Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues — Page 3
Introduction After the traditional recitation and reciting the Surah Al- F a ti h a (the opening chapter of the Holy Quran), the Head of Jam a ‘at Ahmadiyya commenced as follows: Mr. Edward Mortimer (the Chairman), all our distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen! Let me express my deep sense of gratitude for your scholarly presence here this afternoon. Permit me to confess that the address I am going to make poses a great challenge to me. It is a wide subject, and as such I am over-awed. May I begin, however, by raising two fundamental questions. What are the modern challenges? What modern situation can any religion address? These are the fundamental questions. Absence of Peace The single most important malady of the world today is the absence of peace. In the contemporary world, man, as a whole, has reached a high standard of achievement in material progress, made possible by the