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Com Faithful killers, fatal worship (We are publishing Malik Rashids article in the backdrop of the recent massacre o f Ahmaddiyyas in Pakistan which first appeared on Ibrahim Sajid Maliks website, a long with some of the comments it evoked. Editor) By Malik Rashid Friday prayer congregations at two Ahmadiyya mosques were attacked by grenades, gun-fire and suicide-bombers in Lahore. More than 90 individuals lost their live s and over 100 suffered wounds. Taliban of Punjab claimed responsibility. Journalists reporting the hour long brutality might have been surprised to know that Ahmadiyya worship places cannot be referred as mosques, according to a consti tutional amendment introduced by General Zia-ul-Haq. Ahmadiyya is a sect that came into being in early 20th century among Punjabi Mus lims. Besides making fantastic claims like all other religions, Ahmadis relinqui shed Jihad(Holy war) by sword, and resolved to rely on the power of argument. Religious extremism, especially killing and persecution of Ahmadi-Muslims in Pak istan is as old as the country itself. An army doctor, Major Mahmood was murdere d by a mob of mullas in Quetta in 1948. A martial-law was imposed in Lahore to c urb anti-Ahmadi riot in 1953. Muslim League made an alliance with Ahrar, the Ahmad i-haters, in the elections of 1951 and the religious zealots celebrated Yom-e-Tas hakkur (thanksgiving) because no Ahmadi made it into the parliament. Mian Daulata na, the Muslim-League Chief Minister, was sacked by the Governor General after t he 1953 riot. A prominent TV journalist was recently caught on tape talking to Punjabi Taliban against the Ahmadis. Attempt to show strength against Facebook by religious sec tions did not gain much support among Muslims in Pakistan and abroad. This bruta lity against unarmed, innocent worshipers could have been another show-off by Is lamic extremists who fear extinction. As families in Lahore grieve the demise of their loved ones, Pakistanis all over the world feel perplexed over the resolve of those who should be fighting the s courge of Taliban. Quoting instances of Taliban presence in Punjab, a Dawn edito rial expressed, What more will it take to convince the provincial government that the Punjabi Taliban are a reality that cannot be wished away? The ruling Muslim League in Punjab enjoys friendly relations with Jihadi outfits for political gains like the Muslim League of 1953. Talking to media, Senior Ad visor to Punjab Chief Minister Zulifiqar Khosa said that an operation was starte d in the tribal areas because the writ of the government was challenged, but Pun jab is not facing such problems. Justice Munir and Justice Kayani wrote in their report on anti-Ahamadiyya riot o f 1953, If there is one thing that has been conclusively demonstrated in this inq uiry, it is that provided you can persuade the masses to believe that something they are asked to do is religiously right or enjoined by religion, you can set t hem to any course of action, regardless of all considerations of discipline, loy alty, decency, morality or civic sense.

A proper analysis of religious extremism and its influence on military, politics and government could help us understand the problem in its depth and width. Aft er condemning Arabs for the 9/11 terrorist incidents and invading Afghanistan in 2001, US media has been identifying Pakistan as the root-problem. USA and their allies are waging a war against the terrorists to address their ow n security problem but Pakistanis have been mutilated and oppressed by these fai thful warriors for ever. Educated Pakistanis must rise up against religious fana ticism if they do not want to see their country descend into a Somalia. ----The comments: Imran Says: May 30th, 2010 at 4:04 am Please correct it that both the mosques belong to only one sect and that is ahma diyyah jamaat. Some people specially mullahs are trying to spread lies like the other sect Lahori jamaat has severe enmity so they can be involved but they cant qu ite a single evidence of violence by any of these sects. Mullahs are just trying to divert attention from them because they know they are spreading hatred again st Ahmadis openly and you can see many many posters, stickers etc. carrying utte r hate against Ahmadis on public places and even in public transport. Ahmadis ar e prime victims of target killings specially under this government rather under all governments except Musharrafs. Many innocent men and even women have been kil led in their homes or way to their homes mercilessly but not a single murderer h as been caught. One thing is common in almost all these killings that these kill ings happened after a few days of hatred session held by Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Kh atm-e-Nubuwwat near the home of to be martyred innocent targets. These wicked Mul lahs hold these sessions in the name of saving honor of prophet hood of Muhammad( PBUH). They openly motivate to kill Ahmadis in these sessions. You can view thei r website which is doing the same at http://www.khatm-e-nubuwwat.com Shahbaz sha rif the minister of Punjab supports them in every possible way in these killings e.g. by not letting any of the killers arrested and in recent massacre by not p roviding any securities to Ahmadi mosques in spite of being notified by federal government of the threats coming to Ahmadis regarding these mosques. He should b e arrested and punished for this criminal and intentional negligence. By the way I was inside the mosque in garhi shahu at the time of attack and witness of thi s act of utmost cruelty. Imran Ali Says: May 30th, 2010 at 1:01 pm Mr. Ibrahim Sajid Malick- If you dont remove this article I am going to lodge an FIR against you for blasphemy. You have refered to Qadiani place of worship as n auzbillah mosque. This is haram and against law in Pakistan. You MUST REMOVE THIS ARTICLE BY June 1st, 2010. Imran Ali, 820/C Block 2 P.E.C.H.S, Tariq Road Near Jheel Park Karachi, Pakistan Ph: ++92-21-4554088 Malik Rashid Says: May 30th, 2010 at 1:27 pm Imran I stand corrected. I had picked up that misinformation on the two mosques belong ing to two sects from a TV program. I apologize. Thanks.

