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| A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of the popular shopkeeper Asad Shah, whose fatal stabbing just before Easter left the multicultural community of Glasgow’s south side reeling with shock. | |
| Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Toller in Bradford, was charged with murder after Shah was discovered with serious injuries outside his newsagent’s shop in the Shawlands area of Glasgow, a few miles south of the city centre on 24 March. | Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Toller in Bradford, was charged with murder after Shah was discovered with serious injuries outside his newsagent’s shop in the Shawlands area of Glasgow, a few miles south of the city centre on 24 March. |
| The 40-year-old was taken to Queen Elizabeth university hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Ahmed admitted carrying out the murder charge at the high court in Glasgow on Thursday morning. | |
| Shah, whose final Facebook update, posted a few hours before his death, offered Easter greetings “to my beloved Christian nation”, was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. | Shah, whose final Facebook update, posted a few hours before his death, offered Easter greetings “to my beloved Christian nation”, was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. |
| This minority Muslim group faces persecution – most recently in Pakistan and Indonesia – and is treated with open hostility by many orthodox Muslims because it differs from their belief that Muhammad is the final prophet. | This minority Muslim group faces persecution – most recently in Pakistan and Indonesia – and is treated with open hostility by many orthodox Muslims because it differs from their belief that Muhammad is the final prophet. |
| Over the Easter weekend following Shah’s death, tributes flooded in for the much-loved shopkeeper, who moved from Pakistan to Scotland in the 1990s and was the eldest of seven siblings. Local residents who knew Shah described a gentle man who cared deeply for his community and every year would print out his own Christmas cards with personal messages for customers. | Over the Easter weekend following Shah’s death, tributes flooded in for the much-loved shopkeeper, who moved from Pakistan to Scotland in the 1990s and was the eldest of seven siblings. Local residents who knew Shah described a gentle man who cared deeply for his community and every year would print out his own Christmas cards with personal messages for customers. |
| More than 400 people, including Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, attended a candlelit vigil on Good Friday, the day after the killing, organised by two local women – one Muslim and one Christian – and publicised on social media with the hashtag #thisisnotwhoweare. An online fund set up by neighbours of the Shah family raised more than £100,000 in donations. | More than 400 people, including Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, attended a candlelit vigil on Good Friday, the day after the killing, organised by two local women – one Muslim and one Christian – and publicised on social media with the hashtag #thisisnotwhoweare. An online fund set up by neighbours of the Shah family raised more than £100,000 in donations. |
| In a highly unusual move, following his second court appearance in April, Ahmed released a statement though his lawyer claiming that he had killed Shah because he disrespected Islam, stating: “This all happened for one reason and no other issues and no other intentions. Asad Shah disrespected the messenger of Islam the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.” | |
| “When 1,400 years ago the prophet of Islam Muhammad peace be upon him has clearly said that: ‘I am the final messenger of Allah there is no more prophets or messengers from God Allah after me.’ It is mentioned in the Qur’an that there is no doubt in this book no one has the right to disrespect the sayings of the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and no one has the right to disrespect the prophet of Islam Muhammad peace be upon him.” | “When 1,400 years ago the prophet of Islam Muhammad peace be upon him has clearly said that: ‘I am the final messenger of Allah there is no more prophets or messengers from God Allah after me.’ It is mentioned in the Qur’an that there is no doubt in this book no one has the right to disrespect the sayings of the prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and no one has the right to disrespect the prophet of Islam Muhammad peace be upon him.” |