LM wrote about Ahmadis recently in connection with one of their flock the Lib Dem candidate in Tooting Nasser Butt trying to stir up a bit of tension claiming he was threatened by Sadiq Khan supporters.
The accusations of threats against Ahmadis have been taken up by Jerome Taylor in the Independent so being a bit of traditionalist I thought the first thing I should do is check for evidence. The article seems to rely on Pakistan and one or two Ahmadi mosques being attacked however, Pakistanis currently sadly seem to be in the habit of blowing up mosques belonging to all sorts of different schools of thought within Islam including Sunni and Shia so Ahmadis are no different to anyone else in having their mosques attacked.
I then thought perhaps there may be some detailed evidence in the UK of criminal coordinated acts because after all, the Independent according to Taylor did carry out an "investigation" which revealed a "major escalation of sectarian conflict within British Islam". The evidence Taylor has uncovered was a girl alleging she had been given a leaflet which the Police are investigating and a few silly quotes. In addition "Sunni Preachers" which I assume is a reference to Sheikh Suliman Gani have urged a boycott of Ahmadi businesses. I boycott Tesco because of their made in Israel products, vegetarians boycott butchers, etc etc so what.
My point, well the Independent is a serious paper unlike the red tops so I expect a bit more in terms of smoking gun evidence when you run with a story heading "Hardliners call for deaths of Surrey Muslims". Sadly a poor alarmist article cobbled together and appearing to plagiarise from the Wandsworth Guardian with ironically little independent verifiable evidence to substantiate the claims of threats.
Don't Give Up!
15 hours ago
What do you call it when even the most 'moderates' of scholars like Dr Tahir ul Qadri consider them worthy of killing without any option for repentance?
ReplyDelete"For three days from November 14 to 17, 1985 Dr Qadri presented his arguments continuously before the Federal Sharia Court of Pakistan to determine the quantum of punishment to be awarded to a person guilty of contempt of the finality of the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him), an extremely delicate legal matter.
He established, on evidence from the Quran and Sunna, that a person guilty of contempt of the finality of the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) deserved death sentence and the punishment will be imposed as Hadd.
The act of contempt of the finality of the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) is a crime, which cannot be tolerated whether its commission is direct or indirect, intentional or un-intentional. The crime is so sanguine that even his repentance cannot exempt him from the penalty of death. Dr Qadri placed a massive array of arguments before the learned Court and particularly stressed the point that no lacuna should be allowed in the legal structure of an Islamic state to encourage this form of sacrilege."
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