Pew Forum, July 19, pewforum.org/Religion-News/Ahmadi-Muslims-gather-to-preach-nonviolence-assimilation.aspx
Ahmadi Muslims have been preaching peace since the movement was founded 121 years ago in India. Now, they say they are just trying to get the rest of the world — including their fellow Americans — to listen.
“Many, many Americans do not trust Muslims,” Naseem Mahdi, the national president of the community, told thousands of listeners during his address here at the Ahmadi movement’s 62nd annual convention on July 17. “Love of your homeland, your place of residence, is part of your faith,” Mahdi said, standing just steps away from a display that held the flags of the United States, Virginia and the Ahmadi movement. The community’s message of nonviolence seemed particularly poignant in the wake of attacks on two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 28 that left at least 94 Ahmadis dead.