December 16, 2009 - (Chino, CA - USA)
Imam Shamshad of the Baitul Hameed Mosque responded on his weekly AM radio segment “Understanding Islam” to attacks against Islam on CNN by Christian Evangelist, Rev, Franklin Graham.
On Tuesday, Dec. 15th, in his weekly KCAA Radio 1050-AM segment, Imam Shamshad of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Imam of the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino responded to the attacks on Islam made by Rev. Graham by telling the Reverend to “Read his own Bible” and to stop making these offensive comments about the religion of Islam that are completely untrue.
Imam Shamshad responded to the allegation made by the Reverend that true Islam cannot be practiced in this country since you can’t beat your wife. Imam Shamshad quoted a saying of the Prophet Muhammad that says “The best among you is he who treats his wife the best.” The Imam also called on his fellow Muslims to adhere to the teachings of Islam and to not abuse one’s wife or children.
Reverend Graham also accused Islam of teaching that you can kill your children for adultery, to which the Imam threw the argument back in the Reverend’s lap, saying emphatically that it is the Bible that teaches stoning to death for adultery, and that it was the Jesus who said if a man looks at women lustfully it is the same as if he has already committed adultery, and that he should literally “pluck out his right eye.” Imam Shamshad said that there is absolutely no stoning to death as capital punishment in Islam, nor is there any death penalty for adultery in Islam.Imam Shamshad openly invited Campbell Brown or anyone from CNN to learn the true teachings of Islam. Like other recognized spokespersons for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community across America, Imam Shamshad said he is more than willing to come on the news and share the beliefs of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on these and any other issues regarding Islam.
About Imam Shamshad:
Imam Shamshad A. Nasir currently serves as a Missionary In-Charge of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for the southwest region of the United States. He has devoted his life to serving Islam since 1973 after graduating from an intensive, multi-lingual, seven-year missionary training program in Pakistan.
Imam Shamshad is a prolific speaker and an experienced writer on spiritual, interfaith and secular issues. He is well-known for his scholarly knowledge of Islam and for building bridges of understanding, cooperation and friendship between Ahmadiyya Islam and other faith-based communities.
Over the last 36 years, Imam Shamshad has served in Pakistan, Ghana, Sierra Leone (West Africa) and the United States. Prior to his posting in Southern California, he was stationed for eight years at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s U.S. national headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. Previously he served in Houston, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Imam Shamshad has been an Imam and missionary in the U.S. for more than twenty years.
Imam Shamshad has worked in the U.S. with many community, state and national leaders to promote the cause of peace through increasing understanding and knowledge of each other. He is also a regular contributor to many Urdu, English and Arabic newspapers. His articles have been printed in numerous religious publications as far away as Europe and South Asia.
Throughout his service of faith, he has continuously promoted the cause of peace through interfaith dialogs, peace symposiums and humanitarian and civic outreach, and by engaging in the free exchange of ideas in the available media.
About the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community:
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, reformist and fast growing international movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community spans over 190 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, established in 1921, is the first American-Muslim organization.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the only Islamic organization to believe that the long-awaited messiah has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) of Qadian. Ahmad claimed to be the metaphorical Second Coming of Jesus and the divine guide or Imam Mahdi for the Muslims, whose advent was foretold by Muhammad, the Holy Prophet of Islam.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believes that God sent Ahmad like Jesus, to end religious wars, condemn bloodshed and re-institute morality, justice and peace. Ahmad’s advent has brought about an unprecedented era of Islamic revival and moderation. He divested Islam of fanatical beliefs and practices by vigorously championing Islam’s true and essential teachings.
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Worldwide Website: www.alislam.org
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA Website: www.ahmadiyya.us
Baitul Hameed Mosque Website: www.TheChinoMosque.org
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