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 controversy began with a landmark decision on 6 February, when the Pakistan Supreme Court ordered the release of Mubarak Sani, an Ahmadiyya arrested last year for distributing the ‘Tafseer-i-Sagheer' text.
At least 36 Ahmadiyyas have been arrested and nine FIRs filed against them. These people, mostly from Pakistan’s Punjab province, have been charged with illegally performing animal sacrifice on Eid al-Adha.
One social media post on Holi was enough to weaken the foundations of the country, put Islam in danger and bring to the fore the age-old question — Kya Pakistan iss liyay bana tha?
According to Jamaat Ahmadiya Punjab spokesperson Aamir Mahmood, on 22 August, unidentified people desecrated the graves in a walled communal graveyard in Faisalabad district, some 150 kms from Lahore.
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In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.
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Will the international community take note of this? Will the UN put out a statement condemning this and calling for Pakistan to treat every citizen equally?
Just imagine for once, if this had happened in India – if an Indian court had ordered that property owned by a Hindu cannot be inherited by Muslims and Christians.
Pakistan is an excellent example of what happens when a nation is defined based on ethnicity, faith or culture. India would do very well to learn from this and stay away from this folly,
Will the international community take note of this? Will the UN put out a statement condemning this and calling for Pakistan to treat every citizen equally?
Just imagine for once, if this had happened in India – if an Indian court had ordered that property owned by a Hindu cannot be inherited by Muslims and Christians.
Pakistan is an excellent example of what happens when a nation is defined based on ethnicity, faith or culture. India would do very well to learn from this and stay away from this folly,