Indian Muslims Urged To Stay Away From Maulana Waheeduddin Khan’s Teachings

A prominent Islamic scholar of the Darul Uloom Deoband, a renowned Islamic seminary in India, has asked Muslims to keep away from from the speeches and writings of Maulana Waheeduddin Khan, according to an Urdu-language daily.

Maulana Shah Alam of the Darul Uloom Deoband criticized Maulana Waheeduddin Khan for having a ''soft corner [spot]'' for Qadianiat, i.e. the beliefs of Ahmadi Muslims, according to a report in the Urdu-language daily Roznama Sahafat.

Maulana Shah Alam leads a campaign against Ahmadi Muslims and in this role is an official of Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwat, a group that campaigns to enforce the belief that Islam's Prophet Muhammad was the last prophet of god.

Ahmadi Muslims, often dismissed as Qadianis and Mirzais, are criticized for not believing that prophethood ended with Muhammad.

Maulana Shah Alam brought up a 1978 article by Maulana Waheeduddin Khan in which he is supposed to have defended Ahmadi Muslims. ''In 1978, Khan, in his Al-Risala magazine, urged Islamic clerics not to denounce Qadianis,'' he added.

Maulana Waheeduddin Khan is an Islamic reformer and an author of more than 100 books on various issues in Islam. He publishes Al-Risala magazine from his base in New Delhi.

Source: Roznama Sahafat, India, June 21, 2010

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