Malik Rashid Says: May 30th, 2010 at 1:31 pm Imran Ali My name is printed as the author of this article, in case you missed it. I stron gly condemn the ghastly murders of Ahmadi-Muslims at the two mosques in Lahore o n Friday. Peace. Imran Ali Says: May 30th, 2010 at 3:11 pm You still have one to delete this article. Otherwsise FIR will be lodged under P PC 298-B and 298-C in Firozabad thana. 298-B Misuse of epithet, descriptions and titles, etc. Reserved for certain holy personages or places. Any person of the Qadiani group or the Lahori group (who call themselves Ahmadis or by any other name) who by words, either spoken or written or by visible repr esentation: refers to or addresses, any person, other than a Caliph or companion of the Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), as Ameerul Momneen, Khalifat-ul-Momneen, Khalifat-ul-Muslim een, Sahaabi or Razi Allah Anho; refers to or addresses, any person, other than a wife of the Holy Prophet Mohamm ed (PBUH), as Ummul-Mumineen; refers to, or addresses, any person, other than a member of the family (Ahle-Bai t) of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), as Ahle-Bait; or refers to, or addresses, any person, other than a member of the family (Ahle-Bai t) of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), as Ahle-Bait; or refers to, or names, or calls, his place of worship as Masjid; shall be punished with imprisonment or either description for a term which may extend to three ye ars, and shall also be liable to fine. Any person of the Qadiani group or Lahore group, (who call themselves Ahmadis or by any other names), who by words, either spoken or written, or by visible repr esentations, refers to the mode or from of call to prayers followed by his faith as Azan or redites Azan as used by the Muslims, shall be punished with imprisonme nt of either description for a term which may extend to three years and shall al so be liable to fine. 298-C Persons of Qadiani group, etc, calling himself a Muslim or preaching or pr opagating his faith. Any person of the Qadiani group or the Lahori group (who ca ll themselves Ahmadis or any other name), who directly or indirectly, posses him self as a Muslim, or calls, or refers to, his faith as Islam, or preaches or pro pagates his faith, or invites others to accept his faith, by words, either spoke n or written, or by visible representation or in any manner whatsoever outrages the religious feelings of Muslims, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years ans shall also be liable to fine. Micheal Mir Says: May 30th, 2010 at 3:26 pm The Ahmadis of Pakistan have been under attack for a very long time, though what happened to them and their mosques on May 28 in Lahore is quite clearly one of their worst days ever. The second amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan in 1 974 excluded Ahmadis from the religion followed by the majority of Pakistanis. T he amendment made this exclusion legally in that the phrase for the purposes of t he constitution or law was used when rendering them non-Muslims. Under law, anyon e who is a minority is entitled to equal protection and has the right to due pro cess, but as our history and in fact present show all too clearly, Ahmadis have not been given this entitlement. Fridays events are more or less an inevitable outcome of the intolerance and bigo

try found in Pakistan today we say today because while it began many years ago and was facilitated actively by the state during General Zias days, it persists and has perhaps grown stronger than ever. Those who died the number is at least 80 a nd could well rise are going to soon be forgotten and added to the hundreds of m inorities who have been killed over the years by extremists and militants. In fa ct, one cannot help but notice the tragic irony in all of this. Just a week ago, many Pakistanis were outraged at an offensive page on a social networking websi te and complained that the west should show some sensitivity to their religious feelings. And what have they done to their own minorities? Pakistan has a group of people so crazed and fanatical in their faith that they see it as an obligation to take up arms and attack mosques and kill those presen t simply because of their beliefs. We can only wonder how many among us will une quivocally speak up and condemn the actions of these militants and how many will label this action as anti-Islam? Majid Pasha Says: May 30th, 2010 at 3:39 pm Dear Brother Imran Ali, You may have to seek help of The Cyber Crime Circle of the Federal Investigation (FIA). Since the Prevention of Electronic Crime Ordinance (PECO) does not have any provision covering the serious offence of blasphemy, therefore, this case ca n be referred to the Karachi Police after the accused is arrested by the FIA und er Section 5 of the FIA Act. The accused (Ibrahim Sajid Malick) can be investiga ted by the Cyber Crime Circle of the FIA in Karachi under Section 20 of PECO. Please send email to: dir.khi@fia.gov.pk or call: 9203082 When sending email please write Prevention of Electronic Crime Ordinance in the su bject for speedy response. They are very good people. I am sending an email to t hem with this URL. Please you send it as well and get 10-15 people to send it as soon as possible. Lets put this hindu lover and qadiani supporter out of business. Ibrahim Sajid Malick Says: May 30th, 2010 at 9:34 pm Mr. Ali and Mr. Pasha, Threats usually dont work with me. But, I am happy to dialogue and try to underst and your point of view. If you have been following my blog you would agree that I am equally suspicious of all organized religions. I am not going to delete this article. We will be writing more on this issue, In sha Allah Sara Says: May 31st, 2010 at 1:40 am Theres a reason why states need to be secular and Pakistan is a prime example of that. The west separated Church & State solely because of acts like these. Unfortunate ly were condemned to repeat their mistakes. Its time that Islam is taken out of th e state and the states be made secular. Thats the only hope for this nation, othe rwise were already in the failed states list which includes nations such as Somal ia and Ethiopia. Its only going to get worse. Majid Pasha Says: May 31st, 2010 at 3:43 am @Ibrahim Sajid Malick: Kafir kee olad we cannot have any dialogue with you. Only thing possible for us is to punish you by the law of land. Allah will deal with you hereafter.

Haroon Malik Says: May 31st, 2010 at 5:42 am I Haroon Malik, belonging to a Sunni family in Lahore, openly refer to Ahmedis a s Muslims and their place of worship as mosques and their book as Quran. I also in the strongest possible words condemn these attacks on my fellow countrymen an d human beings. Go ahead an launch an FIR against me too. You obviously cant debate and that is w hy you have to resort to such threats. Haroon Malik Says: May 31st, 2010 at 5:49 am Furthermore, Mr.Majid Pasha and Imran I think you guys are morons and I also thi nk that all organized religions are moronic. Reply Quote Ali Abbas Says: May 31st, 2010 at 6:03 am @Imran Ali: The law says that any person of the Qadiani group or the Lahori group cannot cal l his place of worship as Masjid. However there is no such restriction for a Mus lim, like myself. Got it? Now grow up! Hazrat Nkhuda Says: May 31st, 2010 at 6:24 am I too strongly condemn the murders of Ahmadi-Muslims at the two mosques in Lahor e. Are you going to launch an FIR against me too? Zaman Khan Says: May 31st, 2010 at 6:25 am Yeah those Ahmedis are Muslims and they pray in mosques. +1 for the FIR thing you are planning. Wajeeh Ahmed Says: May 31st, 2010 at 6:33 am I strongly condemn the brutal murder of individuals belonging to a sect of Musli ms and I also condemn the Taliban sympathizers on this website and their idiotic threats. Ahmedis are a sect of Muslims and their place of worship is called a m osque. Adnan Says: May 31st, 2010 at 7:51 am Mr. Ali and Mr. Pasha, Stooges like you are really ludicrous. Instead of deploring these attacks, youve got the nerve to threaten the author of this article for using certain words tha t you nincompoops find objectionable. People like you do the worst kind of damag e to Islam by painting it as an intolerable and outdated religion. Aalia Rizvi Says: May 31st, 2010 at 9:07 am Ahmedi Muslims are perhaps being persecuted for having rejected the idea of the Holy War, and resultantly refusing to be the puppets of the powers that be. Whether it is ZA Bhutto or Ziaul Haq, or Maudoodi who is the actual evil mind be

