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Ghulam Ahmad was a religious figure who claimed to have fulfilled the prophecies about the world reformer of the end times, who was to herald the Eschaton as predicted in the traditions of various world religions and bring about the final triumph of [[Islam]] as per [[Islamic Prophecies|Islamic prophecy]]. He claimed that he was the Mujaddid (divine reformer) of the 14<sup>th</sup> Islamic century. | Ghulam Ahmad was a religious figure who claimed to have fulfilled the prophecies about the world reformer of the end times, who was to herald the Eschaton as predicted in the traditions of various world religions and bring about the final triumph of [[Islam]] as per [[Islamic Prophecies|Islamic prophecy]]. He claimed that he was the Mujaddid (divine reformer) of the 14<sup>th</sup> Islamic century. | ||
Orthodox followers of Islam do not consider the Ahmadis to be Muslims,<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8711026.stm Who are the Ahmadi?] - BBC News, May 28, 2010</ref> due to their beliefs, as with the beliefs of the [[Persecution of | Orthodox followers of Islam do not consider the Ahmadis to be Muslims,<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8711026.stm Who are the Ahmadi?] - BBC News, May 28, 2010</ref> due to their beliefs, as with the beliefs of the [[Persecution of Bahais in Iran|Baha'is]] and [[Qur'an Only Islam - Why it is Not Possible|Qur'anists]], differing vastly from those of mainstream Islam.<ref name="World Muslim League"></ref> This has lead to the widespread [[persecution]] and killing of Ahmadis around the world.<ref>Omar Oakes - [{{Reference archive|1=http://i41.tinypic.com/2dcfml3.jpg|2=2011-12-07}} Preaching hate on our streets] - Surrey Comet, August 27 - September 2, 2010</ref><ref>Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens - [{{Reference archive|1=http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/3354|2=2011-12-07}} Incitement to Murder Muslims in Surrey] - Standpoint, September 1, 2010</ref><ref name="BBC"></ref><ref name="BANGLADESH"></ref> | ||
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> | 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> | ||