Earlier this week I wrote an opinion editorial published on Fox News to condemn the barbaric acts of Boko Haram. The piece was very well received and as of now has over 4000 social media shares. I demonstrate by example that such terrorists have nothing to do with Islam or Prophet Muhammad’s example of tolerance and pluralism. While many appreciated the opinion editorial, some also alleged that my organization, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, is merely a minority group of Muslims.
This not only misses the point that Islam still condemns Boko Haram, but is also a false claim. In fact, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the world’s single largest Muslim organization united under one Imam, His Holiness the Khalifa of Islam Mirza Masroor Ahmad. Ahmadi Muslims number in the tens of millions across 204 nations. We run over 15,000 mosques, over 1000 schools providing secular education to children of all faiths and backgrounds, and over 300 hospitals providing free or near free medical aid to anyone in need.
In the service of humanity we must unite together regardless of faith or color or any other differentiating factor. Whatever we believe, we are all human beings first, so let us find unity on that principle to advance humankind and #BringBackOurGirls.
It is time for those peace-loving Muslims to do more, much more, to resist those in their midst who engage in this type of proselytizing before they proceed to the phase of holy war.” Poverty and despair are at the heart of jihad and violence. It is not up to the West to fix the Muslim world, but for fellow Muslims to band together and work for the basic principles of their faith. To ignore such denigration of the tenents of Islam is to commit blasphemy by those who call themselves faithful. It is time for Muslims to drop the… Read more »