73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at

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73 DIVISIONS IN ISLAM AND ONE TRUE JAMA’AT 2 groups or Mullahs regarded Ahmadi Muslims to be out of the pale of Islam but their hostility did not stop there. In 1953 the political expediencies of some Mullahs prompted to exploit the Ahmadiyya Muslim issue which resulted in the eruption of mob violence. This agitation was launched by Majlis - e - Ahrar which had no political career in Pakistan because of its anti - Pa kistan stance during partition. They tried to use this issue to seek some political standing in newly established Muslim state by exploiting people’s religious feelings a fact that was later established by Munir report. In 1974, seeing its grip loosening o n the government, the party in power again staged a drama and exploited the same issue to turn the events in their favor. Being under tremendous pressure from King Faisal, according to The Guardian (UK) (9th Sept. 1974), Mr. Bhutto staged the Rabwah incide nce and dumped the matter into the lap of national assembly which turned itself into a special committee. This committee invited the leaders of all the sects considered to be associated with the Islamic faith (72 in number) to hold a debate on the matter o f Finality of prophethood (i. e. if a prophet could come after Muhammad, peace be upon him, or not) with the leadership of Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. The proceedings of these hearings were never made public. At the end of this pseudo - hearing all the leade rs of 72 sects unanimously declared Ahmadis to be non - Muslims, which the special committee adopted as an amendment to the constitution of 1973. Thus the government of an Islamic state outrageously contravened the commandment of the Holy Quran: