Allah forewarned us of destructive deceivers 1,400 years ago; “When it is said to them ‘Create not disorder in the earth,’ they say, ‘We are only promoters of peace.’ Beware it is surely they who create disorder but they do not perceive.”
Source/Credit: The Middletown Press
By Zahir Muhammad Mannan | November 7, 2017
To the Editor:
As Ahmadiyya Muslim Americans, we pray with broken hearts for the innocent lives lost in Manhattan after yet another terrorist attack on our country’s soil. We condemn such cowardly incursions and wage the greater spiritual jihad of peace and justice to reverse radicalization and prevent pretenders from hijacking our unifying faith. We’ve done it before with your allyship that starts at your local coffee, cake and True Islam meet-ups.
The Quran and life of Prophet Muhammad, sent as a mercy to all decry hatred, extremism and murder in all forms, especially in the name of Allah. In our time, Messiah Ahmad and his successors, called Khalifas, have been exemplifying this peace-loving healing and forbidding militant “Jihad of the sword.”
Allah forewarned us of destructive deceivers 1,400 years ago; “When it is said to them ‘Create not disorder in the earth,’ they say, ‘We are only promoters of peace.’ Beware it is surely they who create disorder but they do not perceive.” Similarly, the Gospel and Messiah Jesus prepared us to recognize “wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing.”
Appearing Muslim or shouting “Allahu Akbar” doesn’t unquestionably define a Muslim, just as carrying crosses and screaming Jesus’ name doesn’t make white supremacists Christian.
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Zahir Muhammad Mannan (Meriden police chaplain, director of outreach, Holy Quran Education, national youth spokesperson) and Syeda Sana Shah, Middletown residents
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