Source & Credit: The Washington Post
By Tuseef Chaudhry | Springfield | June 4, 201
On the morning of May 28, as I was getting ready for work, I received a text from a friend mentioning the attack against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. Although Ahmadi Muslims have been attacked frequently, this attack was unprecedented in the number of people killed and in the site chosen for the attack, a mosque.
Pakistani Taliban members, responsible for planning the failed Times Square attack, murdered nearly 100 members of my community who were gathered for Friday prayers. It is ironic that the Ahmadiyya Muslim community was the first Muslim group to condemn the Times Square plot.
I thought to myself: What would Moses, Jesus and Muhammad do under similar persecution? They bore their harsh circumstances with patience and perseverance. Such was the guidance given to us by our Supreme Head, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, who instructed that we wage jihad, not with weapons but with pens, and convey Islam's true teaching: peace.
Attacks on the Ahmadiyya Muslim community remind me of how fortunate I am to live in America where genuine religious freedom exists. As an Ahmadi-Muslim American, I have never been so thankful for being an American.
-- Tuseef Chaudhry, Springfield
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