<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133</id><updated>2009-02-21T05:47:09.893Z</updated><title type='text'>Cough Remedy</title><subtitle type='html'>I left Ahmadiyyat because Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a liar and a charlatan. Find out why I believe this to be true.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>54</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-693638132047231983</id><published>2008-06-01T22:26:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-01T22:29:59.067+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I have moved!</title><summary type='text'>Please visit me at the new blog on the Ahmadiyya, where I will now be writing along with other great writers insha'Allah. This blog is now inactive. Please join us at TheCult.info/blog and debate at TheCult.info/forumWassalaam,Shahid</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/693638132047231983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=693638132047231983&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/693638132047231983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/693638132047231983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-have-moved.html' title='I have moved!'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-7323254638898304059</id><published>2008-01-21T01:59:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-01-21T02:01:36.394Z</updated><title type='text'>The End of Ahmadiyya?</title><summary type='text'>It certainly looks like the end of the road for the Ahmadiyya.In Indonesia, as in the rest of the Muslim world, the Ahmadiyya are not just considered a heretical sect by Muslims, but a treacherous one. By regularly denouncing Muslims as terrorists (but never overtly of course) they align themselves with those who despise Islam. By claiming victimhood despite claiming ownership to "The True Islam"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/7323254638898304059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=7323254638898304059&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/7323254638898304059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/7323254638898304059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2008/01/end-of-ahmadiyya.html' title='The End of Ahmadiyya?'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-7041378459813174614</id><published>2007-09-13T20:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T20:16:41.515+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YouTube videos'/><title type='text'>What I have been up to</title><summary type='text'>You might have noticed a drop in the frequency of these posts. Insha'Allah, I might well post here again, but in the meantime, I request that you watch my videos on YouTube. My username is shahidkamal and here are some current links:Mr. Mirza's RevelationsMr Mirza's HindlishWe Can What We Will DoWho is the Messenger?Mirza Saw God PersonifiedBreaking CrossesWords of SatanThe ghulam-Ahmadis had my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/7041378459813174614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=7041378459813174614&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/7041378459813174614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/7041378459813174614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-i-have-been-up-to.html' title='What I have been up to'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-117150311895712377</id><published>2007-02-15T01:27:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-12T23:22:38.646Z</updated><title type='text'>Mirza the Atheist</title><summary type='text'>It's really quite simple - Mirza Sahib was plagued by fear. He hated too much. His prophecies were primarily about disasters and the fear of poverty. They were about personal trivia too, the kind that a great man, never mind a prophet, has no concern about.Yes, Mirza Sahib wrote some good things too, let's not deny that. The point to bear in mind is that when you judge him on his prophecies (and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/117150311895712377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=117150311895712377&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/117150311895712377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/117150311895712377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2007/02/mirza-atheist.html' title='Mirza the Atheist'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-117150277634696750</id><published>2007-02-15T01:14:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-27T04:48:14.413+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mirzayam</title><summary type='text'>"God named me Mary in the third volume of Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya.  I was nurtured for two years as Mary and was raised in a womanly seclusion.  Then, the spirit of Jesus was breathed into me just as was done with Mary.  Hence, I was considered to be pregnant in a metaphorical manner.  After a period of several months, not exceeding ten, I was made Jesus out of Mary by the revelation embodied in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/117150277634696750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=117150277634696750&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/117150277634696750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/117150277634696750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2007/02/mirzayam.html' title='Mirzayam'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-116899657577518019</id><published>2007-01-17T01:11:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-21T10:59:54.323Z</updated><title type='text'>Reason to Leave...</title><summary type='text'>Why did I reject Mirza? There are many, many, many reasons. It wasn't a case of there being a "drip-drip" effect either. Every individual item made him look like a buffoon. Every single thing on its own made him look a little crazy. Take it all together and only the height of self-deceit could allow any sane person to believe his contradictory outpourings of blasphemy.I would like to present </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/116899657577518019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=116899657577518019&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116899657577518019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116899657577518019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2007/01/reason-to-leave.html' title='Reason to Leave...'