[img]2929|right|Mohammed Khan||no_popup[/img]Mohammed Khan of the King Fahad Mosque on Washington Boulevard, a gentle man as well as a gentleman, has been invited to address an interfaith audience of students on Saturday at U.C. Irvine.
His assignment: Explaining, interpreting and defending Islam following the recent streak of Islamic terrorist incidents across the Middle East and Europe.
“My main message,” said the director of interfaith activities for the King Fahad, “will be not to put a broad brush on any religion.
“No religion has a monopoly on extremism.
“People who do horrendous acts of violence do not belong to Islam,” Mr. Khan said. “They are hijacking Islam. They are using the name of Islam.
“Islam is a religion. It never was designed to be a political movement.”
He said the objective of Islam “is to create human beings to the creator. When people are connected to the creator, they learn fast the best way to be connected to the creator is by serving people.”
(To be continued)
