We don't hate Ahmedis, but any educated person that had atleast knowledge about Islam would know that Ahmedis are not Muslim. NO, we do not want to kill Ahmedis, we are just saying that the Ahmediyya are a different religion.
If INDIA wants to truly respect the feelings of Indian Muslims they would declare Ahmediyyas as non-Muslims, simple. It doesn't hurt your stance of a secular state in India.
But Icewold, there is a HUGE problem with what you suggest. Forget about India, this is a HUGE problem in our own country. Here is the problem:
1) All Pakistanis agree that we should respect religious beliefs of others and not denigrate them as "bakwaas". We also agree that it should be illegal to hurt the religious sentiments of people.
2) The Ahmadis believe that they had was a Messiah in the 19th Century. Is this bakwaas? Most non-Ahmadi Ulema and us Muslims would say, "yes, it is bakwaas". Have we not offended the religious sentiments of the Ahmadis? Is this not illegal?
3) People say that they can believe in their "messiah" if they want, and there is no problem as long as they do not call themselves "Muslims". But, Icewolf, the
basic aqueeda of the Ahmadis is that they
are Muslims. If we legally ban them from calling themselves "muslims", have we not curtailed their freedom of religious belief? Are we not disrespecting their religious belief?
Many of us say that we have no problem with the Ahmadis, except that:
(a) They cannot make the Azaan call in public.
(b) They cannot call their cantor as mu'azzan
(c) They cannot call their houses of worship as Masjid.
(d) They cannot display Kalima, Shahadah or Mashallah or Takbeer on their buildings.
(e) They cannot put Bismallah in the foreword of any book authored by an Ahmadi.
(f) They cannot pray with their jamaah spilling over into the public view.
(g) They cannot say "Salaam" to each other in public.
(h) They cannot offer namaz with others in government buildings and must stand aside.
(i) They cannot do dawah, distribute literature or call people to their religion.
Other than that, we say, there are no restrictions and they can practice, profess and propagate their religion quite freely.
But this begs the question:
what is left of their religion after all these legal disqualification?
All of these things are central tenets of their religion, regardless of whether we think it is Islam or Non-Islam.
Do you now see the real issue?
We
violently demand that the whole world should "respect our feelings", "not hurt our religious sentiments", "not denigrate our beliefs" and "not interfere with our religious practices".
But, we are not willing to extend the same to others, especially not the Ahmadis. How long will this double-standard continue? The whole world now thinks we are unreasonably delusional and so deeply brainwashed that we cannot understand basic rational arguments calling for the logic of empathic projections.
And as for the "Secular State", I don't think you have even begun to understand what a Secular State is. Please take some time to think these issues through.