hind all these jihadi groups and factions. Major Rana Says: May 31st, 2010 at 1:38 pm It is useless to talk with these idiots who are committing crime in a big way wi thout acknowledging it. QADIANI, AHMADI, LAHORI ARE NON-MUSLIMS. IT IS A CRIME TO CALL THEM MUSLIM. THEY DONOT GO TO MASJIDS. IT IS A SIN. (Qadiani Ahmadi) leaders and missionaries, quite astutely, claim that since they also utter the same words (Kalimah), they should be considered Muslims! In the holy Quran, we are told: O you who believe! When you go abroad in the cause of Allah, investigate careful ly, and say not to anyone who offers you a salutation: Thou art none of a believe r! Coveting the perishable goods of this life: with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were you yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you His favours: Therefore carefully investigate. For Allah is well aware of all that yo u do. (The Holy Quran, An-Nisa, 4:94) Indeed, we are required to accept anyones claim to be a Muslim, unless his own ac tions and statements prove that he is not a Muslim. Obviously, declaring someone or the followers of an entire doctrine Kafir should be taken very seriously. In fact, admonishing those who have astrayed far from the teachings of Islam is a serious task entrusted to our learned scholars. Intuitively, then, it is very significant that all Muslim denominations, organiz ations, scholars and nations have unanimously declared the Qadiani Ahmadi) movem ent outside the fold of Islam. Obviously, all these learned Muslims have done an extensive research and would not have declared Qadianism Ahmadiyyat) Kofr, if t here was any doubt about its nature. Yet, is the mere utterance of the Kalimah or the practice of the rituals of Isla m enough to keep someone a Muslim, regardless of the deeds and beliefs of that p erson? Absolutely not. Our beloved Prophet(SAW), the most knowledgeable person r egarding Islam, dealt with Kharijites (Khawarij) as unbelievers, once they purpo sely and persistently refuted some of the Sharia (laws) of Islam. Their perpetua l observance of religious services and their persistent pronouncement of the Kal imah did not benefit them at all. In another case, when an individual by the name of Musaylma (now known as Musayl ma the Liar by Muslims) declared himself to be a non-law bearing co-prophet of M uhammad(SAW), the Prophet(SAW) ordered him to stop spreading lies. However, afte r the death of the Prophet(SAW), Musaylma managed to lead astray thousands of pe ople of Banu Haneef tribe, who lived at a great distance from learned companions . All members of the Banu Haneef had declared Shahadah and were practicing the r ituals of Islam, otherwise they were ignorant about the doctrines of Islam. Hazr at Abu Bakr Siddique(RA), supported by all learned companions of the Prophet(SAW ), treated those followers of Musaylma who refused to accept the truth as Kafirs . (Can you also see a similarity between Musaylam and Mirza Ghulam Qadiani and h is followers?) In another case, Ali Ibn Abi Talib(RA) pronounced those Muslims, who insisted on c alling him Allah impersonified, kafir and dealt with them accordingly. Obviously, anyone who breaks his covenant with Allah(SWT), by knowingly refuting the signs of Allah(SWT), ceases to remain a Muslim, regardless of whether he proclaims the Kalimah or appears to perform the rituals of Islam. Clearly then, the mere fact that Qadianis Ahmadis) appear to utter our Kalimah o r perform some of our rituals is not enough to include them in Muslim ummah. We already know that they have to accept Mirza Ghulam Qadiani as a prophet of God ( Read: How do Qadianis (Ahmadiyya) differ from Muslims) and they have declared th emselves as followers of a religion different from Islam (Read: What do Qadianis (Ahmadiyya) think of Muslims). Finally, we like to point out that the Kalimah uttered by Qadianis Ahmadis) is m eant to have a different meaning than those recited by Muslims. In support of th

is claim, we present the following writings of Mirza Ghulam Qadiani and his asso ciates: I am the Maseeh of the time and I am Moses on whom God conferred His speech. I am Muhammad and Ahmad, the selected one. (Taryaq-ul-Qulub, P. 3/6; Roohany Khazaen, Vol. 15, P. 134) Muhammad is the messenger of Allah and those accompanying Him (His companions are very strict against the unbelievers). In this divine revelation, I am named Muh ammad and the prophet of Allah. (Aik Ghalti ka Izala, P. 3; Roohany Khazaen, Vol. 18, P. 207) Muhammad has again come down among us. His position is an improvement on his earl ier visitation. If any man wishes to see Muhammad, more competent, then he shoul d see Ghulam Ahmad, in Qadian. (Al-Badr, 25 Oct. 1906) Twenty Six years ago, God called me Muhammad and Ahmad, in Buraheen-i-Ahmadiah. (Roohany Khazaen, Vol. 22, P. 502) Obviously, when a devote and knowledgeable Qadiani confirms Muhammad is his Serva nt and Messenger, he is referring to his so-called improved Muhammad (God forbid), Mirza Ghulam Qadiani, and not to the beloved Prophet(SAW) of Islam. Indeed, the utterance of Kalimah by Qadiani leaders and missionaries is only an attempt to mislead and entrap uninformed Muslims and convince the naive among th eir membership that they belong to a Muslim denomination. The holy Book of Islam has already passed a verdict on those who reject the Truth and utter Kalimah fo r their personal pleasure and to attain worldly gains: When the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, We bear witness that thou art indeed the Messenger of Allah. Yea, Allah knows that thou art indeed His Messenger, and Allah bears witness that the Hypocrites are indeed liars. (The Holy Quran, Al-Munafiqoon, 63:1) Ibrahim Sajid Malick Says: May 31st, 2010 at 4:47 pm @Major Rana: Major (retired) Rana, thank you very much for posting your point of view on this blog. I hope others will chime-in, either in agreement or disagree ment. This is what debate is all about. Integrity, trustworthiness, benevolence, and fairness are among some qualities c elebrated by almost every human religion, not because God ordained them, but bec ause human beings cannot thrive in communities where these values are ignored. Regards, Major Rana Says: May 31st, 2010 at 5:11 pm @Ibrahim Sajid Malick: Holy Prophet Mohammed SAAW said: In My Ummah, there shall be born Thirty Grand Liars (Dajjals), each of whom will claim to be a prophet, But I am the Last Prophet; there is No Prophet after Me. (Abu Dawood Vol 2 p. 228; Tirmidhi Vol 2 p.45) Ahmadis are not muslims/do not let them fool you Malik Rashid Says: May 31st, 2010 at 5:29 pm This site was hacked and a message against its content was displayed. It is wond erful to see it back to life with a lively discussion. As long as arguments fly across, we are safe. Difference of opinion makes conversation interesting. I app reciate the administrators effort in bringing the site back online in such a shor t time. Freedom of expression cannot be withheld for long. Comments are welcome. Peace. Malik Rashid Says:

