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  • We are considered terrorists because of some stupid people's actions. Overthat because of extemists who ar ruining are reputation. PEACE
  • I think what is sad is that when others, through ignorance or weakness (or deliberately) manage to insult or antagonise some sections of the Muslim faith, and Muslims take to the streets burning effigies, or imprisoning a female school teacher for letting children give a name they loved (and many of them went by) to a teddy they also loved, or stoning teenage females to death because they were raped.... when that and much worse goes on in the name of your religion, what is sad is that none of the 'peaceful' Muslims ever stand up and say anything like 'This is not being done in my name!' or 'That is not my religion' or 'Aggression is wrong no matter who does it'. What is wrong is, when militant types claim to speak for the whole Islamic community, you all just keep quiet and leave us with nothing to do but believe its true. And if you don't keep quiet, then boy, that's possibly the best media blackout in the history of the world, because we sure as hell never hear of it. Except you saying this, here, but that's the lot.
  • Why is America not titled when she attacks Iraq or Afghanistan?
  • Very unfortunate. It should be noted that the views expressed on that page are those of Ahmadiyya Muslims. Ahmadiyya Muslims are considered heretics and non-Muslims by "Orthodox [mainstream] Muslims": "Orthodox Muslims consider both Ahmadi movements to be heretics and non-Muslims for a number of reasons, chief among them being the question of finality of prophethood, since they believe members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community do not regard the Islamic prophet Muhammad to be the last prophet. The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement does not subscribe to this belief. Ahmadis claim that this is a result of misinterpreting Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's statements referring to his coming “in the spirit of Muhammed”, (similar to John the Baptist coming in the spirit and power of Elijah). Ahmadi Muslims believe Ghulam Ahmad to be the Mahdi and promised Messiah. Mainstream Muslims do not accept this claim, and do not believe Ghulam Ahmad to have fulfilled the prophecies about the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. According to mainstream Muslims Ghulam Ahmad's failiure to establish a perfect worldwide Muslim government invalidate his claim to be the promised Mahdi and Messiah and hence he is seen as a false prophet. A 1974 Declaration by the World Muslim League declared the Ahmadiyya movement to be outside the fold of Islam. World Muslim League held its annual conference at Makkah Al-Mukaramma Saudi Arabia from 14th to 18th of Rabiul Awwal 1394 H (April 1974) in which 140 delegations of Muslim countries and organizations from all over the world participated. Both Ahmadi movements are considered non-Muslims by the Pakistan government, and have this fact recorded on their travel documents. In contrast Ahmadi citizens from Western countries and other moderate Muslim nations perform Hajj and Umra as the Saudi government is not made aware that they are Ahmadis when applying for the visa. A court decision has also upheld the right of Ahmadiyyas to identify themselves as Muslims in India. As the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement’s view regarding Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s status as a Prophet is closer to traditional Islamic thought, the Literature published by the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement has found greater acceptability among the Muslim Intelligentsia. Some mainstream Muslims group both Ahmadi movements together and refer to them as “Qadianis”, and their beliefs as “Qadianism” (after the small town of Qadian in the Gurdaspur District of Punjab in India, where the movement's founder was born). However most, if not all, Ahmadis of both sects dislike this term as it has acquired derogatory connotations over the years and furthermore they prefer to differentiate their two separate movements. Furthermore, mainstream Muslims will not use the term “Muslim” when referring to Ahmadis, even though both sects refer to themselves as such citing the fatwas given by the Islamic scholars. However, as members of Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement deny the prophethood of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, some orthodox Islamic Scholars consider the Lahore Ahmadiyya as Muslims. In earlier times in Pakistan and India, there was widespread persecution of Ahmadis by certain Muslim groups. Sporadic violence as well as persecution of a more subtle nature against Ahmadis continues even today." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmaddiya

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