UK: The Elephant in The Room | The Ahmedi Community

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"Here I was sat in the UK, rooting for Imran Khan and his plan for a new Pakistan, but he was eliminating and disempowering 4 million Pakistanis in that process! It was a blatant denial of human rights."

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Source/Credit: Sabbiyah Pervez | Blog
By Sabbiyah Pervez | June 20, 2013

The Ahmedi community has always been a topic of fascination to me. Growing up I was taught that Ahmedi’s were not Muslims, they were traitors and hypocrites and should not be associated with. I remember, in particular, my friend’s dad once telling me that if he could, he would sanction a boycott against all Ahemdis. His exact words were ‘they are an evil group of people.’

What didn’t help him was that I was naturally very inquisitive, so when I questioned his beliefs he could only reply that they, the Ahmedis, did not accept Muhammad PBUH to be the final messenger. I have long wondered what the cause of concern is against the Ahmediya community. When I read that in the recent elections in Pakistan, the Ahemdi community were completely disenfranchised it both worried and frustrated me. Here I was sat in the UK, rooting for Imran Khan and his plan for a new Pakistan, but he was eliminating and disempowering 4 million Pakistanis in that process! It was a blatant denial of human rights.

Although I do not know many Ahmedis I wanted to know more about their beliefs and their struggle, so I took it upon myself to interview Qasim Rashid who is the national spokesperson for the Ahmedi community in the USA. Qasim has recently written a book entitled “The Wrong Kind of Muslim,” which is available to buy now. [ ... more at Sabbiyah Pervez | Blog ]


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