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LETTER Building bridges, not walls
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Quetta church attack
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Wahhabism isn’t Islam
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Letter: Become a real Jedi by keeping the peace
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American Muslims have rights too
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Originally Published in Huffington Post on August 24th, 2017 Terrorism is a heinous and horrific act often done to achieve some sort of political gain. In today’s time, the majority of terrorism done in the name of Islam is by radical, misguided Muslims. Unfortunately, due to the rise of Islamic radicalism, terrorism has been equated with the religion of Islam. There are instances in which...
Muslim community condemns violence
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Originally Published in Richmond Times Dispatch on August 26th, 2017 by Faran Jalil Last week there were two coordinated attacks at different sites in Spain, Barcelona and Cambrils. As a result, 13 are dead and more than 100 injured. As a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I condemn the perpetrators of this violence in the strongest terms and show my solidarity with the families of the...
Such violent acts have no place in any society
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by Suneed Ahmad Originally Published in Belleville News Democrat on August 25th, 2017 Recently there were protests and violence Charlottesville. As an Ahmadi Muslim in America, I have the benefit of cherishing the American values of acceptance, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and tolerance. I condemn actions that would try to take away from these rights and values. I condemn the murder of...
Don’t condemn all of Islam for terror attacks
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by Muhammad Akif Qadeer Originally Published in the Daily Record Another horrendous act of violence has been committed and fingers are once again being pointed towards Islam. ISIS have claimed responsibility for attack in Barcelona, Spain where a van was driven into a crowd of innocent people. The perpetrator was one who was inspired by the Islamic State and their ideologies. As an Ahmadi Muslim...
LETTER Minnesota governor lauded for mosque attack response
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Originally Published in Goerie.com Against the heavy curtain of Islamophobia, I applaud Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton for unequivocally speaking out against the recent bombing of a mosque in his home state. Most media outlets somehow felt the need to wrap into quotes his statement that the attack on the house of worship was a “criminal act of terrorism.” A little-known fact is that, according to the...
Letters: More that unites Jews and Muslims than divides us
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Originally Published: The Press-Enterprise 08/02/2018 Re: “Riverside imam accused of anti-Semitic sermon that called Jews ‘tyrants’” [News, Aug. 1]: As an Ahmadi Muslim, I was dismayed to learn of the anti-Semitic remarks made by a local Imam at a Riverside mosque. Such divisive language is toxic to our social climate today and we need to build bridges, rather than burn them, to make our nation...