Mother Teresa’s Moment of Truth Debates aside, is this really an article? It reads more like a badly patched arrangement of different articles. It follows no course, jumps from one point to another and leaves the reader in disarray.
Thouroughly disappointing.

naustalgia your poem's childlike echo beguiles its meaning. i loved it. good job :)

Cellular Cancer Your article could have been very informative and interesting. However, with poor editing, sweeping generalizations, unsupported claims and an overall amateur style of writing, it left a bad taste in mouth.

I don't mean to discourage you but I'm just a bit surprised that this article was published-on chowk more so than in The Nation.

Letter to My Unborn Son Yes the most immediate reaction after reading this letter is a smile.
:)
However, I find no reason for the publication of this article/letter. It is something quite personal. no offence of course.
Best of luck!

Shopping with Perveen I liked the piece. I sort of got lost in the middle but the ending was a clincher. Nicely done.

My home is burning: Message to living corpses Nice work. however, i wish it was written on a more universal note. children, whether those of muslims or not, are the responsibility of all adults... muslims or otherwise.

Ahmadis – The Forgotten People Re: # 64
Kulharee:

This comes four months late, but I just read your comment. I hope you read this. I don`t know how else to get in touch with you. Do let me know if you come across this entry, my contact is on my profile page.

A little clarification is needed here. You wrote:

[Jammat has a right to ‘ex-communicate’ anyone who doesn’t fit their definition of an Ahmadi. That has always bothered me. Here, we Ahamdis complain about not being considered Muslims by other Muslims, but at the same time we reserve the right to expel (they call it ‘Murtad’) anyone they think has not met their expectations. I think the right to consider who what person is, or what religion that person belongs to, should rest solely with that person.]

Only the Caliph of the jamaat has the right to expel someone. A distinction needs to be made here: casting off somebody from the jamaat does not mean they are being expelled from Ahmadiyyat. The jamaat firmly believes that everyone has the right to be whoever they want to be. But for sake of running an organization and unifying everyone under it (my explanation lacks articulation), such drastic measures are sometimes taken.
I repeat, expelling anyone from the Jamaat does not mean he is not an Ahmadi anymore. No one has the right to claim that about anyone. It just means that he has no link with the the organization. Whether he wants to be an Ahmadi or not is entirely his prerogative.

I believe the term used for the purpose is NOT `murtad` (which is denouncing your beliefs, correct me if i`m wrong), but `khaarij`, as in `jamaat sey khaarij`

Ahmadiyyat is not a part of the jamaat. The jamaat is a part of Ahmadiyyat .