Solentia

[SolentiaAhmadi]

Ahmadists Form Political Party to Oppose Secularist Government

December 5584

Following the emergence of a secularist and leftist government with the United Workers Party taking power, Ahmadist clerics, tribal leaders and conservative businessmen have come together to form the Party of Ahmadism. The new party has committed itself to restoring Ahmadism to the heart of Solentian governance after the United Workers Party forced through legislation severely curtailing religious freedom in the country. The United Workers Party has ignored the majority Ahmadi population of Solentia and has at a stroke undone previous legislation that enshrined the special place of Ahmadism in the constitution.



Leadership of Hezb-e Ahmadi meet in the capital Oda

A party convention in the capital Oda has selected widely revered cleric Mullah Mohammed Yummah to lead the party. He accepted but nominated a 21 member council balancing regional, tribal and urban interests to ensure a healthy balance. Party strategists have detailed the United Workers Party policies are deeply unpopular and Hezb-e Ahmadi will easily win the next elections scheduled for 5589. The party draws on deep traditions of political Ahmadism in Solentia and will likely have popular support in many parts of the country, however the United Workers Party is fully entrenched in governance and with access to state resources and has strong support in urban areas and amongst Solentia's secular intellectuals and ethnic minorities.