On the news item that “Kyrgyz Officials Reject Muslim Sect” an anti-Ahmadiyya propagandist posted the usual diatribe against Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Someone asked me to respond to it so I posted the following response:

Joshua Goldstein does not know anything about Islam and is trying to become a judge without any authority to decide who is a Muslim or not. Wow!

1) Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a Muslim sect who believes in the Messiah, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. All other Muslims also believe that a Messiah will come in Islam. The only difference is that other Muslims are waiting forever while Ahmadi Muslims accepted the Messiah who came with Mighty Signs fulfilling prophecies of Holy Prophet Muhammad(saw)

2) Calling an open community like Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as cult in itself shows how shallow is Joshua Goldstein (a fake identity) trying to prove nothing! Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is an open community with its mosques open for all people to come and pray. There is nothing cultish about Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, however those who leave the community follow a cult called Anti-Ahmadiyya and follow secret rituals including lying and deceit for the purpose of suppressing truth. Looks like Joshua Goldstein is a member of that cult.

3) The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has published Holy Quran translation into English and 70 other languages and its translation has been praised to be best by Saudi authorities as well. There is no doubt that different sects will disagree on the translation. However if Ahmadiyya translation defends the Holy Quran and non-Ahmadi translations offend it, then it is pretty clear whose translation should be adopted.

4) Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is at the forefront of defending Islam and Muslims in every part of the world. They do not sit behind computer screens to malign others like Joshua Goldstein is doing here. They go out in public to spread the true message of peace of Islam. I’m myself involved in it so I know first hand. Muslims For Life, Muslims for Peace and Muslims for Loyalty are some of the latest campaigns run by thousands of volunteers of Ahmadiyya Muslims. Nowhere in any campaign any Muslim has been maligned. However if Joshua Goldstein likes to praise terrorists and supports terrorists ideologies and call them Islamic then shame on such people who malign Islam and Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Peace to all who follow the guidance.

There is no shortage of murtadeen (reverts) in Islam. Those who leave Ahmadiyya Muslim Community are only going back to the darkness. Ahmadiyyat teaches us to be true Muslim by following the teachings of Holy Quran and Holy Prophet Muhammad(saw) in our lives. What do Mullahs teach? Show me the light and I’ll follow. The light of this age is Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani(as) The Promised Messiah and Mahdi. The one who cuts his ties with him will fall into darkness.

Someone asked on this blog that old Jesus(as) can still come back, to which I replied that why do you reject the verses of the Holy Quran that prove he died like all other prophets and he cannot be alive in the skies and I gave this link that prove conclusively from the Holy Quran that Jesus(as) cannot be alive since 2000 years. I also gave this link that lists the past scholars of Islam that agree on the natural death of Jesus(as). Instead of reading it and discussing the fine points, the gentleman replied: “first of all i dunt consider u guys to be muslims….since u dunt believe in khatm e nabuwwat….”

You can see who loves Holy Quran

Here is my reply:

1. We are not asking for your opinion if you consider someone Muslim or not. God will not judge anyone by what you think. However He will judge you according to His teachings that we find in Holy Quran and Hadith.
2. Ahmadi Muslims believe in Khatam-e-Nabuwwat exactly like Holy Prophet(saw) was Khatam-un-Nabiyeen. And not how you think he should be. Again you are not the authority on the subject, the authority is Holy Quran and Hadith.

So get this misconception out of the way that Ahmadis do not believe in Khatam-e-Nabuwwat. It is the other way around. You are the ones who do not believe Holy Prophet(saw) to be Khatam-un-Nabiyeen. Instead you believe Jesus(as) to be last prophet on earth.

Now if you have a few minutes please spend them in reading Holy Quran and the verses I quoted that prove that old prophet Jesus who was a prophet for Bani Israel only, and died like all other past prophets. Stop throwing statements like “you are kaffir”. They will not help you anyway, except to keep your ego high. May Allah shower His Mercy on you and grant you courage to accept the verdict of the Holy Quran and Holy Prophet(saw).

This question was posted on the Yahoo! answers website and the responses posted by ignorant Internet users were typical of the anti-Ahmadiyya propaganda. I posted this as an answer:

You can learn about Ahmadiyya Islam at their official website http://www.alislam.org

They believe that the Messiah and Mahdi being awaited by Muslims has arrived in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, to spread the true peaceful message of Islam to the corners of the world. They have missions all around the world. Their members contribute and donate to spread the message and build mosques. They have just built the biggest mosque in Canada and are now building one in Ireland. They built the first mosque in Spain after 700 years. They run 24/7 TV channel called Muslim TV Ahmadiyya (http://www.mta.tv) again run by the donations of their members (unlike oil money of Arabs training terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan)

They have translated Holy Quran (yes of course same Holy Quran that was revealed to Holy Prophet) into 70 languages of the world and have established their missions in 190 countries.

Rest of the Muslims are still waiting for the Messiah/Mahdi.

That is only difference. Rest is all propaganda and lies by detractors.

I am writing to inform you of the continuous and repeated violations of human rights in Indonesia. As you must be aware, on February 6th 2010, 3 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at were publicly killed in the streets of Cikeusik. The attack was conducted by some 700 people. Police failed to stop this even though they had been warned a few days before about an impending attack on the local Ahmadi Muslims. Reportedly, the attackers came to the local centre of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaaat, prepared with machetes, spears, knives and other weapons.

Even more appalling was that this attack was also caught on amateur video with a barbaric beating of two dead young men who already lay dead on the ground. I reiterate, they were not moving and yet they were continually being beaten and in the background you heard the crowd chanting “Allah o Akbar”. This video has now gone viral and has been submitted to various human rights organizations and has spread across the world. The attackers are clearly identifiable in this video. Up until now, no one has been arrested in regard to this event. We trust that the government will make every effort to arrest and charge those involved in this heinous act.

The members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at urge you to take action and stop the barbaric persecution of Ahmadis. According to the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, Section XI, Article 29: “The State guarantees each and every citizen the freedom of religion and of worship in accordance with his religion and belief.” The acts of violence against the Ahmadi’s are a clear infringement of this and a clear violation of basic human rights.

I am writing to encourage the government of Indonesia not to stray from the path of equal rights of its citizens. The current path of religious intolerance will only continue to escalate and worsen if nothing is done to help. I implore that the government, take a stance of justice and protect its minorities from all religious intolerance. As a Muslim, I’m spreading the word of these injustices to others and I want to ensure that we will not stop spreading the word of this persecution until the people responsible are brought to justice and Ahmadi Muslims safety is guaranteed in your country.