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  • Pakistan clerics persecute 'non Muslims' (Ahmadi sect members jailed for 'impersonating' muslims)

    12/25/2007 8:47:15 AM PST · by Stoat · 12 replies · 178+ views
    The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | December 25, 2007 | Isambard Wilkinson
    Pakistan clerics persecute 'non Muslims' By Isambard Wilkinson in Rabwah  Last Updated: 11:22am GMT 25/12/2007     Hardline clerics are using Pakistan's blasphemy laws to persecute members of a small Islamic splinter group they say are not proper Muslims.   Hardline clerics protest against the Pakistan government The two million-strong Ahmadiyya community, based in Rabwah in the Punjab, risks charges of "impersonating Muslims" under the country's controversial religious laws.Shameen Ahmad Khalid, a community leader, said: "We have people serving long jail sentences for blasphemy or for 'posing as Muslims'."The laws mandate three years' imprisonment for Ahmadis who dare to call...