His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad: the Worldwide Leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Source: Fox News
By Qasim Rashid, Published December 28, 2013
A recent FoxNews.com op-ed asks, “Where is the Muslim Mandela?” While alleging that such a person does not exist, and that Muslims do not seek such a person, the piece provides a laundry list of injustices done by extremists in the name of Islam — and holds 1.56 billion Muslims responsible.
While the piece may have been well intentioned, it has some notable omissions.
It ignores that every faith has extremists. After all, the colonialists who championed South African apartheid were ostensibly Christian. The Lord’s Resistance Army is a Ugandan terrorist organization that has killed, maimed, raped, and displaced over 100,000 people — all in the name of Christianity.
In Norway, Anders Breivik claimed he was a Christian warrior in his murderous rampage of 77 innocent people. Yet, somehow only Muslims are painted as potential extremists.
The Muslim Mandela is a reconciler, earning praise and support from both far right Republicans like Peter King and from staunch Obama supporters like Democrat Keith Ellison.
The piece also makes an inappropriate comparison between South African apartheid and extremists acting in the name of Islam, stating the latter is “far more heinous than the colonial apartheid of South Africa.”
The fact is South African apartheid doesn’t suddenly become “better” because someone else might have it “worse.” Atrocities needn’t be compared for recognition.
In this case, the comparison unfairly dismisses the tens of millions of black South Africans who suffered under official or unofficial apartheid governance for well over a century.
Categories: Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Americas
Amazing piece.
Great article and very well said. There Muslim Mandela is not only serving the cause of peace with his wisdom alone but is fully supported by the Almighty God, and this makes him really a man of God and real voice for humanity.
Well done, Qasim. May Allah reward you abundantly, Ameen