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176 Mohamed Arshad Ahmedi handled this hurtful incident, and the delicate manner in which they have treated this sensitive issue. Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said that the best way to answer critics of Islam was to portray the true picture of the Holy Prophet, imparting knowledge of the noble character of the Holy Prophet saw to the rest of the world. He continued to advise his followers that: “ We must ever reform our own ways and put an all out effort to demonstrate true Islamic values in our actions. There should be uni- formity in what we say and what we do. Instead of burning down buildings and flags, we should ignite a fire in our hearts, ‘the fire of love for our Prophet saw taking the ardour of this passion to its limit, by invoking blessings and salutations on the Prophet saw. ” (Summary of Friday Sermon delivered by the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, Surrey, February 10th, 2006) So this is the way forward for the communities at large to work together towards true peace and global harmony. There have been Rushdie’s in the past, and I dare say, there will be Rushdie’s in the future who will to try to create mischief and discord as is their wont and their raison d’etre, but for every one of these satanic Rushdie’s that dare to raise their ugly heads, there will be thousands and thousands of decent human beings who will be trying their utmost to answer these insults with rational and decent dialogue, and there will be millions and millions of true Muslims invoking the blessings of Allah Almighty upon Hadhrat Muhammad saw , the Holy Prophet of Islam, and I am sure that one day, very soon, the whole world will realise the true raison d’etre of the Holy Prophet, which was to bring humanity under one um- brella, that of Islam which means Peace.