THE three-day international Ahmadiyya Muslim convention, which attracted up to 30,000 followers to Tilford each July until this year, has been found a permanent site between Alton and Bordon. The Ahmadiyya UK Muslim Association announced this week that it is poised to complete the purchase of the 208-acre Oaklands Farm, on Green Street in East Worldham. The intention is that the farm will accommodate the Jalsa Salana on the last weekend of July each year, as well as serving as a weekend retreat for the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya community, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. Project director Nasser Khan stressed that the association will be retaining the converted Sheephatch School in Sheephatch Lane, Tilford, where an Ahmaddi community has been settled since 1984 and the former leader is buried. Smaller scale events, mainly sporting, will continue to be held there, but there will be no return of the Jalsa Salana, which this year moved to Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot, after unprecendented traffic caused chaos on the village roads in 2004. Mr Khan told The Herald: "We were very conscious of not disturbing the peace any more in Tilford. "We have looked far and wide and spent a lot of time, money and effort in finding an alternative." The Sheephatch site will still play a part in the Jalsa Salana - this year all the food for the convention was cooked there and 3,000 visitors stayed overnight. Mr Khan said its proximity had been a factor in the choice of the farm at East Worldham, where he believes the freer flowing roads and the provision of adequate car parking on site will avoid some of the pitfalls. His message to the new neighbours was: "Our motto is love for all, hatred for none. We're very conscious we do not want to create alarm in a community that's already afraid. "We want to reassure the people of Bordon and Hampshire that we can only bring good things to the area. We're fundamentalists, we're not extremists."