May 31st, 2010 at 5:46 pm Major Rana I understand that the Ahmadi faith does not synchronize with your beliefs. There are many religions in the world and they are all different from each other. The conversation here is focused on the persecution that the Ahmadis have faced bec ause their religion is different from the majority. The necessity of co-existenc e dictates that difference of religion, race, gender and ethnicity do not become an impediment in survival and progress of any group. A transgression from this rule of co-existence could lead to extinction of a state and collapse of society . I think Pakistanis have repeatedly failed their test of multiculturalism and t olerance. Respect. Peace. Ahsaan Says: May 31st, 2010 at 6:42 pm Mr Rashid unfortunately you are among the breed of Pakistanis who have immigrate d to America or Canada and now have discovered cable TV which shows Pakistani ne ws and discussion all the time. So you sit around watch news all day long and th en come here and write your analysis like someone who care about what happens in Pakistan. (for which you dont give a f*ck obviously). Anyways just wanted to point to you that never compare Somalia with Pakistan. So malia is a great nation with a history and culture. It has the strongest economy among other African nations and no way its near to what Pakistan is. For starte rs read wikipidia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia) and dont make your point based on the images that you see about that country on CNN. Malik Rashid Says: May 31st, 2010 at 7:20 pm Mr. Ahsaan Thanks for chastising me. Your criticism on my distance from reality of Pakistan because I could be living abroad might hold some water but for the f*** comment . I would not write on Pakistan if I was not concerned. I could be delusional in pretending that I know, but I wonder if you really doubt my relatedness to Paki stan. So your assumption that I migrated to America or Canada could make me a di stant relative compared to you, if you still live in Pakistan. The view from dis tance could provide a different perspective. Why does my reference to Somalia ir k you if that country is doing great? Peace. Ibrahim Sajid Malick Says: May 31st, 2010 at 8:34 pm Yes, we are back online thanks to our Web Admin. We are monitorining IP addresse s carefully to determine if are being systematically hacked or it was just an ac t of boredom of some young geek in Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Anyways- we are glad to be back and hope to continue to inform, entertain and ed ucate. Regards, Ibrahim Sajid Malick Shahid Says: May 31st, 2010 at 11:19 pm I do not approve of many posts on this blog but to the fanatic and bigot asking the author to take down referencing Ahmedi places of worship of mosque, I have t he following to say:PPC:- 298-B(1)Any person of the Quadiani group or the Lahori group (who call themselves Ahmadis or by any other name who by words, either spoken or writte n, or by visible representation(d) refers to, or names, or calls, his place of worship a Masjid;

shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may e xtend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine. A constitutional Muslim, Chrisitan, Hindu, Zoroastrian, Buddhist or member of any other religious group can refer to the Ahmedi places of worship as Mosque without any legal problems. Perhaps the legislators never imagined that there would be b rave people who could refer to these places as Mosques, for they knew that therel l be people like you wholl murder them anyway. Now, I ask you to provoke your AKNTM bigots to go out and reach your bigot leade rs elected on Ulama seats in the Senate and get the PPC amended if you want to pro secute the author. You filthy people did not fight for Pakistan yet hijacked its ideology on the very day of Independence. Go and rot, you scum! Kausar s khan Says: May 31st, 2010 at 11:29 pm I am a Pakistani living in Karachi, and as part of a womens rights group also par t of a campaign the blasphemy law. The recent attack on the Ahmedis in Lahore ha s left us stunned. Our slogan now is: Pakistan was not made to practice bigotry in the name of Islam. We also believe that no one sect of Islam can declare anot her sect as less Islamic. We are all Muslims and free to practice our understand ing, as long as we do not use it to harm others. We need support from fellow Pakistanis abroad. We must stay connected to support building of peace and justice in Pakistan. Haroon Malik Says: May 31st, 2010 at 11:55 pm Mr ahsan, I can tell you right now that I am in Pakistan and didnt migrate to Ame rica or Canada or Somalia and yet I find myself in agreement with Malik Rashid Lets get one thing absolutely certain here. What we are arguing about is weather should be allowed to call themselves Muslims or not. I am assuming that we are all in agreement that they are equal citizens of Pakistan and should not be pros ecuted for having a different faith. Saying that you are in disagreement with their claim of being a Muslim is person ally fine by me. But to ink it in law and to prosecute someone who wishes to dis agree with you is draconian. Some hard-line hanablis consider some accepted sect s of Islam as non Islamic but even they did not go to the extent of persecution. If someone is claiming to some idea they should be allowed to plead their case. How many times have we had unbiased discussions regarding this? Secondly, Major sahab, and to all others quoting quarn/hadith. Firstly, these ve rses and other stuff need to represented to a qadiani scholar who should be allo wed to properly give a response. Secondly, in light of your line of argument, sh ould we also propose that marriages between adult men and 6 year girls be allowe d since it was allowed in Islam, and since it was sunnah such acts should be enc ouraged. No we cant do that can we. In short giving references to quran/hadith/li fe and times of the prophet is not an argument. Haroon Malik Says: June 1st, 2010 at 12:13 am one more thing Pakistan is the only country which states that ahmedis identifyin g themselves as Muslims should be prosecuted. Kashif Says: June 1st, 2010 at 2:34 am I think Qadyani guys should be treated as Jew tribe of BANU QURAIZA of Mandina w ere treated. Mr. Malik are you JEW ? Reply Quote

