Atif Mian
On Thursday, June 5th, the principal of Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, expelled every student who belonged to the Ahmadi community from the college.
A total of twenty three students, fifteen female and eight male, across the five years of medical school have been expelled as a result. Further details regarding the incident can also be found in reports from the BBC and from the Daily Times.
The Ahmadi students were “accused” of preaching their religious beliefs. The principal was pressured into expelling the entire Ahmadi student body by a mob of protesters belonging to Islami Jamiat e Talaba. The mob circled the Principal’s office and demanded the expulsions. The same day, a mob of about 300 college students also barged into Ahmadi students’ rooms, beat them and threw their luggage out of their rooms.
What makes this incident especially troubling is the fact that the decision to expel Ahmadi students was taken by a government-run medical school, under full knowledge of the relevant Punjab ministries.
As an academic, and a Pakistani, I am totally appalled by this latest incidence of religious fanaticism. One hopes that the present Punjab government turns a page, and instead of supporting the forces of extremism, comes to the protection of its ordinary citizens.
Atif Mian is Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.
I studied with an Ahmadis and some were quite gifted. Pakistan seems to be going backwards in the world. Well it’s a loss for their mother country since these students end up going elsewhere. These situations leave them no choice but to emmigrate. Oh well the world needs more doctors and our country is looking for them. My thanks to fanatics and clerics of Pakistan for helping us import the doctors from your nation.
Again @ Mahmood Ahmad:
I think what ever Qadiani Khalifa II, Mirza Mahmood Ahmad did to Muslim children, now Muslims are doing to his children i.e. Qadianis.
I have given detail in my earlier post on page 5.
I wonder if poster Mahmood Ahmad has some thing to write to justify INJUSTICE and INFAIRNESS of his QK II???
CORRECTED WITH SOME ADDITION
We Ahmadies do not expect any good from our fellow countrymen or justice from the system. The long marches for a free judiciary is only for their own selves, when it comes to Ahmadies it is different, their minds are peluted with prejudice and hatred but irrespective we will continue to practice LOVE FOR ALL HATRED FOR NONE.
The founder of our community Hazrat mirza Ghulam Ahmad gave us a message that “GAALIAN SOON KER DUA DO PAA KER DOOKH ARAAM DO”. We have believed and practiced that now for more than 100 years and will Insha-Allah continue doing that. You try to shrink the world around us Allah Insha-Allah will open new avenues for us, we do not carry any doubt even at the back of our mind that he won
Assalam-o-Alekum.
Humbly submitting, there is a lot of talk here about Muslims and Non-Muslims and what should or should not be allowed in a Muslim state. I would like to pose a very simple question to these able writers and readers: What is the definition of a Muslim? Is it not, simply proclaiming La-Illaha-Illalah, Muhammdur(SAW)-Rasoolullah. Or is the Pakistani Constitution’s ammendment of 1973 decides who is a Muslim, or Genral Zia-ul-Haq’s ordinance in 1984 decides what can and cannot be done in a Muslim state? We keep quoting Muhammad (SAW) example for expelling Jews. What about the victory of Mecca. What about Omar (RA) conquest of Jarusalam. What about: “There is no compulsion in Religion” (2:257). or “For you your religion and for me my religion” (109:7), or “and let not a people’s enmity incite you to act otherwise than with justice. Be always just” (5:9). As far as preaching goes, the Holy Quran’s definition is only to preach good and forbid evil (3:111). Certaily the constitution of Pakistan cannot be the measure of what is GOOD. (Please note that if you do not consider Bismillah as the first verse of each Surrah then subtract 1 from the above references).
So I urge you all to reach within and understand what is going on. To erase the Kalima from a Qadiani mosque is still erasing Kalima, irrespective of where it was being displayed. To forbid a Qadiani to call for Azan is still forbidding the name of Allah to be glorified that many times. Unless and until you are all knowing (Naoozobillah), do not be too quick to pass judgement.
Thank you
We Ahmadies do not expect any good from our fellow countrymen or justice from the system. The long marches for a free judiciary is only for their own selves, when it comes to Ahmadies it is different, their minds are peluted with prejudice and hatred but irrespective we will continue to practice LOVE FOR ALL HATRED FOR NONE.
The founder of our community Hazrat mirza Ghulam Ahmad gave us a message that “GAALIAN SOON KER DUA DO PAA KER DOOKH ARAAM DO”. We have believed and practiced that now for more than 100 years and will Insha-Allah continue doing that. You try to shrink the world around us Allah Insha-Allah will open new avenues for us, we do not carry any doubt even at the back of our mind that he won