World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace — Page 67
Preface On June 27, 2012, a historic event took place at Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V aba , Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah as and Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, addressed leading congressmen, senators, ambassa- dors, White House and State Department Staff, NGO leaders, re- ligious leaders, professors, policy advisors, bureaucrats, members of the Diplomatic Corps, representatives of think-tanks and the Pentagon and journalists from the media. The meeting, the first of its kind, gave the opportunity to some of the most influential leaders in the United States, including Honourable Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Leader in the House of Representatives, to hear first-hand Islam’s message on world peace. Following the event, His Holiness was given a tour of the Capitol Hill building, before being escorted to the House of Representatives where a Resolution was introduced in honour of his visit to the United States.