34. Aalia Rizvi Says: June 1st, 2010 at 2:42 am @ Kahisf Having said that, you are apparently declaring your support for the beheading of someone who has surrendered? How cruel, archaic and barbaric. Another Taliban a pologist. However, the secular voices of Pakistan cannot be suppressed as easily as you th ink. But let me also point out to you, that by name calling you are only resorti ng to the strawman argument, which will not get you anywhere. Only reveal your t rue intellect. Majid Pasha Says: June 1st, 2010 at 7:28 am WATCH AND SEE WE WILL GET YOUR SITE BANNED IN PAKISTAN. IBRAHIM SAJID MALICK IS A CRIMINAL. http://www.pta.gov.pk/media/determinatin_samw.pdf READ THE DETERMINATION OF PTA AGAINST SAMW . HE WAS RUNNING VOIP IN PAKISTAN. IL LEGAL ACTIVITY. TAKE THIS ARTICLE DOWN AND APOLOGIZE. Akbar Shah Says: June 1st, 2010 at 7:32 am BUll shitttsomewhat pro Jewish or Indian thoughts. Idiot someday read the ideology of Pakistan. Its Islamic republic of Pakistan. it was created over sacrifice of 5 million ppl. slogan was PAKISTAN ka matlab kai #La ILAH ha ILalah# yeh we know ppl using youth for suicide bombing is wrong ,,, and that is NOT Isl am. But Ahmedis are NON MUSLIMS> Someday return to HOLY QURAN u will find its gives all the solutions to all the problems we are facing today its time to start learning what is written in the HOLY QURAN Malik Rashid Says: June 1st, 2010 at 7:54 am Majid Pasha Do you condone the recent murder of Ahmadi-Muslims at Friday-prayer congregation s in Lahore? Instead of posting material against the owner of this web-site, ple ase answer my question. Kamran farooqi Says: June 1st, 2010 at 7:55 am @Majid Pasha: Great work brother. Now we have this surkha by the balz. He is cho or like Zardari. He has no right talking about Islam and Pakistan. TO ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE COMMENTED ON HIS SUPPORT: Pakistan was created solely on Islam and was made to be an Islamic country- comp lete and full with no room for any other ideas or religion except Islam. We shou ld actually discourage tourists from non-Muslim countries and strip non-Muslims of Pakistani citizenship- Ahmadis and Ismailis included. We should try to emulat e the model of Saudi/Sudan/Somalia and strive to become like them. Ahmadis and Ismalis are NON-MUSLIMS. GET THEM OUT OF PAKISTAN. OR CAPTURE THEM A LIVE AND ENSLAVE THEM UNTIL THEY ACCEPT ISLAM. Laeeq Ahmad Says: June 1st, 2010 at 10:32 am @Ibrahim Sajid Malick: @Major Rana: Major (retired) Rana, thank you very much for posting your point of

view on this blog. I hope others will chime-in, either in agreement or disagree ment. This is what debate is all about. Integrity, trustworthiness, benevolence, and fairness are among some qualities celebrated by almost every human religion , not because God ordained them, but because human beings cannot thrive in commu nities where these values are ignored.Regards, Well said Malick! I am a big fan of yours and I read every word that you write. Keep the pressure on these idiots. sohail Says: June 2nd, 2010 at 4:41 am It is our bad luck we are having KHOOOTEY SIKAY since the day Pakistan was created by Allah. Quaid-e-Azams vision is not hidden, nor the aim to create an independe nt Muslim State. Khootey Sikay like you always try to misguide the ignorant peop le to walk on your Dajjali Path. You yourself know that you calling Ahmedis Musli m is a sin. Will you live forever? Will you never Stand on the Day of Judgment? by writing this article to whom you are showing your loyalty? Haroon Malik Says: June 2nd, 2010 at 5:48 am @karmran farooqi quote from Kamrans post Pakistan was created solely on Islam and was made to be an Islamic country- compl ete and full with no room for any other ideas or religion except Islam. I would like you to prove that. I state my case with Jinnahs address to the const ituent assembly In due course of time Muslims will cease to be Muslims, Hindus wi ll cease to be Hindus and Christians will cease to be Christians, not in the rel igious sense for that is a personal matter of each individual, to emerge as citi zens of one nation Pakistan We should actually discourage tourists from non-muslim countries and strip non-mu slims of Pakistani citizenship Why? They are tax paying citizens of the country. they have equal rights. - Ahmadis and Ismailis included. We should try to emulate the model of Saudi/Suda n/Somalia and strive to become like them. Saudi model? are you sure? Have you been to saudia arab? i have!. do you know ho w the royal family fucntions there? do you know what kind of islam it conforms t o? do you know that no mullah over there of any place of worship (i refuse to call Sunni/Shia/Wahabi places of worship as mosques on this thread) are not allowed to say anything unless they get it approved? Sudan? Dafur are you sure? Somalia? I dont wanna die hungry. Haroon Malik Says: June 2nd, 2010 at 5:56 am @akbar shah quote from akbers post idiot some day read the idealogy of pakistan. have you read it? I have read my post above and look at the snippet I copied fro m Jinnahs address, and one more thing did you know that mullahs like yourself we re against the creation of pakistan. They were with the congress. Moududi reffer ed to Quiad-e-Azam as Kafir-e-Azam. It was created over sacrifice of 5 million ppl. slogan was PAKISTAN ka matlab kai #La ILAH ha ILalah# Ahmedis believe in the La ILAH ha ILalah part btw. they also beleive in Mohammad-ur -Rasool-allah. yeh we know ppl using youth for suicide bombing is wrong ,,, and that is NOT Isla m.

I am sure the suicide bomber would disagree with you on that. A says B is not th e real Islam, B says A is not the real Islam. And along comes C and says Both of them are not real Islam so will the real Islam please stand up. But Ahmedis are NON MUSLIMS You have to back that up with some evidence no? what actually gives you the righ t to say that. I say youre not a Muslim. Someday return to HOLY QURAN u will find its gives all the solutions to all the p roblems we are facing today Ahan I would really really like to bebate you on that. Can you elaborate the pro blems which we are facing today and exactly which verse in the quran has solutio ns to those problems. its time to start learning what is written in the HOLY QURAN been there done that and rejected it you should catch up Haroon Malik Says: June 2nd, 2010 at 6:09 am @ Major Rana I posted this earlier seems like you missed it so I am posting it again. i would like to your view since your the only one who is calm and is supporting the sta nce that qadianis cannot be called muslims. Major sahab, and to all others quoting quarn/hadith. Firstly, these verses and o ther stuff need to represented to a qadiani scholar who should be allowed to pro perly give a response. Secondly, in light of your line of argument, should we al so propose that marriages between adult men and 6 year girls be allowed since it was allowed in Islam, and since it was sunnah such acts should be encouraged. N o we cant do that can we. In short giving references to Quran/hadith/life and tim es of the prophet is not an argument. One more thing, is it awkward that we are the only country in the world which ha s a law that states that qadianis cannot refer to themselves as Muslims and if t hey do they will be punished. I would also like you to define what a Muslim is. Becuase I know for a fact that Qadianis believe in no god but Allah (La ilaha Illallah) and they believe that Mohammad was his prophet (Mohammed-ur-Rasool-allah) and they also beleive that M ohammad was the last law-bearing prophet (I guess many of you dont know that) Malik Rashid Says: June 2nd, 2010 at 7:52 am The business of producing Kafir has spread so much that every individual claiming to be a Muslim could find two persons calling them kaafir. An article by Mohammad Hanif Published in Urdu at bbc.com KAFIR FACTORY To prove yourself a Pakistani citizen, when you fill out application form for an identity card, you are asked a question that is not asked of any Muslim living in any other Muslim country. You are not asked if you are mentally healthy, whether all your limbs are intact , if you are a thief or smuggler, number of rapes you committed, ever paid tax, consider Jinnah as Quaid-e-Azam(great leader) or Kaafir-e-Azam(biggest infidel), whether you send your kids to school or drop them at a market place to beg, you believe in socialism or Islamic sharia, you think of Pak-army as Pakistans asset or the thief of nations assets. You are not required to prove if you are a Hindu , Christian, Parsee(Zoroastrian), Sikh or idol worshiper. The oath-form that is a part of national identity card application, the one we have been filling out f or the last 25 years with our signature or thumb-impression, seeks only one swor n testimony that I am not an Ahmadi, not a Qadiani, nor do I belong to their sub -sect, the Lahori group. Why does a small sect (one that loves prayers, beards and sermons) scare us so m uch? How do those who say Assalam-o-alaikum(Muslim greeting), Bismillah(begin in gods

