During his presentation, Imam Shamshad noted that the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has written to many major world leaders to help further the cause of peace.
Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times
By Imran Jattala | March 10, 2013
Imam Shamshad Ahmad Nasir of the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino, California, was on the agenda today, Monday, March 10, 2014, to lead the invocation at the Upland City Council Meeting.
Imam Shamshad, who serves as a regional missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for the southwest region, is a member of the Upland Interfaith Council.
At the start of the meeting at 7:00 pm, Mayer Ray Musser invited Imam Shamshad to the podium to bless the meeting with prayers.
In his introduction Imam Shamshad said that the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community stands for peace pursuant to the Quranic injunction which requires loyalty to one's homeland to be a part of every Muslim's faith.
"We stand for peace starting from our homes to our communities to our nation, United States of America," Imam Shamshad proclaimed.
During his presentation, Imam Shamshad noted that the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat (His Holiness) Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has written to many major world leaders urging them to help further the cause of peace through practical actions, and not through mere words.
After the invocation Imam Shamshad presented to Mayer Musser a copy of the book entitled "World Crisis and Pathway to Peace" by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, a compilation of the lectures delivered and letters written by His Holiness to world leaders on the need for peace which include speeches delivered at the House of Parliament in the UK, Capitol Hill in Washington DC and the European Parliament in Brussels.
President of the Upland Interfaith Council, Jim Thomas of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, congratulated Imam Shamshad in an email saying, "Our meeting and our community was blessed to have one of the members of our Upland Interfaith Council, Imam Shamshad, pronounce the invocation tonight."
"He brought a wonderful tone to the meeting!" Jim Thomas wrote.
-- USA: Imam Shamshad Nasir leads invocation at Upland City Council meeting
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