Do Ahmadis Deserve to Live in Pakistan?

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This article has been written on August 31, 2012 in The Friday Times by Yasser Latif Hamdani. He (born 5 June 1980) is a lawyer and writer based in Lahore, Pakistan. He has been writing for The Friday Times. As a lawyer, he has argued several public interest litigations before the Lahore High Court, including the Bhagat Singh case and the YouTube case where he is arguing for unblocking of the website. He is also well known for his advocacy for an end to persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan and for their equal voting rights. The author writes this article under the influence of current situation of sectarian violence, the problems face by Ahmadis in Pakistan and how they are living in this country without basic rights. He successfully tells the reader about the prevailing conditions of Ahmadis by giving the references of the tragic events happened to them in the past few years but the examples given by him are baseless. His analysis about this topic is not very deep and inadequate as his article is totally based on examples. Although, the writer seems to be biased in this article by giving only facts in favour of Ahmadis and events happened to them but it seems to be inappropriate because of his contradictory statements and baseless examples.

The article deals with consideration of Ahmadis as heterodox in Pakistan and how they are dealt with brutality and cruelty in different areas of Pakistan. After the amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan, the government authorities as well as people of Pakistan have started to eliminate the Ahmadis from the country by killing them, destroying their worship places and exiled them. By forgetting their contribution in the making and progress of country, Ahmadis are hatred by their own pe...

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...t in Pakistani schools, his name has been erased from the textbooks” (AMANPOUR). Although he is an Ahmadi but his contributions to this country cannot be forgotten due to sectarian discrimination. By using the phrase “wonders never cease”, the writer wants to tell his reader how one’s achievements are forgotten in one’s own country.

In paragraph 16, the writer compares the prevailing condition of Ahmadis after the implementation of laws with the condition of Jews after the implementation of “Nazi Nuremberg Laws”. In the Nazi Nuremberg Law, Jews are not allowed to marry with Christians or Aryans (JVL). Similarly, after the 2nd amendment in the constitution of 1973, the Ahmadis were declared “Non- Muslim” (Tanveer). Although writer uses comparison in this paragraph by giving examples of Jews and Ahmadis yet he do not explain what is the meaning of Nazi Nuremberg Law.

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