Source: dailyrecord.com
Hafiz Samiullah Chaudry, President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of North Jersey speaks at the “Stop the CrISIS” event hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community of North Jersey at the Villa in Mountain Lakes, April 29, 2015. Photo by Warren Westura for the Daily Record.
Armed with messages of peace and tolerance, leaders of the national and New Jersey Ahmadiyya Muslim Community denounced the radicalization of young Muslims during its “Stop the CrISIS” event at the Villa at Mountain Lakes on Wednesday.
Qur’ans on display at the “Stop the CrISIS” event hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community of North Jersey at the Villa in Mountain Lakes, April 29, 2015. Photo by Warren Westura for the Daily Record. (Photo: Staff Photo)
“Islam is not a religion of terrorism,” said Imam Naseem Mahdi, vice president and missionary in charge of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. “Islam is a religion of peace, and even the word Islam means peace.”
Mahdi decried the destruction of mosques and other places of worship around the world, saying the Quran only permits the taking of arms to protect all houses of worship in the interest of “keeping the freedom of religion intact.”
Salaam Bhatti of Silver Spring, Maryland, Deputy Spokespersonn for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, speaks at the “Stop the CrISIS” event hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community of North Jersey at the Villa in Mountain Lakes, April 29, 2015. Photo by Warren Westura for the Daily Record. (Photo: Staff Photo)
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