Cyclists call for peace from Basharat Mosque
Pedro Abad has become a true symbol of peace this weekend. The Ahmadiyya Community of Islam, together with the City Council and the Peña Ciclista Perabeña, have organized a cycle tour ‘Ride for Peace’, in which more than hundred cycling lovers from different backgrounds and parts of the world participated, including Japan, the United Kingdom, Africa, and Spain.
After Saturday’s route, there was a reception at the entrance to the Basharat Mosque and
Qamar Fazal, a member of the community, welcomed the attendees and highlighted the participation of numerous cyclists, as well as the residents of this town who have supported the initiative.
This initiative was launched last year in Valencia, and this time it reaches the province of Cordoba to break the differences between races and countries in the world.
For his part, the mayor of the town, Juan Antonio Reyes, welcomed the attendees and thanked the Ahmadiyya Community for this initiative, a march for peace that, now more than ever, is necessary, as we are living through very turbulent times worldwide and the confrontation between the two current blocs must be avoided, so we must fight against hatred and war.
Reyes added that “this initiative, which unites many cultures and nationalities, is a small example of what can be done at the global level.” He also thanked Rafael Morales, president of the Peña Ciclista Perabeña, for his collaboration, “for having hosted and welcomed people who have travelled to Pedro Abad”.
Tomorrow’s route is to the town of Cardeña, which is somewhat more complicated than the one they did today. On this route, the entire area of the Alto Guadalquivir and its surroundings is known.
The mayor extended Qamar’s invitation, pointing out that “Pedro Abad is a small town, but very hospitable, which has shown signs of coexistence, peace and respect.”
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For his part, the emir of the Ahmadiyya Community at the national level and neighbor of Pedro Abad, Abdul Razzak thanked the support of the people of Pedro Abad “since we arrived in this town in 1980 and then inaugurated the Mosque in 1982, a place that radiates worldwide and is known throughout the world because this is where our motto came from, which is ‘Love for all, hatred for none’, and it is known
in every country.”
Numerous residents of the town were invited to an act of coexistence, where they were also able to
taste typical Pakistani dishes, as most of the members of this community came from that country, from which many had to flee due to persecution by the local government, not being participant of the fundamentalism, they profess and the freedom of thought that the Ahmadiyya community has maintained since its foundation at the end of the 19th century.”
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