Why must we fight to achieve peace? (Orlando Sentinel)
Posted in Op-Eds on Sep 12th, 2010
With increasing incidents of homegrown terrorism in America, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA has led a national campaign to educate its youth about the importance of loyalty to one’s country as a tenet of Islam.
As I used the term “Muslimerican” to capture the essence of our message, a teenager startled me by asking, “Is peace an American value?”
I responded, “Of course.”
“How many times is the word ‘peace’ mentioned in our Constitution?” he probed.
“How many times is the word ‘democracy’ mentioned in our...
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