30th National Ijtema 2008: The Khilafat Ijtema
30th National Ijtema 2008: The Khilafat IjtemaInshallah, this year's National Ijtema (Annual Youth Camp) will be held on August 22-24, 2008 at Hudson Valley Sportsdome. The event will also serve to echo this year's celebration of 100 years of Khilafat (Divine Leadership). Registration for the event is now open.
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| 09/07/07, Letter to the Editor printed in the Baltimore Sun |
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(Printed in the Baltimore Sun, Septemebr 7 2007, as a Letter to the Editor) Re: 8/30 Article, "Muslim Sect Causes Stir in Walkersville" Dear Editor: The tragic irony of the persecution of the Ahmadiyya Community is that its members represent the moderate brand of Islam astonishingly well. In the face of brutal persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, members of the Ahmadiyya Community advocate universal human rights, tolerance, and deliberation. They have condemned militant manifestations of Islam in vociferous terms. Indeed, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Community, Mirza Ghulum Ahmad, emphatically condemned any violence in the name of "jihad." His illuminating treatise on this subject, British Government and Jihad (1900), is a must read for all Americans interested in listening to a moderate Muslim voice ahead of his time. The Ahmadiyya Community has set up schools, hospitals and welfare programs. Members of the Ahmadiyya Community have built inter-religious coalitions against affronts to basic civil and religious liberties. Some estimates calculate that the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan, though only representing 3 percent of the country's total population, represent nearly 20 percent of its literate population. Two of Pakistan's most respected personalities, Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan, Pakistan's first foreign minister and the only person ever to serve as both the president of the UN General Assembly (1962-1963) and president of the International Court of Justice (1970-1973), and Professor Abdus Salam, the first Pakistani Nobel laureate (Physics), were both members of the Ahmadiyya Community. It is my sincere hope that Walkersville's residents embrace progressive Muslim minorities like the Ahmadiyya Community. This is the only way that commonalities between the West and Islam may be preserved in the presence of a militant perversion of Islam rather than be destroyed by it. Sincerely, Amjad Mahmood Khan, Esq. Los Angeles, CA |
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