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We all know that in secular democracies, we are not free of bias. We bring our preferences to the table and to the platforms that we support and create.
Ahmadi Muslims believe that their religion advises certain rules and punishments. Although they won’t advise or support an actual theocracy, they would like to see these same religious injunctions inform how a secular society governs itself.
In practical everyday terms, how does formal Sharia-law (in whatever way Ahmadiyya Islam views it) differ from a majority of Ahmadis in a secular society voting to enact policies that reflect Qur’anic injunctions? It becomes a labeling issue.
So, if you don’t want to see Western countries backslide into punishing homosexuality, then on this issue, you do not want the proportion of society that is Ahmadiyya Muslim to increase. An Ahmadiyya Islam is a much saner version of Islam than most forms of mainstream Islam.
The freedoms and values that Western countries cherish today are not something that will be maintained if the religious Muslim population rises.
Sometimes, the changing demographics in society makes a country better. Sometimes, it doesn’t.
To be sure, these are not simplistic, one-issue decisions. All I am advising, is that we reflect on what kind of societies we would like to build and leave for our children.