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Lord Eric Avebury awarded
Ahmadiyya Peace Prize
Staff Correspondent

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat has awarded Lord Eric Avebury the inaugural Ahmadiyya Peace Prize in recognition to his continued efforts to safeguarding human rights across the world in a programme at the Baitul Futuh mosque at global headquarters of the Ahmadiyya community in London.

The global head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, handed over the prize during a conference on peace and shared his views about how to achieve global peace, said a release.

A number of British parliamentarians, including Laura Moffatt and Justine Greening, also attended the conference on March 20.

Mirza Masroor in his keynote speech identified oppression of minority groups, corruption, failure of governments to prevent cruelty and failure of the United Nations to work as a united organisation as the major causes of hindering peace. The only solution, he said, lies in absolute justice and equity.

He was also critical of the basic failures of the United Nations. By allowing the five permanent members of the security council to maintain a right to veto denied absolutely the requirement for justice and equality.