WHERE'S THE LOYALTY? DO AMERICAN MUSLIMS PLACE COUNTRY FIRST OR THEIR FAITH?

Imam Shamshad of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino, California, answers two important questions: Should Americans be afraid of Muslims? Do Muslims place America first or their faith, when it comes to loyalty?

Imam Shamshad says Islam mandates obedience to those in authority wherever they live and the Holy Prophet of Islam taught that not just obedience but love of one’s place of residence is a part of a Muslim’s faith. In fact even if Muslims are persecuted and deprived of their freedoms, yet they are not allowed to take the law into their own hands.  The Holy Quran says, instead they should leave such places and migrate and assures them that God would take care of them in those new places.  In his own life the Holy Prophet followed these injunctions.  Instead of creating disorder in Mecca when he ands his followers were denied their basic freedoms he told them to migrate and in the end when his life itself was threatened he left Mecca and migrated 200+ miles to Medina.

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