"Do Ahmadis deserve to live in Pakistan?"-Critique Yasser Latif Hamdani is a prolific, young writer and an ardent lawyer based in Lahore, Pakistan. In 1998, he went to Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, for his graduation before moving to Punjab University for his further education. He has authored "Jinnah; Myth and Reality," in which he argues that Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, wanted Pakistan to be a secular democratic state. As a lawyer, Hamdani has contested several public interest cases
This text written by Yasser Latif Hamdani highlights the political, physical and social injustices experienced by Ahmadis living in Pakistan. Hamdani is Lawyer based in Lahore. He got his education from the University of Punjab and Rutgers University. His famous cases include the Bhagat case and the Youtube case. He is well known for his advocacy to end the persecution of Ahmadis and to give them equal voting rights. His purpose in writing this text is to inform the people of Pakistan, especially
Dr. Salam was born in the small village of Jhang, present day Pakistan in 1926 where he attended the first few years of school. His father was an official in the Department of Education for the poor farming district. A fast learner Dr. Salam attended the University of the Punjab at the age of 13 and at the age of 14 he received the highest numbers ever recorder for the Matriculation Examination at the university. Due to his outstanding grades he received a full scholarship to the Government College
Due to the history of other countries Religious Freedom should not be legalized further. Though one might obtain Christian values, Freedom of Religion laws have been known to be the backbone for discrimination, hatred and violence, and superiority. This causes one religious group to feel dominant over another’s religious beliefs. Discrimination of Religious groups in the United States are not nearly as severe as other countries throughout the world, yet discrimination in the U.S. is becoming more
In years following 9/11, scrutiny and backlash has intensified for Muslims regarding issues concerning mosques and questions of terrorism. There has been a series of public controversies related to Muslims, followers of the Islamic faith. One of these controversies are the construction of Islamic worship centers or Mosques in the U.S. Another controversy is the association between terrorist attacks and Islam. Due to the misrepresentation of Islam, most Americans have developed a misconception and
Islam Worksheet When studying Islam, it is important to understand the essential elements of the faith, how they are practiced, and the distinctions among the three branches: Shiite Islam, Sunni Islam, and Sufism. Write a 1- to 2-paragraph response for each of the following directives and note where there are differences among the three branches of Islam. 1. Explain the meaning of the name, Islam. The word Islam is derived from the Arabic root "Salema": peace, purity, submission and obedience
forced to convert to Islam every year in Pakistan.” April 2014. http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/08/epaper/8th-april-2014/ (April 6, 2014) Rashid, Qasim. 2011. “Pakistan's Failed Commitment: How Pakistan's Institutionalized Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.” September 2011. http://rjglb.richmond.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/qasim_rgl_11-1.pdf (April 3, 2014) Amnesty.org. 2014. “Annual Report 2013: Pakistan.” https://www
At its core, religion and history are intrinsically intertwined. Religion is often humanity’s driving force while history is the record of what they do with it. However, different belief systems are a diverse as the people who believe them. When these different religions come into contact with each other, there’s bound to be conflict. Prominent examples of these conflicts are causing warfare, division within a single belief system, and societal issues. Religion has been a major dividing force throughout
animalism in Animal Farm, Governments in other countries are doing the same to their own people’s beliefs today. One prominent example is the destruction of religion in Indonesia. In 2005 the Indonesian Ulama Council issued a decree declaring that Ahmadiyya was to stop public workshop and the teaching or religion within public schools (Schulzke 2). “This violates freedom of religion which is guaranteed by the constitution.” (Schulzke 2). This law was immediately attacked by Indonesia’s largest Islamic
are the Sufi Muslims. (prayingforindonesia) The Sunni and Shia don’t consider the Sufi to be true muslims because they use mysticism and believe they can have a relationship with God. (prayingforindonesia) Ahmadiyya is another Muslim group, however; Muslim religious leaders don’t recognize Ahmadiyya as true Muslims but as a cult. However, there are 242 groups in Indonesia. (prayingforindonesia) Most Muslims in Indonesia practice “folk Islam”. This means they mix animistic practices with traditional
Christianity. In the bible, the descriptions of antichrist and the description of Ad-Dajjal are so different. However, in order to avoid confusion, the same character is referred to as the Dajjal, the antichrist, and Ad-Dajjal. According to Bane (2012), Ahmadiyya teachings provide prophecies on Dajjal or antichrist appearance and Gog and Magog in the eschatology of Islam as foretelling of the emergence of two aspects or branches of similar trial or turmoil that will be experienced by Islam during the latter
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A Spiritual Awakening: A Reflection On Spiritual Films “What I thought was unreal, now for me... seems in some ways to be more real than what I think to be real... which seems now more to be unreal.” What the Bleep Do We Know, Fred Alan Wolf, Theoretical Physicist Spirituality is often approached either as a dogma with an emphasis on scripture and sacred texts, or as ritual with an emphasis on the legal norms. Certainly, many of the studies on religion have approached it from one of these angles
The word Islam is defined as submission to God. The beginning of Islam was in Arabia and it’s messenger to humanity is the Prophet Muhammad. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Islam is a monotheistic religion, and the muslim belief is that there’s one God, and his name is Allah. According to Muslims, Allah sent his messenger’s or Prophets to mankind to teach them obedience to him and only him. There are five pillars in the Islamic religion: declaration of faith, praying five times a day, giving
Although Islam and Confucianism represent two totally different worldviews, they have similar characteristics, which provide a potential idea, that both can be from a common source. Mirza Tahir Ahmad, who was a Caliph in Ahmadiyya Muslim community, supported this idea in his book “Revelation, Nationality, Knowledge & Truth”. He supports his idea saying, “All humans are God’s creation; it stands to reason that God not only guided people in the Middle East through Abrahamic prophets. He also guided