73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at

73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at — Page 12

73 DIVISIONS IN ISLAM AND ONE TRUE JAMA’AT 12 has stripped half a million members of the Ahmadiyya community of their religious status as Moslems. The excommunication of such a large number claiming to be Moslems by a political institution is a unique event in the 1400 years of the history of Islam. T he burden of taking the measure fell on the National Assembly because Islam rejects priesthood and the Moslems, although divided into 72 sect s , do not have a church or a pope. Religious edicts handed down by muftis or religious scholars are not binding on any individual or body of Moslems. ” Clearly , according to these newspapers there existed 73 sections in Islam, one Jama’at - e - Ahmadiyya and the rest of the 72 (A full list of the sects in Islam is included in Appendix II). The rest of the 72 sects were unanimous and happy and formed a party (a set) excluding the one (the other set) from Islam. Although they all had fatwas declaring one another to be kafirs, when it came to the question of Ahmadi Muslims they were all united so that there remains no doubt as to the identity of 72 and one making a tota l of 73. I have already established that Jews had 72 sects at the time of Messiah, so this hadith would be reflecting the time of Messiah among Muslim Ummah, which all Muslims today believe is also the time of the appearance of the Mahdi.