Understanding Islam — Page 2
FOREWORD 2 In this day and age, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Q ā di ā n, the Promised Messiah and Im ā m Mahd ī as was divinely appointed to revive the pristine and peaceful teachings of Islam. As part of this effort, he penned a great number of books that defended Islam through arguments that were most apt and cogent, and comprehensively answered such allegations against Islam and removed the misunderstandings associated with Islam. Today, with all the propaganda and continuous one-sided media coverage against Islam, many in the non-Muslim world believe that Islam is a religion of extremism and terror. Indeed, some people declare that Islam is at the root cause of destroying peace in the world through its “violent” teachings. In doing so, they forget that no religion at its source has ever promoted violence and bloodshed. It is a most tragic irony that of all the books, the Holy Quran is singled out today and presented as a proponent of extremism, violence and coercion. An even greater tragedy that exists today is that many a Muslim clergy, themselves, support these false notions and blatantly attribute them to the