His Holiness Ahmad (peace be upon him) said:
"I will unite all religions and all mankind.
A beautiful principle, which promotes peace and harmony, and which lays the foundation for reconciliation, and which helps the moral condition of man. All prophets that have appeared in the world, regardless of whether they dwelt in India or Persia or China, or in some other country, we believe in the truth of them, one and all."
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Come join us for a discussion on how through interfaith harmony we can achieve world peace that we all desperately pray for!
| When: | Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 |
| Time: | 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Venue: | Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center |
| Address: | 19212 Highway 99, Lynnwood,WA, 98036 |
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Promised Messiah & Reformer of the latter days
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of India(1835-1908) Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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His Holiness Ahmad (Peace be upon him) inaugurated the interfaith conferences on December 29, 1895 with the following announcement.
"As the followers of almost all of the religions of the world residing in India enjoy full peace and liberty under the benign rule of the British, and as Almighty God has blessed us with all of the requirements for religious research . . . it befits lovers of truth to take advantage of the existing state of things and to make honest efforts to put an end to all religious strife and difference and thereby bring all worshipers of God to one altar. . . . Besides the facility we enjoy for holding communication with our coreligionists living in different parts of the world, for calling together in one assembly the learned men of the East and West, and for having easy access even to those books of certain religions which were regarded as too sacred in former days for strangers' eyes, the study of the various languages has removed to a large extent, the insurmountable barriers in our way to universal brotherhood. Moreover, when we see the deeper interest universally taken in religious movements nowadays by people of all creeds, an intense struggle and contest amongst the foremost religions of the world for supremacy and a natural desire to investigate religious questions, accompanied by the greatest zeal and enthusiasm, we cannot help but believe that the Lord of nations proposes to turn all of them into one harmonious whole. And it is not impossible. If the aforementioned blessings of God may be properly utilized in the search of truth, if the learned men and theologians of all religions come together in one assembly, each honestly endeavouring to reveal the truth and narrating the beauties and excellence of his respective religion with an unprejudiced mind and in a brotherly spirit, and all prepared to argue calmly and listen to the arguments of one another, it is likely that the light of Truth may shine upon all and all will thus come to a common understanding. . . . Therefore, I appeal to all those well-wishers of humanity, to whatever creed they may well belong, who with burning souls are ever-aspiring after truth, purity and philanthropy and invite them to a conference which I propose to hold at Qadian in the Gurdaspur District, Punjab (India), for religious research. . . . Every speaker is requested not to make any reference or allusion to any other religion in his speech, but only to give an exposition of the beauties of his own religion and the excellences of its principles. He can, of course, make a reasonable refutation in gentle and polite words of all those charges with which he thinks his religion might have been wrongly assailed. . . . The speakers will have full liberty to bring forward arguments in support of their claims but giving offense to another religion or making remarks derogatory to others must strictly be avoided. . . . Hence I hereby invite the attention of the learned men of each community and request them to respond to my call and try to produce scholarship and establish truth, purity and peace in the world . . . . [The conference] will afford a safe and peaceful platform to various religions whose advocates may vindicate their faiths by showing their beauties to the world. . . . I appeal to their sense of humanity and philanthropy and wish to convince them that religion is the only source of human elevation. . . . I pray that God may inspire my fellow-men to come forward and to assist me in establishing His true glory in the world."
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