Source: calgarysun.com

Love for all, hatred for none.

That’s the motto of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community who joined a nationwide campaign Sunday dubbed ‘Stop The Crisis,’ taking a stand against radicalization of youth and the extremist influence of ISIS.

Members of Calgary’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community — Event Organizer for Stop the Crisis Farah Malik (left) and Communications Outreach Advisor Atifa Ahmed — stand in front of a poster to promote awareness against ISIS radicalization in Calgary on November 23, 2014.

Local Muslims stepped up to support the cause at Cardel Place in northeast Calgary, preaching messages of education for their youth to remove the negative misconceptions of Islam.

Over the last year, Calgary has become a hub for youth joining the ISIS terrorist group.

Several Calgarians including Damian Clairmont and brothers Collin and Gregory Gordon are just some of the recent cases to have joined the extremist group.

Farah Malik, the Calgary organizer of Stop The Crisis, said the aim is to educate and rid the stigma of violence wrongly placed on Islam.

“We must come together and let the world know Islam means ‘peace’ and those who teach violence are sick-minded people frustrated with their own lives — we have to change that today,” she said.

Sultan Mahmood with the Ahmadiyya Muslim community emphasized the importance of young Muslims attaining the proper information.

“Our youth — Muslim or not — must go straight to the sources of all Islam teachings and take a step back before they think it is teaching violence, discrimination, or terrorism,” he said.

Atifa Ahmed, a prominent member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, said getting the message out to youth is important.

“This campaign needs to be taken seriously — it’s for the little girl or boy next door looking to find peace and instead are given the wrong information,” she said.

“Muslims need to be represented properly.”

Stop The Crisis is currently organizing events to promote awareness against radicalization across the country.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at is an international religious organization with branches in over 206 countries in all parts of the world.