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-116899621570070789</id><published>2007-01-17T01:07:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-17T01:10:15.703Z</updated><title type='text'>The Blasphemer</title><summary type='text'>No prophet has ever claimed revelations as blasphemous as those claimed by Mirza.How can any sane person say that this is the thinking of a Muslim? Muslims understand the Unity, the Majesty and the utter Incomparability of Allah (swt). However, Mirza claimed the following as a revelation, to this day, such garbage makes me shudder and I thank God that when faced with such nonsense, I had no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/116899621570070789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=116899621570070789&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116899621570070789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116899621570070789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2007/01/blasphemer.html' title='The Blasphemer'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-116899600279325965</id><published>2007-01-17T01:03:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-17T01:06:42.796Z</updated><title type='text'>The Fabricator</title><summary type='text'>We will start with the greatest man and the greatest prophet this world has ever had the fortune of knowing - Muhammad, peace be upon him, the Last in the Line of Prophets, the Khaatam an-Nabiyeen.Allow me to quote a hadith from Bukhari on the nature of revelation:Volume 1, Book 1, Number 4:Narrated Said bin Jubair:Ibn 'Abbas in the explanation of the Statement of Allah. 'Move not your tongue </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/116899600279325965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=116899600279325965&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116899600279325965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116899600279325965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2007/01/fabricator.html' title='The Fabricator'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-116718481653558880</id><published>2006-12-27T01:58:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-17T00:55:45.566Z</updated><title type='text'>Mirza's Christmas Gift to Jesus</title><summary type='text'>I thought it might be interesting for the readers of this blog to read some revealing thoughts that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad had about Isa (as), a prophet revered by Islam and mentioned often in the Noble Qur'an.I swear by Him in Whose hand is my life, that my God has honoured me with certain and absolute converse, and this is a daily occurrence. I find that the God Who was adjured by Jesus the Messiah</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/116718481653558880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=116718481653558880&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116718481653558880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116718481653558880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/12/mirzas-christmas-gift-to-jesus.html' title='Mirza&apos;s Christmas Gift to Jesus'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-116206471325231341</id><published>2006-10-28T20:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T00:21:24.603Z</updated><title type='text'>Prophets as Warners to the People</title><summary type='text'>In every case in the past when prophets came as warners - the cataclysmic events that ghulam-ahmadis cite as favours to Mirza, happened in the lifetimes of those prophets.Moses? Locusts, rivers of blood and Pharoah's army drowned, thus saving Moses? Check.Noah? Flood killing everyone bar those on the ark with him? Check.Lot? Stones from sky killing all bar him and his family - except his wife who</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/116206471325231341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=116206471325231341&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116206471325231341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/116206471325231341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/10/prophets-as-warners-to-people.html' title='Prophets as Warners to the People'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-114480482987214166</id><published>2006-04-12T02:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-11-01T08:53:26.286Z</updated><title type='text'>Don't call Muslims "kafir"</title><summary type='text'>I would like to present a straightforward case. It is very simple (like me) - and very easy to understand.Since I started calling the followers of Mr. Mirza Ghulam-Ahmadis I have found myself immensely disliked. I obviously struck a nerve. Good. Perhaps Ghulam-Ahmadis would like to know why I and other Muslims are justified in using this perfectly respectable and valid epithet to label a group </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/114480482987214166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=114480482987214166&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/114480482987214166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/114480482987214166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/04/dont-call-muslims-kafir.html' title='Don&apos;t call Muslims &quot;kafir&quot;'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-114436862968670959</id><published>2006-04-07T01:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T01:10:57.396+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Dead Religion of Ghulam-Ahmadism</title><summary type='text'>If there are 200 million Ghulam-Ahmadis...In the last 25 years, how many books in any recognised field published by the Ghulam-Ahmadis compared to Muslims?In the last 25 years, how many journalists produced by the GAs compared to Muslim journalists?In the last 25 years, how many prominent politicians produced by the GAs compared to Muslim politicians?In the last 25 years, how many prominent </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/114436862968670959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=114436862968670959&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/114436862968670959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/114436862968670959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/04/dead-religion-of-ghulam-ahmadism.html' title='Dead Religion of Ghulam-Ahmadism'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-114298440297468456</id><published>2006-03-21T23:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-08-25T15:32:59.043+01:00</updated><title type='text'>"A Very Good Idea"</title><summary type='text'>Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his followers are lovers of imperialistic hubris, plundering, genocide and destruction. Of course, no right-thinking-GhulamAhmadi (now there's an oxymoron) could ever admit to such