Khatme Nubuwwat Academy

Khatm-e-Nubuwwat Academy (English:Finality of Prophethood Academy) is an Anti-Ahmadiyya[1] organisation located in Forest Gate, London, United Kingdom. The organization describes itself as leading an awareness campaign against "Qadiani propaganda",[2] a derogative term often used for Ahmadi Muslims.[2] The academy also studies, and publishes on theological concepts such as Khatam an-Nabuwwah, or Seal of the Prophets which in its opinion describes the absolute finality of Prophet Muhammad. The organization is loosely affiliated with similar organizations around the world, particularly with those in Pakistan.[2]

Criticism

In 2010, The Independent reported that the Khatme Nubuwwat Academy was inciting division between Ahmadis and Muslims. The article referred to a hate leaflet which under a freedom of information request was found not to exist. No leaflet was ever provided to the police despite multiple media outlets referencing it [3]

At the time, the website belonging to the Academy described Ahmadis as nothing but a gang of traitors, apostates and infidels. With reference to this, Akber Choudhry, a spokesman for the Academy stated, The words 'apostates' and 'infidels' are understood differently in English than in their Islamic theological sense, especially within the Urdu-speaking Muslims, and can be replaced by terms more sensitive to the current climate in which the connotations of these words have changed quite rapidly in the past few years .[2]

In 2018 an article in the New Statesman stated that "A cursory look at the website of the ‘Khatme Nubuwwat Academy’ displays the following language used to describe Ahmadi Muslims: “kafir” – a term that is intimidating with hostile connotations. The site also lists a quote allegedly taken from the poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal, stating, “Ahmadis are traitors both to Islam and to India”."[4]

In the media

After The Independent article, BBC[5] and Channel 4 [6] also picked up the story and alleged that pamphlets advocating the killing of Ahmadis had been distributed in South London. The allegations were found to be unproven and no leaflet was handed to the police. [7]

The Crown Prosecution Service decided that no crime had been committed and no charges were brought.[8] An Ahmadiyya spokesperson said that a judicial review was being considered and Lord Avebury asked for an inquiry into the CPS decision. However, no judicial review or inquiry occurred. Avebury remarked that the threshold for prosecution was too high and questioned why only one case had been filed since the law came into being.[8]

gollark: (although like the Newcomb's problem thing you run into the issue that if you perceive yourself choosing an option in the dilemma, you may just be a sufficiently accurate model someone else is using to pick options)
gollark: This is not how the dilemma is defined.
gollark: Oh, so you're dragging in ethics to shift the payoff matrix?
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gollark: If you do have very accurate models it runs into confusing recursions, but causally speaking it's still better to defect.

See also

References
  1. Haroon Siddique (October 7, 2012). "Ahmadi Muslims in UK call for urgent action against hate". The Guardian. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  2. Jerome Taylor (October 21, 2010). "Hardliners call for deaths of Surrey Muslims". The Independent. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  3. "Distribution of hate leaflets".
  4. Mughal, Fiyaz (19 July 2018). "We have turned a blind eye to extremism against the British Ahmadi Muslim community". www.newstatesman.com. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  5. "Ahmadiyya 'targeted by hate campaign'".
  6. "Hate crime investigation into threats against Ahmadi Muslims".
  7. "Distribution of hate leaflets".
  8. Omar Oakes. "CPS criticised for not prosecuting alleged Ahmadiyya Muslim hate crimes in Tooting". The Wimbledon Guardian.
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