Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues — Page xvii
Foreword to the Present Edition Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rh , the fourth successor of the Promised Messiah as and the head of International Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at (1982–2003), delivered a lecture on February 24, 1990 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. The lecture, entitled Islam’s Response to Contemporary Issues , was later published in 1992 by Islam International Publications Ltd. , London, England. The central theme of the lecture is peace in this world: or to be more exact the teachings of Islam regarding peace. In the world which suffers today from violence, bloodshed, conflict, wars, violation of human rights, socio-economic exploitation of the third World and everything which violates peace and creates discord, we need peace more than anything else. In his introduction the author says: For today’s address, I have categorised some areas in which the contemporary world stands in need of guidance: 1. Inter-religious peace and harmony 2. Social peace, in general 3. Socio-economic peace