Source: assistnews.net
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — I asked my tailor, a hardworking man in his early forties, who works in his shop in a peaceful locality in Lahore where I have been living for the last 23 years. It was the day Pakistanis very enthusiastically cast their votes in hope to have better governance. He stared at me for long and replied aguishly, “No one. Our leader told us not to because we have no rights in the country and we are treated like animals.”
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He caught my confusion and further added, “I’m an Ahmadi. You might have heard about us?” The hurt on his face left me speechless. It was the first time he revealed his identity, confiding in me knowing well I am a Christian, a minority in Pakistan itself.
Ahmadis share center values and six basic articles of belief with Islam and Sunnis however there are some distinct beliefs that separate them from the basic teachings of Islam. Pakistan is the home to the largest population of Ahmadis in the world and in 1974, became the first and only state to declare Ahmadis “non-Muslims”. In 1984 the Pakistan military dictator further issued an ordinance of imprisoning those Ahmadis calling themselves Muslims, using public prayer rooms or using traditional Islamic greeting in public.
The hatred for Ahmadis is not only professed by lower social class of the society but openly… continue reading at assistnews.net
Categories: Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Asia, Islam, Pakistan
The problem is not with the Ahmadi Muslims but with their persecutors i.e Sunni & Shia Pakistani Mohammedans. The Shias may soon have to review their position on the interpretation of “Laa iqraa ha fid deen”, because they now know first hand how much they are hated by the Sunni majority because of their distinctive beliefs.
Unfortunately for the Ahmadi Muslims, who are currently in lesser numbers in Pakistan, they will continue to suffer persecution because they will NEVER give up on the belief that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) is the same Messiah-Prophet and Imam Mahdi that was prophesized by the Last law bearing Prophet (PBUH). From the ahamdi Muslim vantage point they will accept a thosand deaths but will NEVER disbelieve in the fulfillment of the prophecy of their master, Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH).
It may be okay to mistake an elephant for a cat, but it is not okay to persecute the elephant because it does not behave like a cat.