Ahmadis disassociate from Pakistan elections

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Ahmadis disassociate from Pakistan elections

Ahmadi*yya spokes*person says separa*te voter list based on religi*on is worst form of discri*minati*on.
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Published: May 5, 2013 Share this article
LAHORE: The Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya (JA) announced its disassociation from the Pakistan general elections 2013 on Sunday to protest the discrimination shown towards the community, ‘more than all other religious minorities’.

A separate voter list, specifically for Ahmadis on the basis of religious beliefs is outright discrimination and against the spirit of a joint electorate, JA spokesperson Saleemudin said in a press release.

According to the election rules the basic eligibility for a voter is Pakistani citizenship, not the religious or ideological beliefs a citizen holds, he observed. Despite this rule, in order to register to vote, Ahmadis have to provide their addresses, disassociate themselves from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) and appear on a separate list.While there is meant to be a single voter list for all citizens, special orders were issued to prepare separate voter lists only for Ahmadis in the 2002 and 2008 general elections. For the 2013 general elections this was not changed.

This is the worst kind of discrimination, the press release stated, adding that such bigotry runs against the conventions on human rights that Pakistan has signed.

The JA spokesperson said he had written to the ECP to resolve this issue, but nothing had been done to address the community’s grievances.

 

[livingdead]

Who made these rules in bold part?

 

[Soumitra]

They have to declare their religious beliefs in passport forms and voter lists. Why this Kolaveri Di?

 

[livingdead]

waiting for pakistani poster to say something about this state sponsored, instutionalized inequality.

 

[Icewolf]

No surprise. They have always boycotted every Pakistani election. Their ideology actually is against the Pakistani state, as it is a Islamic Republic.

Even without the seperate voter list, they would still be boycotting, as no party wants to change the law that states Ahmedis are not Muslims.

 

[Jango]

There are reserved seats for non muslims, what's the problem?

 

[Peregrine]

Two words....Drama Queens.

 

[neehar]

There are reserved seats for non muslims, what's the problem?

i think thats precisely what the problem is...

 

[Jango]

i think thats precisely what the problem is...

How is it a problem?

This is what separate electorate is. In our constitution, you need to represent minorities as well and those minorities get represented in NA through reserved seats.

 

[Kompromat]

They have done that for past 25 years.

 

[neehar]

How is it a problem?

This is what separate electorate is. In our constitution, you need to represent minorities as well and those minorities get represented in NA through reserved seats.

Despite this rule, in order to register to vote, Ahmadis have to provide their addresses, disassociate themselves from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) and appear on a separate list


how is this any way related to voting??its natural that they feel discriminated.seperate electorates are no solution for this.this is the first time something im coming across such thing..they're very much a part of muslims here..any way im least interested to discuss religion but connecting religion with voting is not a very good idea

They have done that for past 25 years.

then then must be something wrong with the system which is not addressed dont u think??

 

[Yaduveer]

Why ahmadies are not Muslims ? even their name are like Muslims (e.g. Abdus salaam)

Isn't their name of the god is Allah? So what exactly is the problem ?

 

[Jango]

Despite this rule, in order to register to vote, Ahmadis have to provide their addresses, disassociate themselves from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) and appear on a separate list


how is this any way related to voting??its natural that they feel discriminated.seperate electorates are no solution for this.this is the first time something im coming across such thing..they're very much a part of muslims here..any way im least interested to discuss religion but connecting religion with voting is not a very good idea



then then must be something wrong with the system which is not addressed dont u think??

They are not Muslims, so they cannot be Prime Minister, that is why they have to declare their religion.

Giving a minority adequate representation in parliament is possible through separate electorate. That is what Jinnah and muslim league advocated for in struggle for partition.

Why ahmadies are not Muslims ? even their name are like Muslims (e.g. Abdus salaam)

Isn't their name of the god is Allah? So what exactly is the problem ?

They do not believe in finality of Prophet Muhammad SAW, so effectively denying the kalma shahadat.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

This is baseless propaganda and utter nonsense

 

[Yaduveer]

They do not believe in finality of Prophet Muhammad SAW, so effectively denying the kalma shahadat.

What is Kalma shahadat ?

What about Namaz,Hajj to Macca &Madina ? is it same or different ?