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Press Release:Muslim Leader Prays forPeace During MuharramLONDON, 14 December 2010The Head of the AhmadiyyaMuslim Jamā`at, Hadrat MirzaMasroor Ahmad has today onceagain called on Muslims to give upall forms of violence and terrorism.His Holiness said:“I pray that all cruelties thatthe misguided falsely justify inAllāh’s name and in the name ofthe Holy Prophet Muhammadcome to an end.”Referring specifically to the holyIslāmic month of Muharram thathas just started, His Holinessprayed that the month passeswithout the bloodshed andsectarianism witnessed in previousyears. He said:“In the past we have seen thatduring the month of Muharram,in Pakistan and in certainother Muslim countries greattensions have erupted betweenSunnis, Shias and other Muslimsects. These tensions have led tothe killing of innocent people,attacks on religious processionsand other terrorist activities.May God Almighty protect allpeople from such incidents.”His Holiness stated that he hopedthat the Muslim world wouldcome to realise the true purposeof the martyrdom of Hadrat ImāmHussain. 1 His martyrdom came ata time when morality was failing,personal interests were supersedingthe wider interests of societyand worldly matters were takingprecedence over religion. Due tothese factors cruelties exceeded allbounds. These mistakes, he said,were being repeated in today’sworld. Standards of morality andtolerance were falling and as aresult members of the AhmadiyyaMuslim Jamā`at were routinelypersecuted and martyred by otherMuslims, particularly in Pakistan.His Holiness concluded bypraying:“May the Muslim worldunderstand the true purposeof the martyrdom of HadratImām Hussain and may theyaccept the Messiah of this age,Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadof Qadian.”End of ReleaseFurther Info: Abid Khanpress@ahmadiyya.org.uk / 0208 -54476781Hadrat Imām Hussain, grandchild ofthe Holy Prophet of Islām. Martyred inKarbala, Iraq on 10th Muharram, 61 AH42 Press Release