UK: Bus posters campaign to promote positive image of Islam

Colin Ellar, Mayor of Hounslow said: "No one can object to such beautiful messages of peace, this will be welcomes by all. I look forward to seeing the buses in Hounslow."

Ahmadiyya Times | News Staff | UK Desk
Source & Credit: The Hounslow Chronicle
By Jessica Thomas | Jun 18 2010

HOUNSLOW Muslims are launching a leaflet and bus campaign to combat misconceptions about their faith.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Hounslow are introducing a doorstep leaflet distribution campaign and placing messages on the sides of buses across the borough, to "address some common misconceptions about Islam".

From June 21, buses in the Hounslow area will be carrying the message "Muslim for Loyalty, Freedom & Peace". A website has also been specially launched to compliment the campaign, www.loveforallhatredfornone.org

Presidents of the Hounslow branch of the association, Mr Abid Nasir and Mr Zaheer Khan said: "The aim of the publicity campaign is to reassert true Islamic principles of peace and to counter the extremists who hijack the faith for political ends."

The programme is said to continue for 10 years, "until all homes in the area have been reached".

Alan Keen MP for Feltham and Heston, said: "I fully support this message of peace and harmony. This is a perfect example of a community in action promoting peace and goodwill in the community."

Colin Ellar, Mayor of Hounslow said: "No one can object to such beautiful messages of peace, this will be welcomes by all. I look forward to seeing the buses in Hounslow."

AT least 10 Muslim families in Hounslow are in shock and mourning after losing loved ones in the deadly attacks on Mosques in Pakistan.

Members of the Middlesex Ahmadiyya Muslim Community have lost brothers and other close relatives and friends in the attack in Lahore on May 28, which killed more than 95 people.

Mr A. Latif Khan, president of the Middlesex Region, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association said: "The community is still in shock but refuses to be provoked.

"We are a peaceful community. We have been persecuted for decades but have always responded with non-violence, steadfastness and prayer. We expect the Pakistan government to treat this matter seriously and ensure that the terrorists responsible for this outrage are bought to justice."

The attacks are suspected to be the actions of the religious supremacist Taliban organisation, which used a combination of grenades, guns and suicide bomb vests to attack worshippers during the Friday Muslim prayers.



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