At the Oscar awards yesterday, Mahershala Ali became the first muslim to win an Oscar award. Amongst those who congratulated him was Pakistan's top diplomat, Maleeha Lodhi, for whom the sense of kinship with a fellow muslim made this a matter of pride.
However what followed was an excellent demonstration of muslim intolerance of other religions and rejection of the principle of equality of religions; particularly when they form the majority. It turned out that Ali was a Ahmadi muslim, who are considered heretics by sunni muslims (in Pakistan and now increasingly the world over) and have been declared non-muslims under Pakistan law.
The reaction from fanatical muslims back home in pakistan was immediate and so great that the Pakistani diplomat immediately deleted the congratulatory tweet.
And these are the same people who accuse other countries/ religions of islamophobia and want secularism and freedom of religion (BUT only as long as they are in a minority).
Something for us to ponder upon (and be careful of when we see these guys in INdia talking of brotherhood and secularism).
The link to the article is:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistans-top-diplomat-in-un-deletes-tweet-on-muslim-oscar-winner/articleshow/57378072.cms
However what followed was an excellent demonstration of muslim intolerance of other religions and rejection of the principle of equality of religions; particularly when they form the majority. It turned out that Ali was a Ahmadi muslim, who are considered heretics by sunni muslims (in Pakistan and now increasingly the world over) and have been declared non-muslims under Pakistan law.
The reaction from fanatical muslims back home in pakistan was immediate and so great that the Pakistani diplomat immediately deleted the congratulatory tweet.
And these are the same people who accuse other countries/ religions of islamophobia and want secularism and freedom of religion (BUT only as long as they are in a minority).
Something for us to ponder upon (and be careful of when we see these guys in INdia talking of brotherhood and secularism).
The link to the article is:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistans-top-diplomat-in-un-deletes-tweet-on-muslim-oscar-winner/articleshow/57378072.cms
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