Zain Ahmed is an Ahmadi, a member of Pakistan’s most persecuted religious minority. He is the great-great-grandson of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the 19th-century founder of the Ahmadiyya movement.
Last week, 27 Ahmadis were attacked by members of the radical religious party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, in Punjab’s Bahawalnagar. Citizens are now calling for a ban on the party.
Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal retrospectively applied the provisions of Article 260(3) of Pakistan’s Constitution, which defines 'Muslim' and 'non-Muslim' for legal purposes.
The video, posted on the school's official Facebook page, shows students attacking an effigy. The caption reads 'Students expressing hatred towards those who falsely claim to be Prophets'.
Nobel laureate Abdus Salam remains a controversial figure in Pakistan because of his Ahmadi faith. But now, my documentary will finally be seen where it matters most.
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Well, technically, Holy Book 2:221 forbids Muslimat from marrying outside the faith at all, and Ahmediyyas are (at least legally) considered outside the fold of Islam (never mind they hold the same views on us nonbelievers as the rest of the lot). So these objections may be morally wrong but not Islamically.
Ahmadis were the foremost proponents of the Two Nation theory. They led the Pakistan Movement which resulted in the partition. But today they find themselves much more safe and secure in India – a country they betrayed and backstabbed.
Well, technically, Holy Book 2:221 forbids Muslimat from marrying outside the faith at all, and Ahmediyyas are (at least legally) considered outside the fold of Islam (never mind they hold the same views on us nonbelievers as the rest of the lot). So these objections may be morally wrong but not Islamically.
Ahmadis were the foremost proponents of the Two Nation theory. They led the Pakistan Movement which resulted in the partition. But today they find themselves much more safe and secure in India – a country they betrayed and backstabbed.