Ahmadias should be declared non-Muslim 

Thousands of Muslims from across the country and abroad gathered at Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday for the International Khatm-e-Nubuwwat grand conference, where Khatme Nubuwwat Bangladesh announced a year-long nationwide program demanding that Ahmadias (Qadianis) be officially declared non-Muslims.

The conference drew prominent religious scholars from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Egypt, and the Middle East, along with senior political figures, highlighting the growing intersection of religion and politics ahead of the national elections. Security at Suhrawardy Udyan was tight as thousands carried placards and banners supporting constitutional and legislative measures against the Ahmadi community.

During the conference, Maulana Muhyiddin Rabbani, Secretary General of International Majlis-e-Tahafuz-e-Khatme Nubuwwat Bangladesh, announced a year-long nationwide program to press for the official declaration of Ahmadias as non-Muslims.
He warned that if Qadianis were not officially declared non-Muslims, the National Ulema-Mashayekh Conference would announce increasingly stringent measures.

The program includes collecting signatures from scholars and supporters across the country until April 30, 2026, submitting memoranda to Deputy Commissioners in May and June, and holding division-level Khatme Nubuwwat conferences from July to November. If the demands remain unmet, a national Ulema-Mashayekh conference in December will determine the next course of action.

The conference was attended by leading religious and political figures of Bangladesh, including BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed, Islamic Andolan Bangladesh Ameer Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Ameer Maulana Shah Muhibbullah Babunagari, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh President Maulana Ubaidullah Faruq, and Mufti Abdul Malek, Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, alongside other senior scholars and political leaders.

Prominent international scholars included Maulana Fazlur Rahman (President, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan), Maulana Sayyid Mahmud Madani (President, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, India), Maulana Hanif Jalandhari (Secretary General, Wifaq ul Madarisil Arabia Pakistan), Shaikh Abdur Rauf Makki (World Nayeb-e-Ameer, International Khatme Nubuwwat Movement), Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Binnuri (Nayeb Muhatamim, Yusuf Bin Nuri Town Madrasa, Pakistan), Maulana Ilyas Ghuman (Pakistan), and Dr. Musaab Nabeel Ibrahim (Professor, Al-Azhar University, Egypt).

They stressed the importance of preserving the finality of prophet-hood and called on Muslim-majority nations to strengthen legal protections against what they described as "fitna movements."