name) or pray in mosques, endanger our faith to such a degree that somebody cou ld languish in jail for saying salam, bismillah or mosque? How is it that no other Islamic country found their faith or society endangered by this evil spreading out of a village named Qadian? The attackers of Ahmadi mosques in Lahore were so young that they wouldnt know Ah madis used to be a Muslim sect before 1974. 35 years have solidified our faith s o much that not only we brand them infidel but call them kaafir of the worst kind. When we refer to Ahmadi mosque as a place of worship, we save ourselves from a 3ye ar rigorous imprisonment by following the law of the land, and insinuate that th is place is not a temple, church, gurdwara or a synagogue; it is a place of wors hip where wild pagans and non-believers make fun of believers in god and prophet . You might be shocked that Ahmadis think they are superior muslims, above all o thers. Above is a partial translation of Mohammad Hanifs article Kafir Factory, posted at http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2010/05/100529_hanif_colmn.shtml Reply Quote 45. Malik Rashid Says: June 2nd, 2010 at 10:54 am Translation of the rest of the article Kafir Factory Folks who harbor a soft corner for Ahmadis might blame Maulana Maudoodi and Bhut to Shaheed for the situation. True, Maudoodi and other Maulanas recorded such de feat in the 1970 elections that nobody after them could claim such act, but with in 4 years of their defeat they made history by manipulating the elected parliam ent into doing something that no military dictator or Amir-ul-Momineen(Head of t he faithful) had ever accomplished. Deserving of contemplation is the fact how something that could not be done in t he whole Islamic world, nor did most of the lost Muslim souls ever thought about, became possible in this god-gifted country? Before Pakistan came into existence, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, addressing a public me eting said that he wanted this country to be a laboratory where Islamic ideas co uld be experimented upon. This saying of Quaid-e-Azam is taught in Social Studie s and History books at every school. Successful experiments at laboratory turn out products that are mass-produced. T he successful experiment of producing Kafir in the 70s did not stop there. 80s a nd 90s saw emergence of the slogan, Kafir, kafir, Shia Kafir(Shias are dis-believe rs). Doctors, teachers, lawyers, traders and intellectuals belonging to Shia fai th were so brutally murdered that Ahmadis must have exclaimed, Thanks god, we are Kafir, not Shia. Since then, the business of producing Kafir has expanded so much that every citi zen who believes to be a Musalman could find two musalmans who think of him/her as kafir. Those who say Ya Rasool Allah believe that chanters of Ya Hussain are kafir. Those who pray with their hands folded think that those who let their hands loo se during prayers are kafir. Those who wish their offerings at Daata Saheb, cons ider whirlers at Bullhay Shah as Kafir. The army used to believe that Taliban are Momin(devout believers), but now they th ink of them as kafir, or, lead us to believe so. Punjabs government thinks Punjab i speaking Taliban are Musalman and Pushto speaking Taliban are Kafir. Is this a country, olord, or a kafir producing factory! When we declare somebody a kafir by signing or thumb-impressing an identity card form, we open a gate of fatwa(edict) against ourselves. Since those killed were the worst kafir, praying for their blessing could be see n as kufr(disbelief), but the least we could do is pray for survival of those stil l alive. Above is a translation of Mohammad Hanifs article Kafir Factory, posted at http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2010/05/100529_hanif_colmn.shtml Aalia Rizvi Says: June 2nd, 2010 at 3:47 pm @ Kamran Farooqi and the rest of the fanatics or as I love calling them MUSLIM Z

IONISTS in their Zaid Hionist fashion We should try to emulate the model of Saudi/Sudan/Somalia and strive to become li ke them. Being a woman, I reject Saudia, where they do not respect women and treat them a s only sex objects. But perhaps you would not have any problem with that, as you do not consider women as equal citizens anyway. If you want to follow the model of Sudan, why not go there yourself and try living it out? And while you are at it, also give a shot to Somalia. Ahmadis and Ismalis are NON-MUSLIMS. Get Them Out Of Pakistan. Or Capture Them Al ive And Enslave Them Until They Accept Islam. Why stop at only Ahmedis and Ismailis? Why not include Shia as well, like that r etarded website of the Hasht Chaar Yaar claims? (Which in my view should be bann ed, after all when facebook can be curtailed, there is no harm doing the same to such sites as HCY that spew out hatred.) You follow some bigoted school of thought that would consider any other school o f thought as the wrong one. You people would love to go back in history and mole st 6-year-old girls in the name of sunnah perhaps? P.S. A lot of big businesses and industries are owned by Ismailis, Ahmedis and S hias. Try getting rid of them, and then run your economy on their alms from abro ad if you can. But apparently, most of those ventures would be spoofed up in Jih ad against the same people who helped you. It is like the dog who bites the feed ing hand. (Although am sure if a dog had a tongue, it would have voiced its abho rrence at being compared to you guys.) http://ibrahimsajidmalick.com/faithful-killers-fatal-worship/1444/ URL: http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamDebate_1.aspx?ArticleID=2957 Forward to a friend Print

COMMENTS Aamir Mughal Maudoodis letter saying Lahore Ahmadiyya is a Muslim GroupMaulana Maudoodi wrote a letter in Urdu in his own hand, dated 23 Muharram 1357 A.H. (which would be ab out 25 March 1938), in which he wrote the words: the [Lahore] Ahmadi group is included within Islam we cannot issue any fatwa agai nst them on the basis of the Shariah The English translation of the first half of this letter, this being the part in which he deals with the subject of Ahmadis, is given below. The Urdu text, in printed format, corresponding to the translated part of the le tter, is given following the translation. A scanned image of the full, original 4-page Urdu letter, can be viewed here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------The translation: Note that Maudoodi uses the term Ahmadi to mean the Lahore Ahmadis, and the term s Qadiani and Qadianism to refer to the group then headed by Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad from Qadian.

