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Oldest US Muslim Group Meets with Congressmen

The oldest Muslim organization in the United States held its seventh annual “Day on the Hill” with a series of meetings Friday with members of Congress that took on added significance with President Donald Trump’s effort to halt immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.

The goal by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA was to discuss religious freedom, civil rights and national security, with an added emphasis on getting across the message that most Muslims are peaceful.

“This group is already working in the United States to tear down the walls of ignorance as far as Islam goes,” Representative Jim McGovern, a Democrat from Massachusetts, said in an interview with Voice of America. “This is a great community and a vibrant community, a community dedicated to peace, nonviolence and love.”

Meetings were planned between community leaders of the group’s 75 chapters and up to 100 congressmen. They started with a series of speeches in front of a background that read “Islam wholly rejects all forms of terrorism,” and included passages from the Quran to back it up.

Amjad Khan said one of the goals is to demystify Islam for those who aren’t familiar with its teachings — a situation that… read more at source.