Urdu, Arabic and Islamic imagery intermingled with red, white and blue branding at the 76th annual Ahmadiyya Muslim Jalsa Salana convention this weekend at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
The ideas of the nation’s founding principles of freedom, justice and religious diversity were the highlighted concepts of the Independence Day guest session speech at the conference with nearly 10,000 people in attendance.
“The command of the Quran and the promise of America meet on the very same ground that every human being carries a dignity that is divine in origin and absolute important,” said Qasim Rashid in his address on Saturday. “There is no peace without justice and there is no justice without that dignity. And here is the remarkable thing, America’s all highest institutions already recognize this unity between the Islamic and the American view of justice. This is not my interpretation; this is historical affirmation.”…