By A. Abdul Aziz. Source: Press Ahmadiyya

In 2012, as the world faced rising conflicts and tensions  His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad sent letters to major world leaders, exhorting them towards peace and justice to resolve their disputes.

Those letters are just as pertinent today as they were back then. With the Iran and Israel war unfolding, we present some extracts from the letters to he leaders of these two nations.

Letter To:

Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel

26 February 2012

We hear reports in the news nowadays that you are preparing to attack Iran. Yet the horrific outcome of a World War is right before you. In the last World War whilst millions of other people were killed, the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jewish persons were also wasted. As the Prime Minister, it is your duty to protect the life of your nation. The current circumstances of the world indicate that a World War will not be fought between only two countries rather blocs will  come into formation. The threat of a World War breaking out is a very serious one. The life of Muslims, Christians and Jews are all at peril from it. If such a war occurs, it will result in a chain reaction of human destruction. The effects of this catastrophe will be felt future generations, who will either be born disabled or crippled. This is because undoubtedly, such a war will involve atomic warfare.

Hence, it is my request to you that instead of leading the world into the grip of a World War, make maximum efforts to save the world from a global catastrophe. Instead of resolving disputes with force, you should try to resolve them through dialogue.

Thus, world leaders, and particularly you should terminate the nation of governance by force and should refrain from oppressing the weak. Instead strive to spread and promote justice and peace. By doing so, you will remain in peace yourselves, you will gain strength and world peace will will also be established.    

MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD

Khalifatul Masih V

Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Letter To:

Ayatollah Syed Ali Hosseini Khamenei         Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

14 May 2012

As Muslims, we should endeavor to teach the world to live in peace, love and harmony. In particular, Muslims leaders need to urgently pay heed to this. For this reason, it is my request to you to draw the attention of your Government towards its responsibilities to establishing peace in the world.

If Iran is attacked it has the right to defend itself to save the country, however it should not instigate aggression and take the first step forward into any conflict. Instead, an effort should be made to leave aside religious differences and to try and unite upon common values. It is this very approach that we find was adopted in the history of Islam.

As the spiritual leader of a large Islamic nation, I hope that you will come to agree that if the entire Muslim Ummah unites and work together, world peace can be established. We should not pointlessly add fuels to enemies and grudges, rather, we should search for opportunities to establish peace and tranquility. Further, even enmity  or opposition against others should not be devoid of justice.

May Allah enable the entire Muslim Ummah and all Muslim governments to understand my message so that they prepare themselves to play their respective roles in an effort to establish peace in the world.               

MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD

Khalifatul Masih V

Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community