15°c Light rain
Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Exhibition promotes peaceful Islam
'Love for all, hatred for none'
Afzal Muhammad (left) and Hammad Ahmad of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama at want to educate people about the peaceful nature of Muslims. (JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) Photo Store
Members of a local mosque are holding an open house at the Millennium Library to demonstrate that Islam is a faith of peace.
The Holy Qur'an Exhibition opened Sunday afternoon and continues today and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
"One of our campaigns is to demonstrate that the Muslim faith promotes peace," Hammad Ahmad said.
"The motto of our community is 'love for all, hatred for none,'" said Afzal Muhammad, local president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, an Islamic movement with a mosque in a former bank building on Kylemore Avenue near the Fort Rouge Leisure Centre.
Muhammad said there is a great deal of misunderstanding about Muslims and the Qur'an, most of it fuelled by the activities of fundamentalist Muslims who dominate news coverage.
"Ninety per cent of Muslims are peaceful but they haven't been loud enough, they haven't made that effort," Muhammad said. "The other 10 per cent who are violent are louder than the 90 per cent who are peaceful."
At the open house, Ahmad, a missionary with the Ahmadiyya movement, and Muhammad are available to answer questions about Islam and the Qur'an. They encourage non-Muslims to pick up free copies of Islamic tracts on a variety of issues, including the hijab and the Islamic view of Jesus.
The mosque is also giving away copies of the Qur'an.
The group also held an open house at the mosque in October and an interfaith conference at the Fort Rouge Leisure Centre in November.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 19, 2011 B3
More Local
- Back to Top
- Return to Local
More Local
(1 of 18 articles for today)
Fire damages St. Vital home
11:13 AM 0A home in St. Vital sustained $40,000 in damage after a fire Sunday.
Five fire units responded to a basement fire ...
Poll
Most Popular Local
- Police identify slaying victims
- Man charged, victims identified in double homicide
- North End proud
- Second man charged in 2012 slaying
- Head-on collision kills pickup driver
- Fishing for fashion
- Leaving a gang isn't easy — Sidney Letandre, now a paraplegic, knows it all too well
- Take me off your guest list, Harper Blog of the Week: North End MC
- Accused in alleged smartphone scam charged
- Fire damages St. Vital home
- Charleswood deaths being investigated as domestic incident
- Man charged, victims identified in double homicide
- Co-worker 'sick' today? Maybe it's the $17M flu
- '2 minutes after I read the winning numbers, I retired': Winnipeg lotto winner
- Sex charges for ex-club boss
- An uncommon phenomenon
- Winning 6/49 ticket purchased in Winnipeg
- Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper dies
- 'Responsible Winnipeg' ads appear on sign run by mayor-owned Goldeyes' baseball park
- Woman killed in head-on crash in southwestern Manitoba
- Hundreds pitch in to dig out houses damaged, destroyed by Ochre Beach ice floe
- A child-custody catastrophe
- Charleswood deaths being investigated as domestic incident
- Man charged, victims identified in double homicide
- Co-worker 'sick' today? Maybe it's the $17M flu
- '2 minutes after I read the winning numbers, I retired': Winnipeg lotto winner
- Parents, community relieved and elated as missing boy found safe
- No threat from bag found at Winnipeg Square
- Man missing since 2009 found safe
- Earls on Main going, but new one coming
- Fishing for fashion
- North End proud
- Province announces service for Elijah Harper
- Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper dies
- Police make grow-op bust
- Take me off your guest list, Harper Blog of the Week: North End MC
- Actor works to disable bullying
- King of Veggies rules these parts
- Who says house calls are a thing of the past?
- Don't run again, Sam: survey
- An uncommon phenomenon
- Province introduces changes to rules governing landlords, renters
- Hundreds pitch in to dig out houses damaged, destroyed by Ochre Beach ice floe
- Crushing blow for amateur sport
- Ochre Beach residents are 'thankful everybody got out'
- Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper dies
- Woman killed in head-on crash in southwestern Manitoba
- Sex charges for ex-club boss
- Giving your money, and expertise, to charity
- WestJet to add Brandon
- Hundreds pitch in to dig out houses damaged, destroyed by Ochre Beach ice floe
- A child-custody catastrophe
- Mental-health patients get own ER
- Black market in moose thrives
- An uncommon phenomenon
- Steen invests $1M in family entertainment centre
- Earls on Main going, but new one coming
- Province introduces changes to rules governing landlords, renters
- Crushing blow for amateur sport
- Boost same-sex curricula: union
Ads by Google
You can comment on most stories on winnipegfreepress.com. You can also agree or disagree with other comments. All you need to do is register and/or login and you can join the conversation and give your feedback.
Have Your Say
New to commenting? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
The Winnipeg Free Press does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted. By submitting your comment, you agree to our Terms and Conditions. These terms were revised effective April 16, 2010.