Ahmadiyya Times: Source/Credit: Baitul Hameed Mosque: By Baitul Hameed Mosque | April 29, 2013

The news often highlights calls for Jihad against America, Israel and the West made by politically or religiously extremist Muslim leaders. While this is due in part to the media’s survival-driven inclination to report calls to violence as opposed to peace — especially when those doing the calling are professed Muslims — it is still true statistically that most Muslims (and most people of all faiths or no faith) overwhelmingly condemn terrorism and desire peace. The larger questions have always been: how can we attain peace on a personal as well as a societal level, and what are the truly effective solutions to the world’s economic, political, social and religious issues?

For the past decade, a Muslim religious leader you’ve probably never heard of has worked humbly and tirelessly as Islam’s most consistent and persistent advocate for peace. In his weekly Friday sermons seen by tens of millions all over the world via satellite and the Internet, this champion of the true teachings of Islam regularly promotes peace and justice by dispensing sage wisdom and realistic solutions to the many problems faced, suffered and often caused by Muslims themselves.

This reserved and dignified man is His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the 5th spiritual and administrative head — the Khalifa — of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a non-violent, non-political Islamic reform movement established in 1889 with 40 pious souls by the Imam Mahdi and Promised Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) of Qadian, India.

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