Tarjuman-ul-Quran Darus Salaam (Pathankot) Punjab Dated: 23 Muharram 1357 My respected and honoured, assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh I have been here for only one week. After my arrival here, the correspondence th at Sayyid Muhammad Shah has shown me included three letters from you, and I conf ess that it was your letters that made the greatest impression upon me. The earl ier replies from the Shah sahib to you still stand valid, but I myself wish to w rite a brief reply to the three letters. Regarding the views you have expressed about takfir, I have myself written much more about it earlier. As you have not seen the Tarjuman-ul-Quran before this, y ou are not fully aware of my views. If you had been reading this paper from the outset, then probably not only about takfir, but also regarding the other issues that you have mentioned, you would not have needed to ask anything and you woul d also have known what my policy is. From among the followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad sahib, I also do not consider Qad ianis and Ahmadis to be in the same category. In my opinion the Qadiani group is excluded from Islam, but the Ahmadi group is included within Islam. However, I consider it inadvisable to co-operate with this group or to encourage them becau se after becoming Ahmadi a man becomes very close to Qadianism. There can only b e two reasonable attitudes in the matter of Mirza sahib. If a man believes him t o be true then he should accept him as a prophet because a true person s claim t o prophethood cannot be false. And if a man does not accept his claim to prophet hood then it becomes obligatory for him, far from accepting him to be amujaddid, not even to consider him as a gentleman because the person who is guilty of suc h a serious fabrication cannot be accorded any position of respect. The middle p osition taken by Ahmadis is untenable. When a man accepts someone as mujaddid an d the Promised Mahdi, he would necessarily confirm his truth and honour him. The n when he finds in his unambiguous writings a claim to prophethood and to receiv ing revelation, he will not be able to take any position short of Qadianism. As to the educated people from among the Ahmadis who are adhering to this unreasona ble position, we cannot issue any fatwa (ruling) against them on the basis of th e Shariah because they are denying the prophethood of Mirza. But we are bound to conclude either that they are adhering to their past errors and are guilty of ob stinacy, or that they are denying the prophethood of Mirza with some reservation of mind, or lastly there is some flaw in their minds making them unable to real ize the contradiction in their position. In any case, although we appreciate the work they are doing in support of Islam, we consider it the expedient policy no t to encourage them because it is a path to assisting Qadianism. As to the wrong beliefs prevailing among the various sects and parties of the Mu slims, I have my own opinion about almost each one of them. However, I have neve r expressed those opinions nor taken part in fighting against them because I con sider it to be merely a waste of time. The defect in the branches is due to a de fect in the root. To allow the root to remain in the same condition while devoti ng effort to reforming the branches is foolishness. If we are to do something fo r the Muslims then we must devote all efforts to removing the weaknesses in the foundations. Then, Allah willing, the branches will by themselves become good.

Why have we quoted this opinion of Maudoodi?We are citing this opinion of Maudoo di in our support because of his statement that: the [Lahore] Ahmadi group is inc luded within Islam we cannot issue any fatwa against them on the basis of the Sh ariah . It means that according to Maudoodi, writing in 1938, the Lahore Ahmadis ca nnot be expelled from the Muslim community by means of any law based on Islam, a nd they are in fact included within Muslims. Whatever he thinks of the rightness or wrongness of our beliefs, whether he considers Lahore Ahmadis to be bad, obs tinate and unreasonable, whatever dangers he perceives from our beliefs, all tha t is an entirely separate issue. What we are pointing out is that according to t he view Maudoodi has expressed here, in terms of IslamicShariah the Lahore Ahmadi s are Muslims and cannot be declared as non-Muslim. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Urdu text of the above section of Maudoodis letter, in printed format, is giv en below:

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked t hat it was a criminal negligence to bring changes in the documents like Objectiv es Resolution as former president General (retd) Zia ul Haq tampered with the Co nstitution in 1985 however, the sitting parliament had done a good job by undoin g this tampering. At one point Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed that the word freely was omitted from the Objectives Resolution in 1985 by a dict ator, which was an act of criminal negligence, but the then parliament surprisin gly didnt take notice of it. He said the Constitution is a sacred document and no person can tamper with it. The chief justice said credit must go to the present parliament, which after 25 years took notice of the brazen act of removing the word relating to the minorities rights, and restored the word freely in the Objecti ves Resolution, which had always been part of the Constitution. The chief justic e further said that the court is protecting the fundamental rights of the minori ties and the government after the Gojra incident has provided full protection to the minorities. We are bound to protect their rights as a nation but there are s ome individual who create trouble. CJ lauds parliament for undoing changes in Obj ectives Resolution Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Says minorities rights have to be pro tected; Hamid says parliament should have no role in judges appointment By Sohail Khan http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29367 ISLAMABAD: Heading a 17-member larger bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Chi ef Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry termed as criminal negligence the deletion of a word about the rights o f minorities from the Objectives Resolution during the regime of General Ziaul H aq in 1985. Ziaul Haq had omitted the word freely from the Objectives Resolution, which was made substantive part of the 1973 Constitution under the Revival of Co nstitutional Order No. 14. The clause of Objectives Resolution before deletion o f the word freely read, Wherein adequate provision shall be made for the minorities to freely profess and practice their religions and develop their culture. CJP raps change in Objectives Resolution * Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry says delet ion of clause on rights of minorities was criminal negligence * Appreciates incumb ent parliament for taking notice of removal of clause by Gen Zias govt in 1985 By Masood Rehman Wednesday, June 09, 2010 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.a sp?page=201069\story_9-6-2010_pg1_1 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Tuesday praised the parli ament for undoing a wrong done by the legislature in 1985 (through a constitutio nal amendment) when it removed the word freely from a clause of the Objectives Res olution that upheld the minorities right to practise their religion. The word free ly was deleted from the Objectives Resolution when parliament passed the 8th Amen dment after indemnifying all orders introduced through the Presidents Order No 14 of 1985 and actions, including the July 1977 military takeover by Gen Zia-ul-Ha q and extending discretion of dissolving the National Assembly, by invoking Arti cle 58(2)b of the Constitution. After the passage of the 18th Amendment, the Obj ectives Resolution now reads: Wherein adequate provision shall be made for the mi norities freely to profess and practise their religions and develop their cultur e. The CJ said: Credit goes to the sitting parliament that they reinserted the wor d back to the Objectives Resolution. He said that nobody realised the blunder rig ht from 1985 till the 18th Amendment was passed, even though the Objectives Reso lution was a preamble to the Constitution even at the time when RCO (Revival of Constitution Order) was promulgated. CJ lauds parliament for correcting histori c wrong By Nasir Iqbal Wednesday, 09 Jun, 2010 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/conne ct/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/ziaera-deletion-from-objec tives-resolution-criticised-cj-lauds-parliament-for-correcting-historic-wrong-96 0

