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Home Front: Culture Wars
Moderate Muslims: Ahmaddis go door to door in Houston to say theiy're against violence
2010-10-03
A noble effort, and one that's been needed. The problem is, the Muslim mainstream has ruled the Ahmaddis are not Muslim -- since they claim a prophet who postdates Mohammed -- no matter that the Ahmaddis believe themselves to be so. In Pakistan they actually passed a law to say so, and they're murdered just like the Christians.
Door by door, the surgeon knocks, hoping to convince his audience that he's not a terrorist.

A contractor does the same, saying he stands for peace and is loyal to the country.

Most Muslims are not violent extremists, they say to those who care enough to ask.

Sometimes people show interest. Most of the time they take informational fliers and move on with their lives.

"It's not just lip service," said Ata Ahmad, the surgeon. "We believe it. We don't acquiesce to any of these beliefs that if you're not a Muslim you should die."
In Pakistan, the Ahmaddis are by law not allowed to call their worship spaces mosques or masjids, use the traditional Muslim greeting, worship with "real" Muslims, publicly quote the Koran. These are the people who should be visiting with President Obama at the White House and be shown round the FBI... but that would put the entire Ummah in an uproar.
Ahmad and contractor Nasir Malik, his counterpart on a recent Saturday evening, hoped their efforts -- part of a national campaign -- will help battle growing concerns about Muslims in the U.S.

They and other members of their mosque in north Harris County -- medical professionals, software engineers, business owners and store employees -- fan out into neighborhoods on Saturday evenings, pamphlets in hand as they tell each resident that they are Muslims "with a message of peace and love."

"Every time a terrorist attack happens, and it's found that there's a Muslim behind it, the American public says, and rightfully so, 'Why are there no moderate Muslims speaking out against this?'" Ahmad said. "We are speaking out."

The group began visiting homes in June and so far has gone to about 4,000 residences, with a goal of reaching 100,000 in the Houston area this year.
Organized campaign

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a national organization for the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam, organized the "Muslims for Peace" campaign, which has included bus signs in New York. The organization plans to reach about 6 million people with every year and so far has allocated about $500,000 to the effort. It is planning a bus sign campaign for Houston.
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