Talk:Death of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
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The following wording in the opening text is not factual:
"His death sparked great controversy surrounding the validity of his claims. Supporters have vigorously defended against these controversies while opponents have used them to point to various predictions and prophesies they say invalidate his rank and station."
To begins with the controversy regarding Mirza Ghluam Ahmad's claims was raging even prior to his death, and his death was not the sole cause of the same; which the opening line seems to imply - so it must be reworded. Similarly invlaidation of rank and station as a direct consequence of his death is too specifc without a particluar citation or further explanation. Furthermore "rank" and "stations" as paticualr terms remain undefined and hence could potentially be misleading to some one not fully conversant with all of his claims. I think the language can be simplified while conveying clearly why his death has come be a point of debate.
I propose:
"while his claims sparked great controversy during his lifetime between his supporters and detractors, a new issue was started by his critics after his death. Critics allege that the circumstances and timing of his death invalidate some of the predictions made by him, and hence cast serious doubt on his truthfulness and claims. His supporters however claim that both the manner and timing of his death were in accordance with all of his relevent predictions, and hence reaffirm his truthfulness and claims."
Sufaid 06:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
so...whats up with the italicized bits? just a little odd
[edit] Why were Ahmadiyya Accounts of the Death in the Article
In response to the question posed by VirtualEye in his edit deleting some text: The account of people's reaction to Ahmad's death from the Ahmadiyya account was initially put in the article by an anti-ahmadi editor as it selectively mentioned ONLY the dancing in the streets. To restore NPOV, the other reactions from the SAME account were also included in the article. After the full story was included, the whole text (including the selective anti-ahmadi parts)has now been deleted. Sufaid 06:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot 19:52, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Historical era
The Intro to this article needs to state the particular historical time period that pertains to its subject matter. This information is not supplied anywhere in the opening paragraphs, so I just stopped reading (though I did spot birth & death years in the Categories). Cgingold (talk) 15:53, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
