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Furthermore, the same figure in East Pakistan defined their identity in terms of their ethnicity and not Islam. It was the opposite in West Pakistan, where Islam was stated to be more important than ethnicity. [46] After Pakistan's first ever general elections the 1973 Constitution was created by an elected Parliament. [47]
Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistan's second Prime Minister, argued against equal rights for all citizens in an Islamic state. [17] However, The Constitution of Pakistan establishes Islam as the state religion, [18] and provides that all citizens have the right to profess, practice and propagate their religion subject to law, public order, and morality. [19]
Similarly, a judge in Pakistan nullified the "free-will" marriage of a Hindu girl, Mehik Kumari, and confirmed that she was underage when she "embraced" Islam and married a Muslim man. Activists had argued that Kumari was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam. [23] Since these events, Pakistan has given over 1 million non-Muslims the right ...
Pakistan was founded on the basis of securing a sovereign homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent to live in self-determination. [20] The idea of Pakistan had received overwhelming popular support among British Indian Muslims, especially those in the Presidencies and provinces of British India where Muslims were in a minority such as U.P. [21]
Religious discrimination in Pakistan is a serious issue for the human rights situation in modern-day Pakistan. Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Shias, and Qadiyanis among other religious minorities often face discrimination and at times are even subjected to violence. In some cases Christian churches and the worshippers themselves have been attacked.
Pakistan lacks strong [vague] laws prohibiting coerced conversions, which has drawn criticism for allowing coerced conversions to go largely unpunished. [ 20 ] In November 2016, a bill prohibiting forced conversion was passed by the Sindh Provisional Assembly , punishing perpetrators with a minimum of 5 years in jail, and a fine paid to the ...
There are two levels of Sufism in Pakistan. The first is the 'populist' Sufism of the rural population. The first is the 'populist' Sufism of the rural population. This level of Sufism involves belief in intercession through saints, veneration of their shrines and forming bonds with a pir ( saint ).
Ziaism is a political ideology implemented in Pakistan from 1978 to 1988 by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. [1] The ideology endorses the idea of an Islamic state, influenced heavily by religion. [2]