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Amir Liaquat Hussain on Ahmedis
I had written this post based upon a letter published in Dawn on 20th September. It said that Aamir Liaquat Hussain incited people to kill Ahmadis without fear. At the time of writing the post I had not seen the programme myself. I have now seen the entire programme on YouTube and now I feel that at no time he said anything to incite people to kill Ahmadis.
The letter said that Aamir Liaquat Hussain repeatedly urged that Ahmadis should be killed.
Dr Amir urged fundamentalist Muslims to kill without fear, and this statement was repeated by him and two other Islamic scholars several times during a popular television show.
I have not deleted the original post which is retained completely below. If any part from the programme is missing in which he incited killings of Ahmadis, then kindly let me know.
Aamir Liaquat Hussain has declared in his programme “Alim Online” that members of Ahmedi sect should be put to death. The Ahmedis were declared non-Muslims by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after an uprising in 1970s.
The programme was aired on September 7 in which the former Minister of State for religious affairs urged people to kill Ahmedis without fear. This statement was repeated by him and the other two scholars during the programme.
Amir Liaquat Hussain was expelled from his party nearly one and half years ago and he was asked to resign from the ministry. In his anger he not only resigned as minister but also resigned from his seat in the National Assembly.
Amir Liaquat prefers to call himself Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain, even though he does not hold a Ph. D. degree. He was a student at Liaquat Medical University where he did not complete his course. He obtained degrees from some online universities which were not recognized by the University Grants Commission of Pakistan. His documents were challenged in the National Assembly by Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and he could not come up with a proper reply.
He does not hold any religious degree as well. He does not know Quran and certainly does not have knowledge of Islamic Jurisprudence. Despite this lack of knowledge he has considerable viewership of his programme which speaks volumes about the dearth of religious knowledge in general public.
I had written this post based upon a letter published in Dawn on 20th September. It said that Aamir Liaquat Hussain incited people to kill Ahmadis without fear. At the time of writing the post I had not seen the programme myself. I have now seen the entire programme on YouTube and now I feel that at no time he said anything to incite people to kill Ahmadis.
Please see the following two clips.
Part 1.
Part 2.
The letter said that Aamir Liaquat Hussain repeatedly urged that Ahmadis should be killed.
Dr Amir urged fundamentalist Muslims to kill without fear, and this statement was repeated by him and two other Islamic scholars several times during a popular television show.
I have not deleted the original post which is retained completely below. If any part from the programme is missing in which he incited killings of Ahmadis, then kindly let me know.
Aamir Liaquat Hussain has declared in his programme “Alim Online” that members of Ahmedi sect should be put to death. The Ahmedis were declared non-Muslims by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after an uprising in 1970s.
The programme was aired on September 7 in which the former Minister of State for religious affairs urged people to kill Ahmedis without fear. This statement was repeated by him and the other two scholars during the programme.
Amir Liaquat Hussain was expelled from his party nearly one and half years ago and he was asked to resign from the ministry. In his anger he not only resigned as minister but also resigned from his seat in the National Assembly.
Amir Liaquat prefers to call himself Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain, even though he does not hold a Ph. D. degree. He was a student at Liaquat Medical University where he did not complete his course. He obtained degrees from some online universities which were not recognized by the University Grants Commission of Pakistan. His documents were challenged in the National Assembly by Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and he could not come up with a proper reply.
He does not hold any religious degree as well. He does not know Quran and certainly does not have knowledge of Islamic Jurisprudence. Despite this lack of knowledge he has considerable viewership of his programme which speaks volumes about the dearth of religious knowledge in general public.
