USA: Moderate Ahmadiyya Muslims encourage peace, gain appreciation

Usman Choudhary specially noted how people responded positively to their representation of the Jamaat's motto “Love for all, hatred for none,” and the flyer's anti-terrorism message.

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Source/Credit: AMC - North and Central VA
By Ahmadiyya Times / Siara Bhatti |
October 16, 2010

Moderate Muslims Encourage Peace, Gain Appreciation

The Ahmadiyya Muslim representatives from Northern and Central Virginia participated in the 34th annual Fall Festival in Fairfax, Virginia to promote the Muslims For Peace Campaign.

Northern Virginia's Interfaith Outreach secretary Jalal Malik and Central Virginia's Usman Choudhary passed out approximately 700 flyers at the event on October 9.


Malik found that many people reacted positively to their message and how they were being the voice of moderate Muslims.

“Many criticize and say that the moderate Muslims aren’t loud enough, so here we are trying to be loud,” said Malik to attendees at the event.

Usman Choudhary explained that people referenced ABC's 20/20 program on Islam, and Diane Sawyer’s open question asking “Where are the moderate Muslims?”

Choudhary specially noted how people responded positively to their representation of the Jamaat's motto “Love for all, hatred for none,” and the flyer's anti-terrorism message.

One woman said “Oh, I see ‘Ahmadiyya’...Yes, I was going to write down Ahmadiyya and look it up, now I have it in my hand.”

“She was very appreciative,” said Choudhary. “People were appreciative that we, as moderate Muslims, were addressing this void.”

Both representatives noted that if there were more people to help pass out flyers, then perhaps “We could have spent more time speaking to people individually, as many people seemed quite willing to talk.”



  --Saira Bhatti filed this report for Ahmadiyya Times

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