Qadiani
Template:Short description Template:Pp-semi-indefTemplate:Italic title Template:Ahmadiyya Qadiani (Template:Langx, Template:Langx; Template:IPA) is a religious slur used to refer to Ahmadi Muslims, primarily in Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The term originates from Qadian, a small town in northern India, the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement. While it is pejorative<ref name="Ispahani2017">Template:Cite book</ref> to the Ahmadi Muslim Community, it is used in official Pakistani documents.<ref name="pakistancode">Pakistan Penal Code Chap. XV "Of Offences Relating to Religion" pp. 79–81</ref>
Pakistan officially persecutes Ahmadiyya and uses the term Qadiani to label members of the religion. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan officially declares Ahmadiyya to be non-Muslims.<ref name="2ndamend">Template:Cite web</ref> Ordinance XX officially labels Ahmadi Muslims as Qadiani and prohibits them from any religious or social practices of the Muslim faith.<ref name="Berberian">Template:Cite journal</ref> The fourth caliph of the community, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, was forced to flee Pakistan under threat of arrest in 1984, prompting a diaspora of followers to the UK, Germany, and Canada.<ref name="nyt">Template:Cite news</ref> Ahmadiyya members are targets of death threats by majority Muslims, both inside Pakistan and in diaspora refuges.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The term is sometimes used in an academic context to distinguish the main Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, referred to as Qadiani, from the separatist Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, referred to as Lahori Ahmadis.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>