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Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus will fight religious persecution

By Christopher Cooksey
In Ahmadiyya, Human Rights, Islam, Letters, United States
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Originally published in The Cap Times Progress is marvelous, especially when it is in regard to extending basic human rights such as religious freedom and tolerance for all. On Feb. 28 the Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus was launched with the purpose of fighting religious persecution of not only Ahmadi Muslims, but people around the world. The bipartisan leadership of Virginia Republican Frank Wolf and...

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Islam teaches that all races are equal

By Christopher Cooksey
In Human Rights, Islam, Letters, United States
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Originally published in The Cap Times During Black History Month, we remembered the efforts that have been and are still being made toward racial harmony. One of the greatest civil rights leaders, Malcolm X, stated, “America needs to understand Islam because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.” He said this because the Holy Quran states that the only criteria...

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