In a country already scarred by decades of sectarian strife, the appearance of two recent videos from Pakistan cuts deep into the conscience of any society that dares to call itself humane. These videos do not just expose bigotry—they echo the darkest voices of history. They feature clerics affiliated with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a hardline fundamentalist movement known for its brutal orthodoxy and blood-soaked rhetoric. And this time, the target is Pakistan’s most persecuted religious minority: the Ahmadis.
In one video, a TLP-aligned cleric, speaking without the faintest tremor of guilt or restraint, boldly proclaims:
“We also don’t say that we aren’t going to kill… When we are in government when Nizam-e-Mustafa is implemented, a directive will be given from the top: target and kill every Mirzai in Pakistan.”
This is not merely hate speech—it is a roadmap for genocide, spoken with pride and broadcast with impunity.
The Ahmadis, whom he dehumanizes as “swines” and condemns to “humiliated and disgraceful” lives, are stripped of all dignity not just in his words but by the very laws of the Pakistani state. Laws that bar them from calling themselves Muslim. Laws that forbid them from building mosques. Laws that criminalize their very prayers. And now, empowered by these laws, a cleric publicly declares that Ahmadis should not just be silenced—they should be annihilated.
As if that were not enough, in a second video, the same voice—steeped in venom—calls for the killing of “those Jews as well who nurtured them.”
This isn’t just incitement. It is open season on minorities. On human decency. On peace.
Where is the outrage?
Where is the condemnation from the state that claims to be a democracy?
Where are the arrests for inciting mass murder?
The silence of the Pakistani authorities is deafening—and dangerous. Because every day they remain silent, they give oxygen to the fire of extremism. They let hate become holy. They let murder become a sermon.
This is not just a call for justice. It is a plea to humanity. Because when you normalize the idea of killing in the name of religion, you don’t just kill Ahmadis. You kill the soul of your nation.
And one day, it will not be just them. It will be all of us.