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There was mass forced migration when the partition happened, so there might have lived more than 23% non-Muslims on Pakistan’s territory before.
by orbifold 7y ago
There was mass forced migration when the partition happened, so there might have lived more than 23% non-Muslims on Pakistan’s territory before.
- denzil_correa 7y agoCertainly, that can’t be used as an argument against persecution of non Muslims - the country didn’t even exist then!
- timbuck2 7y agoIt can, because Jinnah himself had assured all minorities of Pakistan the safety. AFTER partition, the rioting mobs killed and drove out Hindus, later Ahmadiyyas, and more recently Christians.
- ninni 7y agoJust goes to show you the importance of secularism and it's need to be bastioned. Using the same protected grounds under which people seek asylum, to discriminate is inherently unprincipled. All things being equal, non muslims may well have more pressing claims to refugee protections. The merits and priority of a migrants application can be determined without destroying India's secular fabric.