Aamir Mughal Punjabi Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba attack two Ahmedi Mosques in Lahore: An outcome of hate speech by Hamid Mir and Geo TV. At least 70 killed, scores injured.May 28th, 2010Humza IkramLeave a commentGo to commentshttp://criticalppp.org/lubp/ar chives/11643 First of all I condemn the attack on two Ahemdi mosques in Lahore. What is more condemnable is the media reporting of the incident. The term dehshatgard which is usually used for terrorists is changed with term hamla-awar (invaders). Masjid /Mosque is changed with the term Ibadatgah (place of worship) . Ahmedi is change d with Qadyani. Namazi is changed with Ibadatgar . Lets hope this ugly incident doesnt end up like Gojra tragedy where Taliban mento rs sitting in the Lahore High Court and Punjab Government were clearly found sav ing the culprits. Is it a mere coincidence that this tragic incident in which at least 70 innocent Pakistanis have lost their lives happened only a few days after a hate and viol ence inciting phone conversation between Geo TVs anchor Hamid Mir and a Sipah-e-S ahaba terrorist Usman Punjabi?

Once again, is it a mere coincidence that an anchor of the same TV channel (Geo TV), host of a religious program, Aamir Liaquat Hussain is previously (September 2009) involved in inciting violence against the Ahmadi sect which resulted in a ssassination of at least three Ahmadis in various parts of Pakistan? It is high time that PEMRA must take action against Geo TV; law enforcing agenci es in Pakistan must arrest the following and try them for inciting hatred and vi olence against religious minorities in Pakistan: 1. Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman, CEO of Geo TV 2. Hamid Mir, host of Capital Talk (Geo TV) 3. Aamir Liaquat Hussain, host of Aalim Online (Geo TV) All international human rights organisations are appealed to exert their influen ce on the Government of Pakistan in order to put the culprits subject to a fair process of law.

Aamir Mughal MURDERERS OF MINORITY COMMUNITY IN PAKISTANI MEDIA OUTLET GEO TV:

Ahmadi massacre silence is dispiriting The virtual conspiracy of silence after t he murder of 94 Ahmadis in Pakistan exposes the oppression suffered by the sect Declan Walsh guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 June 2010 14.59 BST http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/jun/07/ahmadi-massacre-silen ce-pakistan?showallcomments=true#end-of-comments Candles were lit by members of a civil society for victims of the attack on the Ahmadi sect in Lahore. Photograph: KM Chaudary/AP I often find myself defending Pakistan against the unbidden prejudices of the ou tside world. No, Islam is not the cause of terrorism. Yes, the Taliban is a comp

lex phenomenon. No, Imran Khan is not a major political figure. This past week, though, I am silent. The massacre of 94 members of the minority Ahmadi community on May 28 has exposed something ugly at the heart of Pakistan i ts laws, its rulers, its society. Its not the violence that disturbs most, gut-churning as it was. During Friday pr ayers two teams of attackers stormed Ahmadi mosques in the eastern city of Lahor e. They fired Kalashnikovs from minarets, chucked grenades into the crowds, expl oded their suicide vests. As the massacre unfolded, a friend called his father-in-law, a devout Ahmadi, wa s inside one of the besieged mosques. The family, glued to live television cover age, were sick with worry. Two hours later, my friends relative emerged alive. But many of his friends old m en, including a retired general and former judge were dead. The killers were quickly identified as Punjabi Taliban a loose collective of local extremists with ties to the tribal belt. This was unsurprising. More dispiritin g, however, was the wider reaction. Human rights groups reacted with pre-programmed outrage; otherwise there was a v irtual conspiracy of silence. A dribble of protestors attended street protests a gainst the attack in Lahore and Karachi; eleven people showed up in Islamabad. The normally vociferous media were unusually reticent. Commentators expressed di smay at the violence, but few dared voice support for the Ahmadi community itsel f. Politicians turned yellow. Few visited the bereaved; still today, the chief minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sha rif, has not visited the bullet-pocked mosques or offered compensation to the in jured. In the national parliament, three brave female MPs crossed party lines to propos e a resolution condemning the attacks, in the face of massive indifference. The motion passed, just. The reticence is rooted in law and history. Ahmadis believe that Mirza Ghulam Ah mad, a 19th century Punjabi cleric, was the messiah sent by God a notion that de eply offends orthodox Muslims for whom Muhammad, who lived in 7th-century Arabia , is the final prophet. The problem is that the state has taken sides in this religious argument. Since the 1970s, civilian and military governments have passed laws enshrining the dis crimination against Ahmadis, today thought to number about 4 million in Pakistan . And so they live in the shadows of society. Under the law, Ahmadis may not call themselves Muslims and may not refer to their places of worship as mosques. Orthod ox Muslims applying for a passport must sign a statement deriding Ahmad as an imp oster. Any Ahmadi who defies these edicts can be sentenced to death; in 2009, 37 were c harged under the blasphemy laws and 57 under Ahmadi-specific laws. This state-directed discrimination has caused prejudice to soak into the bones o f even well-educated Pakistanis. It is acceptable to denigrate Ahmadis as agents of foreign powers such as the CIA and Raw, Indias intelligence service.

In 2008 a prominent preacher on Geo, the countrys largest channel, suggested that right-minded Muslims should kill Ahmadis. Within 48 hours two Ahmadis had been lynched. The television presenter has prospered. PAKISTAN: No action taken again st Geo TV presenter who incited Muslims to murder members of Pakistan minority o n airhttp://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2008statements/1694/ Last year a banner appeared outside the high court in Lahore, declaring Jews, Chr istians and Ahmadis are enemies of Islam. Few complained. The silence that followed the Ahmadi killings was broken last week by a tsunami of outrage at the Israeli commando raids on boats headed for Gaza. Commentators and politicians fulminated at the treatment of the Palestinians a minority that suffers state-sanctioned, religiously driven discrimination. Nobody got the iron y. It makes one realise how small the constituency of true liberals is in Pakistan not Pervez Musharraf-style liberals, who drink whisky and attend fashion shows, but people who believe the state should cherish all citizens equally. That, afte r all, was the publicly expressed desire of Pakistans founder, Muhammad Ali Jinna h, 63 years ago. Today it lies in tatters.