TheFlyingPretzel
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I hear a lot about what you read in your holy books that were written by mortals about this group. Can you tell us what beliefs pertaining to lifestyle, conduct, content of character by ahmadis are unacceptable for those who oppose them?
for example ( am being just a bit exaggerated to make the point, please DO NOT take it as literally) : they believe in child slaughter, they believe in being rude to others, they believe in not helping out the unfortunate, they believe in only their way or highway, they are bigoted against other religions, they burn holy books, they draw cartoons.... what is it that they do as a result of their beliefs that is unacceptable on a humanitarian level?
It is not there actions which I call to question. For all its worth, there are probably better Ahmadis than there are Muslims. I happen to know a few, in a personal capacity, and I will testify that they are as compassionate and upright as other good people. Without renouncing the foregoing, however, I must emphasize as I stressed earlier that my misgivings with the Ahmadi faith is a matter, essentially, of textual interpretation as is their matter with mainstream Muslims.
It is what Ghulam Ahmad sought to do, not the creation of a new religion like Nanak, but the amendment of an existing one which alienated him from the followers of that faith. Ghulam's mission to hijack Islam and replace the 1,400 year-old Prophet who brought the original message to the people did not sink well with the Muslims of the time or the perennial Islamic texts which shun the possibility of another Prophet of Islam and call for his elimination. The alienation turned to rivalry which led to rejection and subsequently persecution of his followers, which has persisted since.
As it has therefore become evident, it is not the actions of the followers which are in dispute, but rather the very faith they believe in. It is a sorry state of affairs that they are treated as subhuman and not accorded the same rights that an ordinary Pakistani enjoys, but the onus for the persecution although understandably on the persecutor is also on the persecuted. All that an Ahmadi needs to do, to stop being persecuted is distance himself from the teachings of the Ghulam and become a Muslim. It really is not that hard, maybe for the adamant Ahmadi, yes, but not for the sensible, educated, understanding follower of the Ahmadi faith.