thinking, but it is pervasive. GhulamAhmadism is not about submission to the Will of Allah (Islam). It is about submission to the powers-that-be.While the British empire were plundering India, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/114298440297468456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=114298440297468456&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/114298440297468456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/114298440297468456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/03/very-good-idea.html' title='&quot;A Very Good Idea&quot;'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-113952228337833128</id><published>2006-02-09T21:49:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-05-12T20:39:58.153+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Chanda vs. Zakat</title><summary type='text'>I've heard from Ghulam-Ahmadis that I focus on financial matters too much. How absurd. Their number skills are lacking, go through these posts and do the maths!. Whenever I mention money on Ahmediorg I'm told to leave jama'at Ahmadiyya alone, it's not my money and I'm apparently jealous. Please, gimme a break. I write passionately against it, because I believe it to be false and I want my friends</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/113952228337833128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=113952228337833128&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113952228337833128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113952228337833128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/02/chanda-vs-zakat.html' title='Chanda vs. Zakat'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-113935487167832648</id><published>2006-02-07T23:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-10-07T17:40:44.503+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Face Values</title><summary type='text'>The recent furore over some provocative and deeply offensive cartoons printed in the press across Europe raises some interesting questions, not least of which relates to Muslims' strict adherence to the principle of no pictorial depiction of ANY of the prophets, or of Allah (swt). The reasons are straightforward, but the outstanding reason is for the avoidance of shirk or idolatry.The question is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/113935487167832648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=113935487167832648&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113935487167832648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113935487167832648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/02/face-values.html' title='Face Values'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-113677641599330418</id><published>2006-01-09T03:07:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-01-09T03:13:35.996Z</updated><title type='text'>GhulamAhmadism</title><summary type='text'>Rasulullah (saw) was not a Ghulam-Ahmadi, and his rightly guided caliphs were not Ghulam-Ahmadis either. Are you Ghulam-Ahmadis suggesting that the Messenger (saw) and his rightly guided caliphs were not "true Muslims"?I have recently started to use the tag "Ghulam-Ahmadis" instead of "Ahmadis". This is not meant to be derogatory, it is meant to be precise. It is also a defence of Islam, in that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/113677641599330418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=113677641599330418&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113677641599330418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113677641599330418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/01/ghulamahmadism.html' title='GhulamAhmadism'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-113677566467013765</id><published>2006-01-09T02:57:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-01-09T03:01:04.683Z</updated><title type='text'>The Day of Arafah</title><summary type='text'>I only learned of the Day of Arafah once I had left the cult.Not a single elder, office-bearer, official, wannabe-khalifa-of-part-of-the-punjabi-nation EVER mention this day to me.And if they put their hands on their hearts and think for a minute, I'm sure a lot of GhulamAhmadis who are here, either contributing or silent, will not have heard about it before. Sure, many will lambast me and say "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/113677566467013765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=113677566467013765&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113677566467013765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113677566467013765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2006/01/day-of-arafah.html' title='The Day of Arafah'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-113382587725932628</id><published>2005-12-05T23:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-12-12T17:15:25.840Z</updated><title type='text'>Whose Message?</title><summary type='text'>Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed a revelation in 1898 from God:I shall cause thy message to reach the corners of the earth(Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya, volume IV)All previous messengers were appointed to spread the word of God. Suddenly, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claims a revelation where apparently, God Himself will spread Mirza Sahib's message!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/113382587725932628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=113382587725932628&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113382587725932628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/113382587725932628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2005/12/whose-message.html' title='Whose Message?'