"If somebody does anything we should just take the individual that is doing something wrong rather than relating him to a religion especially when he is not even practicing it."
Source/Credit: 7 News Belize
By Sahar Vasquez | November 2, 2017
"We say that they are not even Muslims because you cannot just assume or belong to a religion and not even practice it."
On Tuesday, New York City fell victim to the second largest terror attack since 9/11. 8 people were killed when a truck rammed into a bike path a few blocks away from the World Trade Centre Memorial. The driver of the truck is a follower of ISIS and a Muslim.
For peace loving followers of Islam, these attacks give their faith a bad name.
That's why, this morning Naveed Mangla, President of the Belize Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at explained that those who undertake these terror attacks are not even considered Muslim by many because they don't actually practice the religion.
Naveed Mangla, Belize AHMADIYYA Muslim Jama'at President said:
"More than 1.6 billion people are Muslim right that makes around 24% of the world population Islam so if logically thinking about it. Suppose the religion was promoting violence you would see that chaos would be all over the world if this was part of the religion but it is not. It is only .00001% of these people who call themselves Muslims are doing this. We say that they are not even Muslims because you cannot just assume or belong to a religion and not even practice it."
"If somebody does anything we should just take the individual that is doing something wrong rather than relating him to a religion especially when he is not even practicing it."
"We are very much saddened by the attacks that this individual has rendered. We condemn it."
And moving ahead in the spirit of peace-making, The Ahmadiyya along with Naveed Mangla started a basketball league in Belize about three years ago. The league has grown into something special as young men come together to learn more than just basketball skills. The league sends the different teams to represent Belize at competitions in Mexico, and, today, after much practice they went to Chetumal to take part in a tournament. We spoke to some players and the commissioner about the upcoming competition:
Rodvern Lino, AHMADIYYA Basketball League Commissioner said, "It is a pretty fierce competition. Our guys are challenged and pushed to the limit but so far they have been doing well."
"The core of the team has been together for the entire year working together. We have added some missing links so I think that we will be doing pretty well this year."
Belize has a U-17 and U-19 team representing in this tournament. It concludes on Sunday. We will keep you posted on Belize's standing.
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