The cruel persecution of the Ahmadis has certainly hurt the sect and checked its growth in its homeland. But by empowering violent extremists it has also hurt the rest of Pakistan.
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| Ahmadiyya Muslim leader Syed Shamshad Ahmad Nasir honors Mormon leader Daniel Stevenson at Baitul Hamid Mosque in Chino California. |
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By Sadanand Dhume | December 5, 2017
Only when it’s militarily strong and culturally confident can the West play a meaningful moderating role in the Islamic world
In my most recent Wall Street Journal column — read it here — I look at the plight of South Asia’s most violently persecuted religious minority: Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslims. Since Pakistan declared the sect to be non-Muslim in 1974, Ahmadis have suffered escalating violence including lynchings, terrorist attacks, and death sentences under the country’s draconian blasphemy laws.
Beyond a harrowing tale of human suffering that deserves telling, the Ahmadi experience also holds lessons for the West. Instead of standing down Islamists, who began baying for Ahmadi blood as early as 1953, just six years after Pakistan was born, successive governments buckled under pressure. Kowtowing did not sate Islamist appetites; on the contrary, it whetted them. Now we’ve reached a stage where even the slightest hint of forbearance toward the beleaguered community is enough to bring armed mobs to the streets of Pakistan.
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