Islam and the Freedom of Conscience — Page 1
~ 1 ~ In his Friday Sermon delivered on 28 th September, 2012 at Baitul-Fut uh Mosque, Morden, Surrey, UK, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad at , the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said: When I arrived for last week’s Friday sermon there was a heavy media contingent [at the mosque]. I asked Amir Sahib the reason for this and he told me that in light of the recent hurtful and insensitive film made in the United States about the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the international reaction among Muslims, they had come to report on the Jam a ‘at’s point of view. I told him to inform them that my Friday sermon would be on this very subject and that they could gauge the reaction of Ahmad i s from that. Such are the works of God that not only did He bring these numerous journalists here but He also put it in my mind to deliver a sermon on this topic. Apart from print journalists a number of television reporters were also in attendance, including one from the BBC’s Newsnight program, another BBC reporter,