Berlin. In the twenties a corresponding plan had failed, so that the donations were finally used for the Fazl Mosque in London .
Ahmadiyya women also participate in the planning of the mosques. The Khadija mosque in Heinersdorf, for example, is being built according to the design by the architect Mubashra Ilyas, who has already worked on mosque designs in Stuhr near Bremen and Offenbach am Main .
annotation
- ↑ Named after the first Muslim woman and first wife of the Prophet Mohammed , see Hadīdscha bint Chuwailid .
See also
Web links
- Lajna Imaillah Germany
- The statutes of Lajna Imaillah (PDF; 173 kB; English)
- The Vow of Lajna Imaillah (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The story of the Lajna flag (en)
- ↑ Amatul Hai and the founding of Lajna Imaillah . Anniversary journal of Lajna Imaillah, reprinted in: Nuur für Frauen , Islamisches Frauenmagazin, issue 3/2001
- ↑ First women's shelter for Muslim women opened . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Frankfurter Neue Presse , June 18, 2011
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↑ Mubashra Ilyas, a 28-year-old mosque architect . In: Berliner Morgenpost , January 5, 2007;
Between tradition and career. The architect Mubashra Ilyas designed three mosques when she was a Darmstadt student . , Allgemeine Zeitung, October 29, 2007;
Bauhaus style with minaret. The young architect Mubashra Ilyas designed the Khadija Mosque in Berlin . Deutschlandradio on February 9, 2008
