By Mike Ghouce:

Indeed, I am concerned about Maulana Suharwardy’s comments about Ahmadiyya Muslims; the full email is appended below. As a Muslim and as a human, it is my duty to speak out when I see wrong, and thank Allah, I have stood up for every possible human I know of on this earth.
Continued: http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2012/12/syed-suharwardy-criticizes-ahmadiyya.html
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First of all, I am disappointed that he calls the community “Qadianis”, which is not how they want to be called – Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, the founder was from the town of Qadian, but the community prefers to be called Ahmadiyya Muslim community and we should honor that.

One of the Golden rules of interfaith groups is, we do not define others or put others in our imaginary cages, we respect the otherness of others. Muslims, Jews or Hindus simply do not like when a right wing Christian calls their faith a “Muhammadan cult” or “Christ Killers” or Idol worshippers respectively. We are much more civilized than that. We have to respect the otherness of others.

I take strong objection to Mr. Suharwardy’s reference, and I urge him to consult fellow interfaithers about the guidelines.

He asks, “Who appointed Mr. Masroor Ahmed “Khalifa of Islam” to speak about Islam?”
Mr. Suharwardy, it is a good question, you should have asked Osama Bin Laden, who authorized him to terrorize the world in the name of Islam? Who authorized the Muftis of Saudi Arabia to declare Shias to be infidels? Who authorized the Iranian Imams to declare Sunnis to be non-Muslims

Who authorized King Abdullah to claim to be the Guardian of the holiest places? Is he the Guardian or Allah the ultimate Guardian? The Ismaili community calls his highness Aga Khan as the Hazar Imam, the Shias do not agree with it, perhaps you may not either, but they believe. Do you dare question the usage of the title Ayatollah or Ruhollah, if you know the meaning of it? Is Jesus the only way?
Malaysia went through hilarious case of fighting to pass the ordinance that the Sikhs and Christians cannot call Allah for God, Huh! Is Allah their personal property? Thank Allah; the Muslim clergy did not win the case. Any one on the earth can call God, any name he or she chooses. By the way, the Sikh faith scriptures address God as Allah, Ishwar and other beautiful names. The Christian Arabs call Allah for God, indeed, Jesus Christ called God Elahi. Who authorized them? Is God and Islam any one’s property?
It’s a free world my friends and we have to learn to live freely with different claims. Let’s learn to respect the otherness of others, as long as they are not killing you, robbing you or confiscating your property or breaking a contract with you – let them live their life with their titles.
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