The delegates today briefed congressional offices of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus, which is co-chaired by Reps. Peter T. King, R-N.Y., and Jackie Speier, D-Calif.
Source/Credit: Roll Call (Edited)/VOA
By AT/TOA | February 17, 2017
The seventh annual “Day on the Hill” for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA on Friday highlighted its “True Islam” campaign and “#MuslimAlly” hashtag.
The group maintains it is the oldest Muslim organization in America, and over 100 delegates from 75 chapters from across the country met with hundreds of congressional offices. Its focus this year is on discussing threats to homeland security and refugee processing.
The “True Islam” campaign has received more than 13,000 endorsements, including many federal and state lawmakers, city officials, members of law enforcement, and faith-based communities, according to the organization. #MuslimAlly is a hashtag to promote “awareness on various social media platforms to combat ignorance,” the group said in its release.
McGovern said the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community "is a great community and a vibrant community, a community dedicated to peace, nonviolence and love."
"This group is already working in the United States to tear down the walls of ignorance as far as Islam goes," Rep. McGovern told Voice of America in an interview.
The “Day on the Hill” delegates today briefed congressional offices of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus, which is co-chaired by Reps. Peter T. King, R-N.Y., and Jackie Speier, D-Calif.
Amjad Khan, groups spokesperson, said one of the goals is to demystify Islam for those who aren't familiar with its teachings — a situation that creates a negative image of the Muslim community as "the other," particularly with terror groups espousing extremist beliefs carrying out attacks around the globe.
"We cannot allow the rhetoric of 'the other' to become the dominant narrative," Khan said according to VOA.
The Ahmadiyya, also known as Ahmadis, are members of a Muslim sect founded by an Indian religious leader in the 19th century.
As some of their beliefs are considered heretical by many mainstream Muslims, they face persecution in many Muslim countries.
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Adopted from a story posted on Roll Call, Muslim Group Advocacy Day Focuses on Refugees by Alex Gangitano, with additional edited excerpts from Voice of America.
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