The Review of Religions is pleased to present an address given by His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad^aba, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on 9^th May 2016, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Attended by politicians, academics, and community leaders, His Holiness spoke of the impending dangers of a Third World War, the refugee crisis, and the obligations of Muslims to those around them.

After reciting Tashahhud, Ta’awwuz and Bismillah, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad^aba, Khalifatul Masih V^aba, Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said:

“All distinguished guests, Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahe Wa Barakatohu – peace and blessings of Allah be upon you all.

First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all of our guests who have kindly accepted our invitation to today’s reception. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a sect within Islam whose purpose and objectives are extremely clear; we seek to bring mankind towards its Creator – God Almighty. We seek to draw the attention of all people towards their responsibilities to their fellow man and the need to treat one another with love, compassion and respect. And we desire and seek to establish true and long-lasting peace in the world. We, Ahmadi Muslims, believe the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to be the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi as foretold by the Holy Qur’an and the Prophet of Islam^sa.

Both the Holy Qur’an and the Holy Prophet^sa prophesied certain signs that would testify to the truth of the Promised Messiah^as and we believe that they have all been fulfilled in support of the claim of the Founder of our Community. Some of the signs related to the development of the world at the time of the Messiah and Mahdi. For example, it was foretold that he would be sent when modern technology and the means of communication had developed to such an extent that people in different parts of the world would be brought together and at a time when the press and media had been established.

Furthermore, the Holy Prophet^sa prophesied of a great heavenly sign that would accompany the advent of the Promised Messiah^as and that was the eclipse of the sun and moon during certain prescribed days in the month of Ramadan. And following the claim of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community this heavenly sign was gloriously fulfilled to the letter in the Eastern hemisphere in 1894 and in the Western hemisphere in 1895.

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