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At the 1974 annual World Muslim League conference held in Mecca and attended by 140 delegations of Muslim countries and organizations from all over the world, it was unanimously agreed that the Ahmadiyya are "a subversive movement against Islam and the Muslim world, which falsely and deceitfully claims to be an Islamic sect; who under the guise of Islam and for the sake of mundane interests contrives and plans to damage the very foundations of Islam."<ref name="World Muslim League">[http://www.alhafeez.org/rashid/rabita.html 1974 Declaration by World Muslim League (Rabita al-Alam al-Islami)] - Mohammad Bashir, 25th August 2000</ref> This act of excommunicating a person or group who alleges to be Muslim is called [[takfeer]]. | At the 1974 annual World Muslim League conference held in Mecca and attended by 140 delegations of Muslim countries and organizations from all over the world, it was unanimously agreed that the Ahmadiyya are "a subversive movement against Islam and the Muslim world, which falsely and deceitfully claims to be an Islamic sect; who under the guise of Islam and for the sake of mundane interests contrives and plans to damage the very foundations of Islam."<ref name="World Muslim League">[http://www.alhafeez.org/rashid/rabita.html 1974 Declaration by World Muslim League (Rabita al-Alam al-Islami)] - Mohammad Bashir, 25th August 2000</ref> This act of excommunicating a person or group who alleges to be Muslim is called [[takfeer]]. | ||
The sale, publication and distribution of Ahmadiyya literiture has also been banned in [[Bangladesh]],<ref name="BANGLADESH">[http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers13%5Cpaper1252.html BANGLADESH: State Inaction Encourages anti-Ahmadiyya Islamists] - The South Asia Analysis Group, February 14, 2005</ref> the Muslim Council of [[Britain]] have stated that members of the Ahmadiyya faith are "outside the fold of Islam", they have been banned from practicing their religion publicly in [[Indonesia|Indonesia's]] East Java, West Java, and South Sulawesi provinces,<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Religion/Indonesia-New-ban-imposed-on-Ahmadiyah-Islamic-sect_311748875213.html|2=2011-03-04}} Indonesia: New ban imposed on Ahmadiyah Islamic sect] - AKI, March 3, 2011</ref> and | The sale, publication and distribution of Ahmadiyya literiture has also been banned in [[Bangladesh]],<ref name="BANGLADESH">[http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers13%5Cpaper1252.html BANGLADESH: State Inaction Encourages anti-Ahmadiyya Islamists] - The South Asia Analysis Group, February 14, 2005</ref> the Muslim Council of [[Britain]] have stated that members of the Ahmadiyya faith are "outside the fold of Islam", they have been banned from practicing their religion publicly in [[Indonesia|Indonesia's]] East Java, West Java, and South Sulawesi provinces,<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Religion/Indonesia-New-ban-imposed-on-Ahmadiyah-Islamic-sect_311748875213.html|2=2011-03-04}} Indonesia: New ban imposed on Ahmadiyah Islamic sect] - AKI, March 3, 2011</ref> and Pakistan has officially declared them to be non-Muslims.<ref>Khan, Naveeda. [http://anthropology.jhu.edu/bin/i/d/Trespasses.pdf "Trespasses of the State: Ministering to Theological Dilemmas through the Copyright/Trademark"]. Sarai Reader 2005: Bare Acts. p. 184.</ref> | ||
Likewise, according to Ahmadi beliefs, only those who accept Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's prophethood are considered Muslims.<ref>"''It is incumbent upon us that we should not regard non-Ahmadis as Muslims, nor should we offer prayers behind them, because according to our belief they deny one of the messengers of Allah. This is a matter of faith. None has any discretion in this.''" - Mirza Mahmud Ahmad Qadiani, [http://www.irshad.org/exposed/think.php Anwar-e-Khilafat], Pg. 90</ref> On this view, neither [[Sunnis]] nor [[Shi‘ite|Shi‘ites]] are considered Muslim. | Likewise, according to Ahmadi beliefs, only those who accept Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's prophethood are considered Muslims.<ref>"''It is incumbent upon us that we should not regard non-Ahmadis as Muslims, nor should we offer prayers behind them, because according to our belief they deny one of the messengers of Allah. This is a matter of faith. None has any discretion in this.''" - Mirza Mahmud Ahmad Qadiani, [http://www.irshad.org/exposed/think.php Anwar-e-Khilafat], Pg. 90</ref> On this view, neither [[Sunnis]] nor [[Shi‘ite|Shi‘ites]] are considered Muslim. | ||