Source: http://www.monroemonitor.com/2016/11/21/monroe-police-fire-appreciation-week/
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Outreach Director Waqas Malik thanked the police and fire departments for their service.
“I am particularly appreciative of the work that these two departments do,” Malik said. “In the teachings of Islam there is a very fundamental teaching, which says that ‘Let there be a body of men who repel transgression in a society.’”
To him, the men and women of the police and fire departments are that body of individuals. He said that he feels it’s that great capacity for service which seeks to inspire so many children to want to become first responders.
“There’s a reason why they want to become police officers or firefighters, apart from the fact that you have very nice uniforms,” Malik said. “It’s because of that core principal of service that you embody. So for that, I thank you.”