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We are and we aren't. . theologically we trend more sufi but in the way that Ahmadi Islam is practiced it is very close to orthodox Hanifi school Sunni Islam, most women wear hijab, we practice the 5 pillars etc.. Our translations of the arabic in the Holy Quran are very different from the traditional Suadi/wahabi translations. The thing is if you approach a text being mysogonistic or hateful/violent then that is how you are going to view the language. 
Like the verse about cutting off at the neck- its actually brilliant  strategy- it doesn't mean behead people, it means that you go at the root of the problem and finish it, strike at the heart of the hydra, not at its multiplying heads.  I mean how is advice on beheading people helpful to a software developer or baker? but all of the Holy Quran is advice for all people for all-time so it has to be applied metaphorically.  We believe that the applications of the verses change as the world we live in changes. We are thankfully not living in the premodern era, human civilization has come a long way since then and we should embrace that development and not try to go back to a past where no-one had access to modern medicine and education.

of course orthodox sunnis don't like this at all because then they can't blame the evil west and colonization for all of our problems  and can just wallow in anger and nostalgia (wow- they sound like trump supporters) but actually have to face the problems of building a healthy society dealing with the forces of modern technology and globalization.  [/quote]

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