@ Zingaro
thankyou very much for inviting me into the fold of Islam. I must respectfully decline because i do not believe the true islam would engage in aggression towards those who believe differently from me. That is the clear attitude you display.
Now as i happen to belong to an ahmadi family from my father's side, and have a very criticial view against any sort of religion on from my mother's european side, i can assure you that i have a greater intellectual grasp on the actual goings on and philosophy of the ahmadis. I have never stated my allegiance to ahmadiyyat because i do not believe in allegiances of this sort. The allegiance of those who truly believe need not be spoken. It finds its way through all societies to all people.
Anyhow what you say is that it is part of the ahmadi credo to denounce, demean and condemn all people who do not conform to ahmmadiyyat. Now i'm sure you will accuse me of lying when i say that isn't so, nevertheless it doesn't change the fact. The ahmedi credo is "Love for all, Hatred for none". All ahmadis are strictly forbidden to resort to conflict in the name of religion. That is why ahmadis have no militants, no violent hardliners and no history of aggression against non-ahmadis.
Indeed it is a credo that i too believe strongly in even though i do not consider myself to be part of any organized religion.
I have been raised around a staunchly ahmadi family my whole life and i can assure you that nothing in their manner, perception or attitude indicates any sort of ill will, aggression or condemnation against those who beleive differently.
Indeed there is anger and frustration over the discriminatory constitional amendments that divide pakistanis into first grade and second grade citizens. Such discrimination under any name and under any guise is wrong. Whether it is certain european laws that discrimnate against those with a muslim background, or chinese legislation that persecutes the falun gong, or Israeli laws that define right to citizenship based on religious origin it is plain wrong.
Any human being, simply on account of being born a human has the right to be treated equally. Stated affiliations mean nothing in the eyes of God, and it should mean nothing in the eyes of the Law.
You term his teachings "dirty". That is your opinion and you are welcome to it. FOrtunately for all of us, Opinions do not change Truth. It is my opinion that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has some pretty smart things to say. And what he has said has resulted in a properous, educated, tolerant, progressive and positive movement. If nothing else, he created 10 million + people with greater unity and greater positive impact on their respective societies.
While there is no end to the anger and aggression meted out against ahmadis (enough to make even non-ahmadis object) this particular community has managed to remain peaceful. That in itself is an achievement.
I do not care what they call themselves. I do not care what you call yourself. What i care about is this world and the people in it. I care about people sticking together and helping other people. I care about people having big enough hearts to have the capacity to accept those that are different. I care about giving people confidence in their right to humanity. I care about humanity because God cares about humanity.
I am truly glad that you do not agree with people saying things like "kafir, khanzeer and women more than bi**es". It is wrong for ANYBODY or ANY organization to speak thus of those who do not agree with them.
But i can definately assure you (and you would know this if you actually had an ahmadi friend or family member) that such aggression against non-ahmadis simply does not exist. You have been led to believe a falsehood. One cannot say "love for all, hatred for none" and believe the exact opposite.
Anyhow in relation to DR Abdus Salam. He should have been given due respect and due support from the government and fromt he pakistani nation IRRESPECTIVE of his religious affiliation. They had no bearing on his work as a scientist and to deny him his right to speak of his religion as he wished is to deny him of a right unrelated to his work.
As a person who had brought honor to Pakistan it was a great injustice that Zia lobbied against him becoming the first Pakistani Secretary General of a UN organization. It is a great injustice that he is not mentioned as a pakistani hero. It is a great injustice that his students have had universities and research institutes names after them, but not him. This inujustice is a result of institutionalized discrimination that has all but attempted to wipe his name from pakistani history. And all because people here decided that they had an exclusive right to the "brand" of islam.
People seem to forget that nobody owns Islam. Islam is God's, and no human has the authoirity to claim exclusivity.
Posted 1 year ago on 02 Mar 2010 9:54
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