| Comment | It’s a basic, if not the fundamental belief that differentiates Islam from the other Judaic religions that Mohammed is the final prophet of god and there will be no more after him.
Ahmedi’s or Mirzai’s are a cult/sect who believe in a relatively contemporary prophet who succeeded Mohammed. A bit like Mormons I guess.
They were officially branded as apostate if they call themselves Muslim, and suffer a lot of persecution for this. If they call themselves non-Muslim then there’s no way for Muslims to justify persecuting them. Not to say that they won’t be persecuted regardless, but that’s the theory. They suffer a lot in the sub-continent especially.
The shop keeper who was murdered was a poor guy suffering from significant mental health issues, and was professing himself as the messiah and the real prophet of god. For Muslims this is sacrilege, but abusing or persecuting someone with mental health issues is also against the faith. The murderer was not representative of the prevailing view in the Muslim community. He came up from England to murder this man, who was well liked by all accounts. |
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