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-112712281174186841</id><published>2005-09-19T10:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T20:58:30.540Z</updated><title type='text'>Masroor the Clueless</title><summary type='text'>The record of Masroor the CluelessSo what has he contributed?Well, he has expanded the scope of Wassiyat. It's now even easier to join the higher rate tax club that guarantees you paradise. Of course, the descendants of Mirza Sahib, including Masroor Sahib's family, are exempt from this tax.He has stressed the importance of Ahmadi khilafat and is getting ready for a centenary celebration three </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/112712281174186841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=112712281174186841&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/112712281174186841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/112712281174186841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2005/09/masroor-clueless.html' title='Masroor the Clueless'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-112301532892988743</id><published>2005-08-02T21:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-08-02T21:42:08.930+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Double Standards</title><summary type='text'>Ahmadis have played shameless and devious word games when questioned about jihad. They have twisted meanings and ducked and dived between definitions of violence, qital, jihad and other concepts without conforming to the rules of fair debate.From their website:It (The Ahmadiyya Movement) strongly rejects violence and terrorism in any form and for any reason.Two things arise from this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/112301532892988743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=112301532892988743&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/112301532892988743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/112301532892988743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2005/08/double-standards.html' title='Double Standards'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-112301470725441339</id><published>2005-08-02T21:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-07T23:47:13.060+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Fear &amp; Loathing in Rabwah</title><summary type='text'>Ahmadis say about themselves (from their website)This (Ahmadiyyat) is the most dynamic denomination of Islam in modern history.Note please "of" Islam. And yet they reject Islam as a "dead and satanic religion". So someone explain to me how Ahmadis can be part of something they reject as "dead and satanic". Would they not by association be "dead and satanic" themselves?Either they are part of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/112301470725441339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=112301470725441339&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/112301470725441339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/112301470725441339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2005/08/fear-loathing-in-rabwah.html' title='Fear &amp; Loathing in Rabwah'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-111897815529892918</id><published>2005-06-17T04:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-06-17T04:15:57.020+01:00</updated><title type='text'>JFK</title><summary type='text'>"Ask not what khilafat can do for you. Ask what you can do for khilafat!" So said JFK (Jama'at's Final Khalifa) at a hastily arranged emergency MTA show earlier today.Ahmadiyya's top brass had been fighting apathy, inertia, lack of focus and a worrying exodus of its brightest minds to atheism, or worse still, Islam, for some years. They had convened this special broadcast to establish a new </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/111897815529892918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=111897815529892918&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/111897815529892918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/111897815529892918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2005/06/jfk.html' title='JFK'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-111591540343048176</id><published>2005-05-12T17:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-05-12T17:31:48.093+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Masih Fra'ud</title><summary type='text'>]Pure, inside and outBe kind and merciful to humanity, for all are His creatures: Do not oppress them with your tongue, or hands, or in any other way. Always work for the good of mankind. Never unduly assert yourselves with pride over others, even those who are placed under you. Never use abusive language for anyone, even though he abuses you. Be humble in spirit, kind and gentle, and forgiving, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/111591540343048176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=111591540343048176&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/111591540343048176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/111591540343048176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2005/05/masih-fraud.html' title='The Masih Fra&apos;ud'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-111521131220823903</id><published>2005-05-04T13:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-05-04T13:55:12.216+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Did MGA add any value to Islam?</title><summary type='text'>I was reminiscing today. I remembered Jalsas, Khuddam meetings, events, khutbas from the progeny of Mirza Sahib and other such things.I realised that nothing in jama'at Ahmadiyya actually added any value to Islam. There was no revival, no reform, not even a visible adherence to the basic tenets of Islam, though I saw many people within the jama'at who were (and most likely still are) devout in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/111521131220823903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=111521131220823903&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/111521131220823903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/111521131220823903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2005/05/did-mga-add-any-value-to-islam.html' title='Did MGA add any value to Islam?'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10380133.post-111344744555868138</id><published>2005-04-14T03:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-04-14T03:57:25.560+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Message - Part 3</title><summary type='text'>I would like to tell you all about my perfect dreamIn which I saw RasulAllah and Hadhrat IbrahimI was in a conference hall with tables in neat rowsThe pilgrims there were arguing and some had come to blowsThey ran around the tables knocking over chairs and foodSurely, they knew who was coming? Why were they so rude?Incongruent, they all were dressed in pilgrim's robes of whiteOblivious to who our</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/feeds/111344744555868138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10380133&amp;postID=111344744555868138&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/111344744555868138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10380133/posts/default/111344744555868138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://coughremedy.blogspot.com/2005/04/message-part-3.html' title='The Message - Part 3'/><author><name>Shahid</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07631500081177694947'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>