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Missionary Efforts Continue in Bangladesh
Believers took to the streets in parts of Bangladesh on July 5 to carry out missionary outreach, distributing stickers and engaging members of the public in conversations about their faith.
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The Man Who Taught Torah in Crewe
What happened when an Orthodox Israeli taught Torah to believers from every corner of the world.
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Reported Tensions Rise in Narayanganj, Bangladesh
A group of AROPL believers living together in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, say they are facing growing hostility following their public religious outreach efforts and fear they may be targeted by a mob attack.
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Human Rights Without Frontiers Declares Bias by UK MP in Case Against AROPL
Following the police raid on the AROPL headquarters, Webb House, on 29 April 2026, Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) published a scathing review of the rhetoric used by British Member of Parliament Connor Naismith regarding the raid and AROPL's presence in Crewe.
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Thai Believers Take to the Road in Convoy to Spread the Word of God
On 20 June 2026, believers in the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light took to the streets of Songkhla Province, Thailand, in a convoy of four vehicles to raise awareness of the call of the Mahdi among the people of Thailand.
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New Book Announced by Aba Al-Sadiq With The Release of The First Chapter
The Mahdi, Abdullah Hahsem Aba Al-Sadiq, leader and founder of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, released the first chapter of a new book he announced on his Facebook page on the 20th of June 2026.
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AROPL Court Appearance Drives Press Coverage and Local Protests
With the court appearance of several members of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light on the 17th of June 2026, a number of protesters attended the Magistrate’s Court in Crewe for a direct and in some instances violent confrontation.
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Syed Ali Akhbari and the Campaign of Intimidation Against AROPL
A newly published investigation examines the role of Syed Ali Akhbari in the ongoing controversy surrounding the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL). The article alleges that Akhbari has moved beyond online criticism to targeted harassment, intimidation, and coordinated campaigns against members of the faith, including public confrontations, personal threats, and inflammatory social media activity.
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Bitter Winter Brings Attention to the Disproportionate Police Raid
The overall assessment of this article indicates that the actions of the police during the raid follow a pattern employed by law enforcement for disproportionate use of force when raiding small religious communities, as the publication by scholars Susan J. Palmer and Stuart A. Wright in “Storming Zion: Government Raids on Religious Communities” (Oxford University Press, 2016) sought to document.
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Human Rights Without Frontiers Report on the Raid on AROPL
The article titled “UNITED KINGDOM: Police crackdown of 500 officers on a peaceful Muslim group in Crewe” offers a much more accurate and detailed portrayal of the story than what is offered by the mainstream press, which generally seeks to sensationalise details while at the same time omitting details to drive a particular narrative in the public consciousness.
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Bitter Winter Exposes the Driving Source Against AROPL
This calibre of journalism is unprecedented. It is therefore reasonable to question the various publications that have taken her works as sources of inspiration, not to have fact-checked or thoroughly assessed the credibility of the information she has created for her articles published on The Guru Magazine, founded by Be Scofield herself in 2018.
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Bitter Winter Magazine Highlights Press Coverage Following the Webb House Raid
Massimo Introvigne presents a well-researched and thorough examination of the facts as they transpired in order to form the basis of the narrative he presents in this article. It is crucial for anybody who is interested in thorough and impartial reporting to examine this particular article in Bitter Winter to gain a perspective which is often missing when it comes to the story of the raid at Webb House on the 29th of April.
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Bitter Winter Reports on AROPL Following the Webb House Raid
When the headquarters in Crewe was raided on the 29th of April, the entire community was shocked and confused by why and how this could happen in the UK, a country that prides itself on the freedom of expression and belief. Bitter Winter magazine published an article on the 3rd of June 2026 entitled “The Saga of AROPL: Racism, Riots, and Violence."
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What Academics Are Saying About the Recent AROPL Headquarters Raid
It's been a month since the raid which had taken place at the Headquarters of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light in the city of Crewe, England. Today, Abdullah Hashem Aba Al-Sadiq made a Facebook post regarding the appearance of three professors who travelled to the city of Crewe to visit members of the community and to hear directly from them the events of the raid and their personal experiences.
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The Qaim Announces His New Book
Award winning Gospel ‘The Goal of The Wise’ managed to cause a huge stir among religious circles, in particular the Muslim clerical circles. ‘The Sun of The Wise’ promises to raise the bar in that vein and to establish a higher level of understanding which cannot be compared elsewhere.
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Open House at Webb House
Throughout the day, the guests took the opportunity to have their pictures taken all over the property. The tour culminated with the guests gaining access to The Hall of Mysteries. The guests were in great awe and admiration of the statues on display, particularly the statues of the Ahlul-Kisaa (People of the Cloak) from the Family of Mohammed.
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When Courage Refuses to Be Silenced: An Elderly Man Repeatedly Arrested for Peacefully Sharing His Faith in Morocco
Imagine this: an elderly man publicly and peacefully shares his faith in Morocco — a country where freedom of speech should be protected under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations. Yet Fateh Benaiss, a 57-year-old member of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, now lies in a psychiatric hospital, where he is forcibly confined after arrest by police simply for peacefully sharing his beliefs.
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Two Malaysian Citizens Jailed for Believing in AROPL
Violation of Basic Rights: Malaysian Duo Sentenced to Prison Over Forbidden Faith Under 2024 Fatwa
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Sarawak State Issues Fatwa Against the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
On the 10th of April, 2025, the official Gazette of the Sarawak State Government, Malaysia, has published a document called Fatwa Ruling on the Teaching of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.
The contents of the fatwa are essentially identical to the contents of the 2024 fatwa issued by the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs of Malaysia (MKI) Muzakarah Committee.
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The Price of Belief: How a Young Radiology University Student from Babylon Lost His Freedom
Raised in a Shia Muslim background, Mursal embraced in March 2025 the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a minority religious movement that has drawn followers from various countries. Like many believers who joined this faith, he did not take up arms, organize protests, or incite violence. He simply shared his beliefs peacefully on his personal social media accounts. But what followed was not peaceful dialogue. What followed was punishment.
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