As members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, we were taught the saying of Prophet Muhammad since childhood that "Love of one's country is part of one's faith."
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Source/Credit: Houston Chronicle
By Yasir Mirza | January 30, 2014
Regarding "For the first time, protesters upend Muslim Capitol Day" (Page A1, Friday), Thursday's protest by some misguided individuals at Texas Muslim Capitol Day and Texas Rep. Molly White's demand that all Muslims visiting her office recite the pledge of allegiance is insulting to all Muslims in America.
This group of Muslims - many of them students who recite the pledge daily in schools - were visiting the Texas Capitol to engage with their state representatives and were met with slogans such as "Go Home and Take Obama With You" and were equated with Nazis. This is a sign of growing intolerance and Islamophobia in our society.
We unequivocally denounce the acts of terrorists, a very small minority among Muslims who distort the peaceful teachings of Islam. As members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, we were taught the saying of Prophet Muhammad since childhood that "Love of one's country is part of one's faith." For us, that means love for the USA, our home.
Yasir Mirza, Round Rock
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