LONDON // A British man who killed a fellow Muslim because he felt he had disrespected Islam was sentenced to at least 27 years in prison on Tuesday.
Tanveer Ahmed admitted stabbing and beating shopkeeper Asad Shah to death at his Glasgow convenience store in March.
Prosecutors said Ahmed, 32, told police his actions were motivated by Shah’s “disrespect [for] the Quran, the Prophet Muhammad, Allah and faith”.
Shah was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, which differs from mainstream Islam in that it doesn’t regard Muhammad as the final prophet.
Ahmed did not know his victim but had seen statements he posted online.
Judge Rita Rae sentenced Ahmed to life with no chance of parole for 27 years. She said he had committed a “barbaric” crime and shown no remorse.
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Farage on Muslim Brotherhood
Nigel Farage told Reform's annual conference that the party will proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood if he becomes Prime Minister.
"We will stop dangerous organisations with links to terrorism operating in our country," he said. "Quite why we've been so gutless about this – both Labour and Conservative – I don't know.
“All across the Middle East, countries have banned and proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood as a dangerous organisation. We will do the very same.”
It is 10 years since a ground-breaking report into the Muslim Brotherhood by Sir John Jenkins.
Among the former diplomat's findings was an assessment that “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” has “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
The prime minister at the time, David Cameron, who commissioned the report, said membership or association with the Muslim Brotherhood was a "possible indicator of extremism" but it would not be banned.
