Are Ahmadis Not True Muslims? — Page 6
6 ? worldwide campaign against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, then these opponents should remember that there are 73 sects in Islam and many of the major sects call their adversaries infidels. However, none of them is willing to accept itself as infidels, and they all proclaim themselves to be Muslims. If the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community does the same, why should it be treated differently? Accusations of apostasy abound in the Islamic world and are so widespread that no sect or class has been spared. A well- known Muslim journalist of the Indo-Pak subcontinent, Maul a n a Abdul-Majeed Salik, has critically examined this problem and has written, quoting page 2 of the book, J a mi‘ush- Shaw a hid : All great and eminent Muslims in the history of Islam as well as all the sects in the Muslim world are considered to be disbelievers, apostates, and outside the pale of Islam according to one or the other group of religious leaders. In the realm of the Shariah [religious law] and t ar i qat [path of devotion], not a single sect or a single family has been spared the accusations of apostasy. ( Musalm a no n k i Takf i r k a Mas‘alah, by Maul a n a Abdul-Majeed Salik, pp. 7–8, printed by Naqoosh Press Lahore, Anjuman Ta h affu z -e-Pakistan Lahore)