Beschreibung:
Winner of the Karachi Literary Festival Peace Prize 2015, 'The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan' traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan by drawing on revealing new sources. The Ahmadis believe Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan (1835-1908) was a prophet (in a nuanced understanding of this term) and promised messiah. This led to the group's condemnation as infidels during the colonial period, setting in course a painful history of religious exclusion.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Chapter I: The Records of the Court of Inquiry and the Munir-Kiyani Report; Chapter II: The Background to Jamäat Ahmadiyya and the Origins of the Anti-Ahmadi Movement: The Role of Majlis-i-Ahrar and Majlis-i-¿Amal; Chapter III: The Political Hierarchy and Administrative Structure of Pakistan: Contextualizing the Events of 1952-53; Chapter IV: Disturbances in Lahore and the Imposition of Martial Law; Chapter V: The Findings of the Munir-Kiyani Report; Part II: Chapter VI: Understanding the Events of 1974; Chapter VII: The "Final Solution" of the "90-Year-Old Problem"?: The Parliamentary Proceedings of 1974; Debates on the Ahmadis after 1974: A Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index