Views of Shia and Sunni Muslims About Ahmadis
Mainstream Islam of all sects, unanimously reject the claim of the Ahmadiyya Community that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a Messiah.
In 1974, Muslim World League, which represents 60 Muslim countries, passed a fatwa on Ahmadiyya, declaring them 'kafir' (Non-beleiver). This was then followed by various fatwas across well-respected Sunni and Shia scholars also declaring them as 'kafir' (Non-beleiver).
Also in 1974, Pakistan's parliament amended the country's constitution to legally define Ahmadis as non-Muslims: "A person who does not believe in the absolute and unqualified finality of the Prophethood of Muhammad(peace be upon him)... or claims to be a Prophet... or recognizes such a claimant as a Prophet or religious reformer, is not a Muslim..."
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