WASHINGTON, June 28: US lawmakers on Wednesday offered support for the global leader of the Ahmadiya community.

Lawmakers welcomed Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the leader of the community, in the US Capitol complex and praised the sect for supporting inter-religious peace and efforts such as blood donation drives.

Senator Robert Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, praised him for the “demonstrated commitment that you have shown to tolerance and to justice and to peace”.

Representative Keith Ellison, who is Muslim, spoke of the Ahmadiyas’ problems in Pakistan and said: “In this world we live in, the fact is that there are precious few countries where all the people can practise their faith as they are inspired to do.”—AFP