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Pakistani court ruling aims to publicly identify all religious minorities

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Post by Guest Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:54 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan (RNS) – A high court in majority-Muslim Pakistan has ruled that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining the civil service, military or judiciary. All birth certificates, identity cards, passports and voting lists must also indicate the person’s faith.

The judgment, a victory for hard-line clerics pressuring the state to single out minorities in their midst, adds that all Muslim candidates for national or provincial assemblies must swear that Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was the last of God’s prophets.

This has spread fear among Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and other religious minorities already under pressure in the South Asian nation. Ahmadis, who believe another Muslim prophet came after Muhammad, feel especially targeted because they could not take the parliamentary oath.

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Post by magica Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:30 am

There will be massive persecutions on non Muslims. Be like Hitler's Germany No
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