A leader of the Ahmadiya Islamic minority on Tuesday implored US Muslims who would attack the country to leave, after a Pakistani-American was charged in a car bomb plot.<\/p>\n
The Ahmadiya, who mostly hail from Pakistan and other South Asian nations, break with mainstream Islam by not believing Mohammed was the last prophet. They also advocate a separation of mosque and state.<\/p>\n
Naseem Mahdi, the US Ahmadiya community\u2019s missionary-in-charge, said that Muslims across the United States faced both economic and social ruin unless they spoke up more loudly against violent elements.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to stand up and say that this is nonsense, this is not acceptable to us. If our loyalties are somewhere else, why should we be here and enjoy the benefits of this beautiful country?\u201d he told a news conference.<\/p>\n
He denounced US citizens who would attack the country as leading \u201chypocritical lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy advice to them is to be bold and leave and go and live in the land where their loyalties lie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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