Source/Credit: WNYT | NBC 13
By Bill Lambdin | May 2, 2011
ROTTERDAM - Leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center say it has been difficult to communicate their message of peace in this country, especially after 9-11.
"Islam means peace and it also mean being loyal to your country," said Tahira Khan. "Because of all the terrorism since 9-11, we want to remind people again and again that's not Islam."
The Rotterdam-based group plans to hand out 5-thousand flyers at next weekend's Albany Tulip Fest.
They've also purchase bus ads to be displayed on the CDTA fleet during May.
"If those people are blowing themselves up, hurting others, millions of people are dying because of them being the monsters that they are, we have to stand up on the other side and shout just as loudly and say no, that is not Islam," Khan said. "Islam doesn't believe in violence. Islam doesn't believe in dominating and hurting other people. Islam believes in living and being law-abiding in whichever country you live in."
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