Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues

<p><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues is a lecture delivered at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre (London) by HazratMirzaTahir Ahmad KhalifatulMasihIV</span><sup style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>(rh)</sup><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1)> the Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Based on Quranic teachings the Speaker argues that:</span></p><ul><li>Swords can win territories but not hearts force can bend heads but not minds;</li><li>The role of women is not of concubines in harems nor a society imprisoned in the four walls of their homes;</li><li>Richer nations provide aid with strings attached and yet the flow of wealth continues to be in the direction of the rich while the poorer sink deeper in the red;</li><li>Religion does not need to be the predominant legislative authority in the political affairs of a state;</li><li>Irrespective of the thawing of the Cold War the issue of war and peace does not only hang by the thread of superpower relationship;</li><li>Without God there can be no peace.</li></ul><p><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>It also contains comprehensive discussion on interest; financial aid; international relations; and the role of Israel America and the United Kingdom in a new world order.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Its message is timeless and relates to the future prospects for peace. It is a compulsory read for non-Muslims as well as for those Muslims who have forgotten the true message of Islam.</span></p>