Spokesperson for the Ahmadi community in Pakistan has said that the newly-formed minority commission may put the community's lives at risk. He also lamented that a hateful campaign against the community had started on social media following reports of their inclusion in the commission, with federal minister issuing 'inflammatory' statements.
The spokesman for Ahmadi community Saleem ud Din tweeted a statement in consensus from the leaders of the community about their status in the minority commission.
They have said that the newly formed minorities commission can put the community at risk, which has already been on the fringes of violence from the fascist groups in the country.
https://twitter.com/SaleemudDinAA/status/1262296838255906817?s=20
He said that since the founding of the National Commission for Minorities last month, Pakistan’s federal Cabinet ministers and provincial assembly members have used “dangerous” and “inflammatory” remarks, inciting civilian violence against the group.
Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Religious and Inter-faith Harmony Affairs, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, last week declared that any form of “soft-heartedness” toward the Ahmadis was both un-Islamic and unpatriotic. He said the person will be not 'loyal to Islam nor the state'.
The press release from the community said that they cannot compromise on their beliefs to be made a part of the minorities commission.
Human Rights Watch also took notice of the blatant discrimination and said it is embedded in the Pakistani Law. “The Ahmadis are among the most persecuted communities in Pakistan and to exclude them from a minority rights commission is absurd,” Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said last Friday. “Keeping Ahmadis off the commission shows the extent to which the community faces discrimination every day.”
The spokesman for Ahmadi community Saleem ud Din tweeted a statement in consensus from the leaders of the community about their status in the minority commission.
They have said that the newly formed minorities commission can put the community at risk, which has already been on the fringes of violence from the fascist groups in the country.
https://twitter.com/SaleemudDinAA/status/1262296838255906817?s=20
He said that since the founding of the National Commission for Minorities last month, Pakistan’s federal Cabinet ministers and provincial assembly members have used “dangerous” and “inflammatory” remarks, inciting civilian violence against the group.
Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Religious and Inter-faith Harmony Affairs, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, last week declared that any form of “soft-heartedness” toward the Ahmadis was both un-Islamic and unpatriotic. He said the person will be not 'loyal to Islam nor the state'.
The press release from the community said that they cannot compromise on their beliefs to be made a part of the minorities commission.
Human Rights Watch also took notice of the blatant discrimination and said it is embedded in the Pakistani Law. “The Ahmadis are among the most persecuted communities in Pakistan and to exclude them from a minority rights commission is absurd,” Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said last Friday. “Keeping Ahmadis off the commission shows the extent to which the community faces discrimination every day.”