For Queen and Country Muslims Go the Extra Mile
LONDON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Thousands expected for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee charity walk
Muslims from across Britain are heading for London - to honour Her Majesty The Queen.
They will converge on the Tower of London on May 13th for a 10km charity walk which is expected to raise up to half a million pounds for The Queen's charities.
The charity walk is an annual fixture in the community's calendar and in recent years has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for British charities each year. This year a special effort is being made in honour of the Diamond Jubilee.
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson; Secretary of State for Communities, Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP; and a number of senior figures from charities; the Metropolitan Police; and the Armed Forces together with various diplomats and parliamentarians will attend the historic walk.
The occasion will also see the launch of 100 special buses in London congratulating The Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee. The banners on the London buses will also sport the Jubilee Logo and the Ahmadiyya Muslim motto: Love for All, Hatred for None.
The charity walk & the bus campaign are a prelude to a series of activities to mark the Jubilee celebrations including:
- A letter from the worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, to Her Majesty The Queen congratulating her on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee
- Interfaith peace symposiums and jubilee dinners across the country
- Ahmadiyya Muslim mosques being lit up and decorated and sporting the British flag
- Prayers for the Queen
- Charity events in aid of British charities
- Blood drives to donate blood in the UK
The National President of the UK Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mr Rafiq Hayat, said:
"We share in the national pride and joy at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. As Muslims, we feel we are duty bound to serve Queen and country and we regard this as an important act of faith. Love for our country and its monarch is our Islamic obligation.
"It is with a tremendous sense of national pride and civic duty that we participate in this charity walk that provides a testament to our faith and sense of duty to Queen and country.
"Our mosques throughout Britain will be decorated for the Jubilee and will host dinners or organise street luncheons to mark this historic occasion."
The event is entirely organised by an army of volunteers with every penny being raised going to charity.
Contact:
Basharat Nazir, media@ahmadiyya.org.uk, Tel +44-7703-483-384
OR
Mahmood Rafiq, Tel +44-7971-060-962,
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