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Islam and Sectarianism

20 Sep 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com

A Vote a Day Keeps the Ahmedi Away

By Yasser Latif Hamdani

As if widespread kidnappings and deteriorating law, order and sanitation were not enough, the Khadim-e-Aala-led Punjab government, on September 7, allowed yet again a large mass of Ulema to gather in and terrorise the Ahmedi community in Rabwah — officially known as Chenab Nagar lest we recognise that those forced non-Muslims may also worship the same god. In 2002, General Musharraf restored the joint electorate system but the irony is, that while Shias, Sunnis, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs, etc, were put on one general list, a supplementary ‘non-Muslim’ list was prepared for the Ahmedis in particular. In other words, only the Ahmedis are, for purposes of voting, non-Muslims. -- Yasser Latif Hamdani http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamAndSectarianism_1.aspx?ArticleID=5519