Saturday, April 9, 2016

UK: Caliph of suburbia calls for peace | The Time / John Simpson


“Every year 500,000 people are joining us. The majority of the Ahmadis are in African countries — Ghana, Nigeria and francophone African countries.”

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By John Simpson | April 9, 2016

The suburbs of southwest London make a curious home for the head of a global caliphate under attack for its brand of Islam.

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the fifth caliph of the persecuted Ahmadiyya Muslim sect lives in exile in Southfields, a mile or so from the All England Club in Wimbledon.

Two weeks ago an Ahmadi shopkeeper in Glasgow was stabbed by a fellow Muslim because he had “disrespected the Prophet Muhammad”.

In his first interview since the killing, Mr Ahmad has told The Times of the plight of his people, cast out from their native Pakistan.  [more ...]


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