fAMILY OF THE hEART

 

Dear Affaf

 

This is not an important incident because this is just a fruit of the following law of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. I bet you have to hear some more outcomes of this law which most of the Common Pakistani fellows are not aware and do not get affected except Ahmadis. These inhuman laws are worst then the apart head laws of South Africa. Most of the Human rights champions narrated their views in their sermons and their intellectuality does not go beyond the apart head South African laws. If they ever read our Pakistan Penal Code, not only those HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST but also the African law makers would get embarrassed for sure.

 

Remember back in 1984 when the Government of Pakistan promulgated an ordinance called Prohibition of Qadianiat Ordinance- 1984  by which Pakistan penal code was amended by Section 298-B and Section 298-C, prohibiting Ahmadis to follow Islamic way of life, using Muslim names, terminologies, preaching their faith, invite other to accept their faith, say Kalma, Azaan, Mosque and to profess themselves Muslim. In this way Ahmadis were deprived of their fundamental human rights. Since the promulgation of an ordinance in 1984, it is a criminal offence in Pakistan for Ahmadis to call themselves Muslim, to use Muslim practices of worship, Muslim terms of greeting or to propagate their faith. In practice it means that Ahmadis can be -- and are -- imprisoned for calling their place of worship a "mosque", or for using the popular greeting "assalam-o-alaikum".

 

In December, 1989, the local police charged & wrote the FIR against the whole population (over 48000) of the town of Rabwah where Ahmadis are comparatively in majority under the abovementioned law when the Ahmadis were celebrating the birthday of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh). The police argued that according to the law, Ahmadis cannot celebrate that day like other Muslims. It further confirmed that Ahmadis are not safe in our country at any place regardless of the majority or minority. The inhuman & satanic laws follow each and every Ahmadi in Pakistan and hang on him like a naked sword and keep him in continuous fear of persecution regardless how & where he lives. Anyone can charge them under the above stated laws and which might result 3-years imprisonment

 

 

TANVEER, Islamabad

 

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