USA: Muslim sect on our side

"We will raise awareness that there is a community of Muslims who actively preach -- and practice -- the universal teaching of Islam that Muslims have a religious duty to be loyal to their country of residence."

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: The New York Post
By Michael Goodwin | January 12, 2011

When Republican Pete King holds homeland-security hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims, he must invite members of the Ahmadiyya Community. It has launched an ad campaign to encourage Muslims to be loyal to the United States.

"There are negative forces working to influence Muslim youth living in the West to become terrorists, and, sadly, they are having some success," a spokesman said yesterday. "We will raise awareness that there is a community of Muslims who actively preach -- and practice -- the universal teaching of Islam that Muslims have a religious duty to be loyal to their country of residence."

Despite having tens of millions of members worldwide, the Ahmadiyya Community is a fairly minor branch of Islam. It has theological differences with the Sunni and Shia sects, believing that the messiah has already come in the form of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, an Indian who died in 1908. Its members are often targeted for murder.


That persecution makes it leaders perfect witnesses for King's cause. He wants to know why many Islamic organizations in this country do not support law enforcement against terrorists. He could do worse than start with one that does.



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