According to them, it is an act of Islamic virtue to fire a pistol or gun at an innocent person. Where are those who will act like the Companions of the Holy Prophet and remain patient while suffering torture? Has God commanded us to capture complete strangers and cut them to pieces or to shoot them without reason or proof of an offence? Can a religion be from God if it teaches that you can enter paradise by killing His blameless and innocent creatures — to whom you have not even delivered the message? Is it not shameful that a complete stranger should be unjustly killed while occupied in his daily affairs, thus widowing his wife, making his children orphans, and turning his house into a funeral parlor?
—Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, from British Government and Jihad
These words were pronounced by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad over 100 years ago, but these words couldn’t be more timely today. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a leading figure in defending Islam when the sanctity of the religion was being attacked by the British government in India at the turn of the 20th century. During those times Hindus and Christian missionaries attacked Islam, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the leading figure in showcasing that Islam is a religion that creates peace in society. Today, the sanctity of Islam is being attacked on all fronts to the extent that the restriction of Muslims from entering the United States has come into consideration.
Indeed, it is shameful for any person to murder another. As a Muslim, it becomes more shameful when such a murder is committed in the name of Islam.