huntersvilleherald.com: CHARLOTTE – Ahmadiyya Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Baptist, Unitarian and Jewish leaders spoke at the fourth annual interfaith Path to Peace conference and banquet March 22 near Northlake Mall.
Leaders from six religions spoke at a peace conference put on by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on March 22. Left to right: Chaplain Daniel Redding, Alexander Correctional Institute; Imam John Rammadan, Masjid Ar-Razzaq; Maullana Azhar Haneef, vice-president Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA; B’yafeehah Yehuda, Temple Hahshabah; Pushpinder Garcha, Gurdwara Sahib Chalotte; and Satyapal Puri, from the Hindu Center of Charlotte. (Angie Moses/Herald Weekly photo)
The point of the gathering, hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community-Charlotte Chapter, was to encourage faith-based organizations to focus on their commonalities instead of their differences.
The motto of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is “Love for All, Hatred for None,” and the group actively denounces terrorism.
“The greatest need now and in the future to bring about peace in the world is for faith-based organizations to really come together on our common humanity and our common goals,” Nadeem Faizi, president of the Charlotte chapter, said in his opening remarks. “Through dialogue we must overcome the numerous and various misunderstandings.”
The Charlotte Ahmadiyya Muslim Community meets on Hambright Road in Huntersville, but they have bought land off Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road in Charlotte, where they plan to eventually build a mosque.
This congregation of 30 or so adults promotes peace in the community through work with the men’s prison in Taylorsville, a food bank, an annual blood drive on 9-11 and a disaster relief charity called Humanity First.
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