Muslim figure says Ahmadiyah a form of Islam

Din Syamsuddin: Muhammadiyah chairman. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)A leader of the country’s second-largest Muslim organization says the Ahmadiyah sect are members of Islamic society despite some of their beliefs differing from more mainstream forms of the religion.

Muhammadiyah secretary Abdul Muti said that acknowledgment was based solely on the will to maintain good relationships with Ahmadi counterparts.