Source: Trib Live
By Carl Prine
With more than 6,000 delegates and guests, the nation’s oldest Muslim peace conference wrapped up its annual summit on Sunday in Harrisburg with continuing calls to denounce terrorism and remain loyal to U.S. leaders.
Termed “Jalsa Salana,” the yearly conference of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center drew “several dozen” from Western Pennsylvania, according to Dr. Sohail Z. Husain, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh and a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of UPMC, who serves on the group’s science panel.
“People like the Taliban in Afghanistan are militant Muslims who have made attempts to hijack the religion,” said Husain, 40, of Indiana. “They have gunned down women who have attempted to get an education. But we’re building girls schools around the world. We promote science, and our faith isn’t about politics. It’s about divine mercy and love.”
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