The leader of the Ahmadiyya Community predicts turbulent times and criticises UN "ineffectiveness".
More than a thousand people gathered in London for the National Peace Symposium 2024, led by the caliph of the Ahmadiyya Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor. In this meeting, the fifth caliph of the community made a call for peace, a defence of coexistence between religions and, in addition, a warning about the instability that the world is going through.
Criticism of the UN
Masroor believes that "we are on the brink of a cataclysm with unimaginable levels of destruction". Unless drastic changes are made, the caliph believes that the consequences of recent disputes and increased tension in various parts of the world will be irreversible. In this regard, he accuses the UN of not fulfilling its purpose of ensuring peace and protecting human rights.
"The UN has become an ineffective body, where nations vote according to their interests," believes Hazrat Mirza Masroor. The UN has long since moved away from the idea that gave it birth, from being a guarantor of peace and brotherhood to being a purely testimonial body that could follow in the footsteps of its predecessor, the League of Nations.
The caliph fears that this trend will take hold and end the balance that should prevail in international relations. Masroor believes that "if the system of international law, however weak it may be, collapses completely, the resulting anarchy and destruction will sink beyond our comprehension". And so, as has become customary for the spiritual leader of this community, he has again called for peace as the only way forward as a society.
Promoting peace
If the Ahmadiyya Community is characterised by anything, it is the defence of peace and respect for religious diversity. Respect as a synonym for coexistence, because, as the caliph recalled, "none of the founders of the major religions, including Jesus, Moses, the holy prophet Mohammed, or any other prophet of God, ever taught their followers to ignore social peace and resort to aggression".
Indeed, during this event, members of the UK parliament praised the work of the Ahmadiyya Community in various fields. Dame Siobhain of the Labour Party, Jonathan Lord of the Conservative Party and Ed Davey of the Liberal Party took the opportunity to denounce the humanitarian situation in Gaza and, above all, highlighted the work of the community for peace, one of its most important and firm objectives.
