 In April 2016, following the "religiously prejudiced" murder of a British Ahmadi Muslim, Asad Shah, the MCB denounced any form of murder, but also said nobody should be "forced" to accept the Ahmadiyya Community as part of the wider Muslim community.The MCB has been criticised by Martin Bright, among others, for failing to be truly representative.He said, in response to an article by Madeleine Bunting