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Pakistan's Ahmadiyya Problem

A controversial appointment that shed light on Pakistan's Amaddiyya community.

Last week Pakistan鈥檚 Prime Minister, Imran Khan, appointed a renowned Pakistani economist to an advisory economics panel. But Professor Mian is also a member of the Ahmadiyya religious community, which many Muslims consider to be sacrilegious. Following protests he resigned. So why do the Ahmadiyya stir such passions in Pakistan? 麻豆社 Urdu's Khalid Karamat explains.

Image: A man cries as he prays at the graves of victims killed in attacks against Ahmadiyya community mosques in 2010.
Credit: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

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