Ahmadiyya in Pakistan
Ahmadis in Pakistan are people who follow the Ahmadiyya religion or sect. There are different estimates, but they make up a small percentage, between 0.22% and 2.2%, of Pakistan's population. Pakistan has the largest number of Ahmadis in the world, numbering between 2 to 5 million.[1][2] Rabwah in Punjab used to be their main headquarters before it was moved to England. The Ahmadiyya movement started in Qadian, and after Pakistan gained independence, Ahmadis moved to Rabwah. Some well-known Pakistanis who were Ahmadis include Abdus Salam, the country's first Nobel Prize winner, and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistan's first foreign minister.[3]
Ahmadis in Pakistan mainly live in the Punjab province, but you can also find them in big cities like Karachi, Islamabad, and Peshawar.[4] Most Ahmadis belong to a united group called the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC), led by the Khalifa. There's another group called the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, but it's smaller, representing less than 0.2% of all Ahmadis in Pakistan and the entire world.[5]
References
change- ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Pakistan: The situation of Ahmadis, including legal status and political, education and employment rights; societal attitudes toward Ahmadis (2006 - Nov. 2008)". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ↑ 4.910.000: James Minahan: Encyclopedia of the stateless nations. Ethnic and national groups around the world. Greenwood Press . Westport 2002, page 52
- ↑ "The Muslim genius forgotten by history". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ↑ Valentine, Simon Ross (2008). Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jamaʻat: History, Belief, Practice. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-70094-8.
- ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Pakistan: Situation of members of the Lahori Ahmadiyya Movement in Pakistan; whether differences exist between the treatment of Lahori Ahmadis and Qadiani Ahmadis; procedure for verification of membership in Lahori Ahmadiyya Movement (February 2006)". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
