claim to be Muslims and their

On September 7, 1974, the Parliament of Pakistan declared Ahmadis ‘non-Muslims’. Then, on April 26, 1984, President Zia ul-Haq issued Ordinance XX which amended the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) to criminalise the Ahmadi’s claim to be Muslims and their practice of Islam. Ordinance XX inserted sections 298-B and 298-C in the PPC, which bar any Ahmadi from calling themselves Muslim or preaching and propagating their faith. This includes use of any “epithets, descriptions and titles” related to Muslims. Ahmadis appealed Ordinance XX, arguing that it violated the religious freedom guaranteed in Article 20 of the Pakistani Constitution. Nevertheless, in 1993, the Supreme Court upheld the Ordinance’s constitutionality. สล็อตเว็บตรง