Judging for his merits in promoting Islam, Gain Peace, an Islamic promotion agency in the United States, would like to say “thank you” to Pastor Terry Jones, church leader of Dove World Oitreach, Florida, USA, who initiated the “International Burning Day Al-Quran".
The remarks were conveyed by the GainPeace Project Director, Dr. Sabeel Ahmed, in an "open letter" that is widely distributed on Islamic mailing lists and websites, such as on the Multaqa Ahl al-Hadeeth website (www.ahlalhdeeth.com) and www.islamicboard.com.
In a letter entitled "Thank you Pastor Terry Jones! For your service to Islam! " (Thank you Pastor Terry Jones! For Your Contribution to Islam), Ahmed wrote the "blessings" behind Jones' campaign to burn Al-Quran.
1. Thank you for making the Quran a bestseller. Lots of Quran and
sold on Amazon, local stores, and Islamic online shops, so it delivers
humans the opportunity to read and ponder God's guidance.
2. Thank you for the business advantage. Many people are curious and
buy Islamic books, as well as the Quran. This provides additional income for Islamic shops.
3. Many people visit mosques to attend recitation and
presentation about Islam so as to receive the beautiful message of Islam.
4. Many people call the GainPeace hotline
800-662-Islam and ask questions about the Islamic faith, allowing Muslims to provide an opportunity to explain Islam to our citizens. You generate more publicity for Islam than all of Our campaigns so far.
5. Many people search for the words "Islam" and "Quran" via Google. And
The more you talk about Islam and the Quran, the more
people come to Muslim websites to learn about Islamic truth.
6. The library is busy serving loan prints of the Quran. Yes, library
in the United States, Canada and Europe are busy lending out the Quran
for its members.
7. Thank you for saving money to advertise about Islam.
Free publications for the words 'Quran' and 'Islam'. Muslims can
spent millions of dollars, but couldn't produce that publication
equal media attention. Once again, thanks for you, said
Allah (Al-Quran) is a popular word in our homes.
8. Thank you for raising up Muslims. Muslims all over the world
now more passionate about the beauty of faith and the peace of Islam and
want to share with neighbors, colleagues, friends, and humanity.
9. Thank you for encouraging more people to embrace Islam.
We have more callers, studied and embraced Islam inside
the last few weeks. This hasn't happened in the last 40 years.
10. Thank you for uniting the consciences of the people, Muslims, Jews,
Christians, Hindus and atheists, on platforms of the common good, love and
tolerance to fight hatred, bias, and bigotry.
At the end of the letter, Sabeel Ahmed hopes that Jones learns more about Islam and even converts to Islam.
Pastor Terry Jones, we pray you actually read the Quran with
open mind and heart. Then ponder the message on the Oneness of God. If you love Jesus, follow the religion of Jesus, the religion of Jesus is Islam, submit to the Creator, "wrote Ahmed.
"May Allah, give you guidance to get the truth of Islam. And you begin to worship One Creator as the Prophet Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad preached and practiced, Alaihi Salam. Welcome to Islam! " (Mel / ddhongkong.org).
Thank you Pastor Terry Jones! For your service to Islam!
1. Thanks for making Quran a bestseller. More copies of the Qurans
and were sold on Amazon, local and online Islamic stores, thus
providing humanity an opportunity to read and ponder over God's guidance for humanity.2. Thanks for the business. More people bought Islamic literature, along with the Koran, generating extra revenue for the Islamic stores.
3. More individuals visited the mosques to attend Muslim open houses and Islamic presentations, thereby receiving the wonderful message of Islam.
4. More individuals called on the GainPeace's outreach hotline
800-662-ISLAM and asked about the faith of Islam, giving Muslims an opportunity to explain Islam to our fellow citizens. You generated more publicity for Islam, then all our past outreach campaigns combined.5. More people Googled the words 'Islam' and 'Quran'
the more that you speak about Islam and the Koran, the more people come to Muslim websites to learn about the truth of Islam.6. Libraries were busy lending out copies of the Quran. Yes,
libraries across the USA, Canada and Europe were busy lend out copies of the Quran to its patrons.7. Thanks for saving the Muslims advertisement dollars. the
free publicity to the words 'Quran' and 'Islam', that you gave, Muslims could have spent millions of dollars but couldn't have generated the same publicity and attention of the media, and thanks to you, the word of God (the Quran) became a household word.8. Thanks for waking up the Muslims. Muslims all across the
The world is now more passionate about the wonderful and peaceful faith of Islam and is eager to share it with their neighbors, colleagues, friends and humanity.9. Thanks for encouraging more people to embrace Islam. We
had more people calling, learning and embracing Islam in the past few weeks, then we have ever had since the last 40 years.10. Thanks for uniting the people of conscience, the Muslims, the Jews, the Christians, the Hindus, and the atheists, on the common platform of goodness, love and tolerance and against hatred, bias and bigotry.
Pastor Terry Jones, we pray that you actually read the Koran with an open mind and heart and ponder over its message of the oneness of God.
If you love Jesus, follow the religion of Jesus, the religion of Jesus was Islam, submission to the Creator. May God, enlighten you to the truth of Islam and that you start worshiping the One Creator as was preached and practiced by Prophets Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace be upon them. Welcome to Islam!
Dr. Sabeel Ahmed
Director of The GainPeace Project, USA.
