Understanding Islam — Page 7
7 concocted or adopted as a defensive reaction to terrorism. Islam has always been a religion of peace, mercy, love, and compassion for mankind. In the following pages, we demonstrate this by basing our arguments and analysis directly upon the original sources. Dr. Qureshi’s book has been used as a guide and as a window into the common allegations made by critics of Islam at large. Each chapter begins with a question that Dr. Qureshi has raised and that non-Muslims commonly hear about Islam and then proceeds to respond. The answers provided are distilled from the writings of His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as – the Promised Messiah and Im ā m Mahd ī and founder of the A ḥ madiyya Muslim Jam ā ‘at – as well as the speeches and discourses of His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aa – the Khal ī fa of Islam and current head of the worldwide A ḥ madiyya Muslim Jam ā ‘at.