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  • noun Plural form of Ahmadi.

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Examples

  • In fact, even to apply for a Pakistani passport a citizen has to declare one religious group called Ahmadis non-Muslims.

    Taufiq Rahim: A Tale of Muslim Divergence 2010

  • The Ahmadis are a heterodox sect, known collectively as the Ahmadiyya, founded in the late th century in Pakistan.

    David Horowitz Freedom Center 2010

  • Similarly, Human Rights Watch reports that Pakistan persists in persecuting religious minorities, noting that the Ahmadis are a favourite target of the authorities.

    Assyrian International News Agency 2008

  • Although Salam was a pious Muslim, he was excommunicated by Pakistan in the 1970s because of his non-orthodox religious convictions and adherence to a relatively obscure Islamic sect called the Ahmadis (

    physicsworld.com: all content 2010

  • To that end, much of Pakistan's tendency toward extremism is traceable to 1974, when an odious constitutional amendment declared millions of Ahmadis a sect of Islam as non-Muslims.

    Faheem Younus: Celebrating Fourth Of July As A Muslim Faheem Younus 2011

  • To that end, much of Pakistan's tendency toward extremism is traceable to 1974, when an odious constitutional amendment declared millions of Ahmadis a sect of Islam as non-Muslims.

    Faheem Younus: Celebrating Fourth Of July As A Muslim Faheem Younus 2011

  • Small minority groups like Christians and Ahmadis, a heterodox Muslim sect, find themselves routinely under attack.

    Lawless Pakistan 2011

  • If you let go of this final and precious opportunity [to recant] then you will have the same end as [other murdered Ahmadis]...

    Qasim Rashid: Convert Or Die Qasim Rashid 2011

  • Millions of Baha'is and Ahmadis, religious movements arising after Muhammad, are condemned as de facto "insulters" of Islam, frequently persecuted by OIC governments, and attacked by vigilantes.

    The State Department vs. Free Speech Nina Shea 2011

  • To that end, much of Pakistan's tendency toward extremism is traceable to 1974, when an odious constitutional amendment declared millions of Ahmadis a sect of Islam as non-Muslims.

    Faheem Younus: Celebrating Fourth Of July As A Muslim Faheem Younus 2011

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