Islam - Peaceful Religion — Page 12
In conclusion, I end my subject of Islam’s beautiful teaching and its promotion of peace and its teaching which united a diverse mankind into a single brotherhood with a quotation from a Christian historian, Georgie Zeidan: ‘A primary reason for the rapid progress in Muslim education is that the Caliphs of Islam greatly valued the scholars of all faiths and all people and always enriched them with awards of gifts and bounties. They had no concern with their religion or their nationality or their caste or creed. Amongst them were Christians, Jews, Sabians, magicians, sooth-sayers and in fact people from every group. The Caliphs dealt with them with extreme reverence, respect and esteem. The non-Muslims had the same rights and freedoms that the Muslim leaders and governors enjoyed. ’ ( Tarikh Al Tamaddan Al-Islami Vol. 3, p. 194) Now if after this anyone says that Islam is not a religion of peace, it would be a grave injustice. I hope that in view of the shortage of time whatever I have said would have shown you some aspects of Islamic teaching of peace. I am grateful to you for listening to my address with attention and respect. Thank you, once again. P AGE 12 (ABOVE) Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque, Mangoase, Ghana and (BELOW) Baitul Futuh Mosque, Morden, London. ‘The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pressed into the erection of mosques in all corners of the world and just as those with those mosques, this mosque of the Ahmadiyya Community, is a symbol of peace’. (Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad speaking at the reception held on the opening of Baitul Futuh Mosque attended by members of the House of Commons and Lords, Mayors, Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Councillors and representatives of different churches and faiths) For further information, please contact: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK The London Mosque 18 Gressenhall Road London SW18 5QL Tel: +44 20 8875 4321 Tel: +44 20 8687 7800 Fax: +44 20 8687 7899 www. alislam. org