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Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s 66th annual weekend peace convention, the Jalsa Salana, continues at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. A poster board tells the story of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar, an American cardiologist who was shot dead in Pakistan in May. Elizabeth Frantz, PennLive
Samina Arain lost her brother in May when he was shot to death during a humanitarian visit to Pakistan.
But on Saturday, surrounded by fellow members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Arain focused more on the meaning her brother’s death left behind, rather than the pain it’s caused.
“He was killed because of his faith. So he’s a martyr,” said Arain, concerning Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, whose death made international news. “So martyrs we say, they never die… In the eye of Allah, they are alive.”
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA’s 66th annual weekend peace convention, the Jalsa Salana, continues at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Vice chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Robert George, right, receives the annual Ahmadiyya Humanitarian Award from Dr. Ahsanullah Zafar, president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, U.S. chapter during a special interfaith session called “World crisis and the Pathways to Peace.” Elizabeth Frantz, PennLive
Those who spoke at Qamar’s funeral saw his death as another sectarian murder dealt to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, according to an Associated Press report. Islamic extremists in Pakistan have been… read more & see more images at pennlive.com
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