IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1125 

Welcoming His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide 

spiritual head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, to the United 

States, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, DC, and recognizing his commitment to world peace, absolute 

justice, global unity among nations, nonviolence, rejection of extremism, 

nuclear disarmament, elimination of weapon profiteering, eradication of 

poverty, economic equity, service to humanity, universal human rights, 

international religious freedom, and democracy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 12, 2018 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. 

TORRES, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. CONNOLLY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Welcoming His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, 

the worldwide spiritual head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim 

Community, to the United States, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, DC, 

and recognizing his commitment to world peace, absolute 

justice, global unity among nations, nonviolence, rejection 

of extremism, nuclear disarmament, elimination of weapon profiteering, eradication of poverty, economic equity, 

service to humanity, universal human rights, international religious freedom, and democracy. 


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Whereas, from October 15, 2018, to November 5, 2018, His 

Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the worldwide 

spiritual head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, an 

international religious organization with millions of members across the globe, is making a historic visit to the 

United States, during which time he will inaugurate three 

new mosques: Baitul Aafiyat Mosque in Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania, Baitus Samad Mosque in Baltimore, Maryland, and Masroor Mosque in Manassas, Virginia; 

Whereas His Holiness was elected to become fifth Khalifa to 

Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the 

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on April 22, 2003, a lifelong position; 

Whereas His Holiness is a leading Muslim figure promoting 

peace, who in his sermons, lectures, books, and personal 

meetings has continually advocated the Ahmadiyya Muslim values of service to humanity, universal human 

rights, and a peaceful and just society; 

Whereas the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has suffered repeated severe hardships, institutionalized discrimination, 

persecution, and violence in several countries in the 

world, including Pakistan, Indonesia, and Algeria; 

Whereas, on May 28, 2010, 86 Ahmadi Muslims were killed 

in Lahore, Pakistan, when 2 mosques belonging to the 

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community were attacked by antiAhmadiyya terrorists and scores more have been killed in 

targeted attacks since then; 

Whereas despite the continued sectarian persecution that 

Ahmadi Muslims are subjected to, His Holiness continues 

to forbid violence; 


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Whereas His Holiness has traveled globally to promote and 

facilitate service to humanity, meeting with Presidents, 

Prime Ministers, parliamentarians, and ambassadors of 

state; 

Whereas His Holiness delivered the keynote address at a special bipartisan reception at the Rayburn House Office 

Building on Capitol Hill on June 27, 2012, ‘‘The Path 

to Peace: Just Relations Between Nations’’; and 

Whereas during his visit to the United States, His Holiness 

will meet thousands of American Muslims belonging to 

the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in addition to significant United States Government leaders in order to 

strengthen relationships and find mutual means of establishing peace and justice for all people: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) welcomes His Holiness, Hadhrat Mirza 

3 Masroor Ahmad, to Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas, 

4 Virginia, and Washington, DC; 

5 (2) commends the tireless efforts of His Holi6 ness toward promoting a pathway to achieve indi7 vidual and global peace, as well as individual and 

8 global justice; 

9 (3) commends His Holiness for courageously 

10 and unequivocally condemning extremism and terror 

11 in all its forms; and 

12 (4) commends His Holiness for his perseverance 

13 in counseling all Ahmadi Muslims to eschew any 


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1 form of violence, even in the face of severe persecu2 tion. 

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