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Religious zealot Tanveer Ahmed admitted he murdering the Glasgow shopkeeper because he had insulted Mohammad by declaring himself a prophet online.

The 32-year-old will be sentenced next month but in a defiant call from the city’s Barlinnie jail – later posted on Youtube - he insists his killing was just and that he does not fear his punishment.

Referring to Mr Shah’s family as Qadiani – a derogatory term for their minority Ahmadi branch of Islam, in an Urdulanguage statement Ahmed says that he is untouched by their pain.

He said: “I stood guard on the honour of Prophet Muhammad and I shall do it again if I shall get a chance.

“My lawyer says that there is a lot of pressure from media, local lawyers politicians and Qadiani family which is mobilising pressure by meeting prosecutors and judges.

“But I am unmoved. If my God is happy with me then I don’t care if I get 100 years or even death.”

Judge Lady Rae condemned the ‘’despicable’’ crime after hearing the facts of the case

0 Asad Shah, who was murdered outside his shop in Shawlands

TANVEER AHMED at the High Court in Glasgow.

She told Ahmed: ‘’There’s no justification whatsoever for what you did.’’

Members of Mr Shah’s family, who moved from Pakistan to Scotland in the 1990s to escape persecution, did not attend the court hearing due to fears for their personal safety.

They belong to the Ahmadi sect of Islam whose beliefs differ from the majority of Muslims, prosecutors said.

Ahmed will return to court for sentencing on 9 August.

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