Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked
1 year, 2 months ago

Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says at least 34 attacks on Ahmadi religious sites have taken place this year. Mahmood said at least 74 graves were vandalised in Punjab’s Daska city last week while minarets of two Ahmadi places of worship were demolished near the provincial capital, Lahore. “The religious party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, also threatened the local administration of serious consequences if the minarets of our place of worship are not destroyed,” Mahmood said. On Monday, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the country’s most prominent rights body, said at least 34 attacks on the Ahmadis’ religious places have taken place since January this year.

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Pakistani city mourns 42 Shiite Muslims who were ambushed and killed in a gun attack
1 month ago

Pakistani city mourns 42 Shiite Muslims who were ambushed and killed in a gun attack

Associated Press  

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Protesters in Pakistan’s restive northwest chanted anti-government slogans and tensions flared Friday after funeral prayers were held for 42 Shiite Muslims who were ambushed and killed by gunmen a day earlier in one of the region’s deadliest such assaults in recent years. The victims were traveling in a convoy of several vehicles from the northwestern city of …

Behind the veil: Human rights under siege in Pakistan
1 month, 1 week ago

Behind the veil: Human rights under siege in Pakistan

Firstpost  

The United Nations Human Rights Committee and other foreign organisations have been paying more attention to Pakistan’s human rights situation. In addition to breaking Pakistan’s international commitments, the persistent abuses of fundamental human rights are a sign of a broader socio-political crisis in which the weakest members of society are being used as bargaining chips. One of the most serious …

50th Anniversary of Pakistan declaring Ahmadiyyas Non-Muslims
3 months, 2 weeks ago

50th Anniversary of Pakistan declaring Ahmadiyyas Non-Muslims

Op India  

Today, 7th September 2024, marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous day when Pakistan constitutionally relegated the Ahmadiyya community as a non-Muslim minority. Incidentally, Ahmadiyya, a Muslim sect that was at the forefront of the creation of Pakistan, was declared non-Muslim in Pakistan on the fateful day of 7th September 1974. Ahmadiyya Community is a sect of Islam that is …

U.N.-backed independent experts urge Pakistan to end discrimination, violence against minority Ahmadis
4 months, 3 weeks ago

U.N.-backed independent experts urge Pakistan to end discrimination, violence against minority Ahmadis

The Hindu  

A panel of U.N.-backed independent experts expressed grave concern on July 25 about increased discrimination and violence against the minority Ahmadi community in Pakistan and urged authorities to ensure their protection. The experts, who work under a Human Rights Council mandate but do not speak for the United Nations, said in a statement that they were alarmed by reports of …

Pakistan's defence minister addresses ‘minority safety’ issue, calls it a ‘global embarrassment’
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan's defence minister addresses ‘minority safety’ issue, calls it a ‘global embarrassment’

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif raised concerns regarding “minority safety” in the country during a national assembly session, news agency ANI reported on Monday. He said that minorities in the nation are “facing targeted violence in the name of religion.” Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif “Every day, minorities are being killed. Those who have been killed so far did not …

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admits minorities — Hindus, Sikhs, smaller Muslim sects — face persistent issues
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admits minorities — Hindus, Sikhs, smaller Muslim sects — face persistent issues

Live Mint  

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday acknowledged that minorities are facing “targeted violence in the name of religion”. Pakistan is facing global embarrassment,” the Defence Minister said, as quoted by Dawn. He claimed that religious minorities are not safe in Pakistan despite constitutional protections while calling for a resolution to safeguard marginalised communities. Hindus, Sikhs, and other minorities in …

Pakistan: Violence against Ahmadiyya community continues, two members shot dead by radical Islamist group
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan: Violence against Ahmadiyya community continues, two members shot dead by radical Islamist group

India TV News  

Lahore: Two members of Pakistan's minority Ahmadi community were on Saturday shot dead allegedly by the radical Islamist group members in the country's Punjab province, police said. The police said Ghulam Sarwar was on his way back home after offering Zuhr prayers at an Ahmadiyya place of worship when an unidentified man opened fire on him, killing him on the …

Pakistan: Christian man attacked by mob in Punjab province over allegations of Quran desecration dies
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan: Christian man attacked by mob in Punjab province over allegations of Quran desecration dies

India TV News  

Lahore: An elderly Christian man, who was viciously attacked by a mob over blasphemy allegations in Pakistan's Punjab province that left him critically injured, has succumbed to his injuries, according to police on Monday. Another police officer told PTI that on Saturday morning some youth in Mujahid Colony alleged that an elderly Christian man Nazir Gill Masih, alias Lazar Masih, …

Christians attacked in Pakistan's Sargodha for ‘blasphemy’
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Christians attacked in Pakistan's Sargodha for ‘blasphemy’

Hindustan Times  

At least 10 members of a minority Christian community were rescued on Saturday after a Muslim crowd attacked their settlement on a blasphemy accusation in eastern Pakistan, police and a community leader said. At least one house and a small shoe factory was set on fire by protesters The crowd, which accused the Christian group of blasphemy, also hurled stones …

‘Why single us out?’ Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority boycotts election, again
10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Why single us out?’ Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority boycotts election, again

Al Jazeera  

Islamabad, Pakistan – Amir Mahmood remembers a meeting between top officials of Pakistan’s government last September. In a statement last week, the community’s leaders announced their “disassociation” from the vote. “Although the elections are ostensibly being held under a joint electorate, there is, however, a separate voter list prepared only for Ahmadi citizens due to their faith,” said a statement …

Pakistan: 74 graves belonging to Ahmadiyya community desecrated by police in Punjab province
1 year, 2 months ago

Pakistan: 74 graves belonging to Ahmadiyya community desecrated by police in Punjab province

India TV News  

In another glaring example of Pakistan's human rights violations, it has come to light that at least 74 graves and minarets belonging to the Ahmadiyya minority have been desecrated by police and radical Islamic followers in the Punjab province, as per information received by a member of the community. India lashes Pakistan at UNGA over 'abysmal' human rights record Exercising …

'Put your own house in order': India slams Pakistan at UNGA over abysmal human rights record, terrorism
1 year, 3 months ago

'Put your own house in order': India slams Pakistan at UNGA over abysmal human rights record, terrorism

India TV News  

Exercising India's Right of Reply at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, First Secretary at UN for the second UNGA committee Petal Gehlot on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan for becoming a "habitual offender" of misusing multilateral forums to peddle "baseless and malicious" propaganda and called out the human rights abuses against minorities in the country. A …

Pakistan's Failure to Address Violence Against Religious Minorities Flagged by Rights Group
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan's Failure to Address Violence Against Religious Minorities Flagged by Rights Group

News 18  

Human Rights Watch has raised concern about the increasing number of attacks on religious minorities in Pakistan and called for immediate action to protect them from violence. “The Faisalabad attack underscores the failings of Pakistan’s police to adequately protect religious minority communities and respond promptly to violence targeting them,” said Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director at HRW. “The lack of …

Pakistan: Mob Attack on Christians Sparks Outrage, Raises Concerns About Protection of Minority Community
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Mob Attack on Christians Sparks Outrage, Raises Concerns About Protection of Minority Community

News 18  

After an arson and mob assault targeted a Christian community in Pakistan’s Punjab province, human rights groups are criticising the Islamic Republic for its failure to safeguard the minority community. Responding to the attack on Christian homes, Rehab Mahamoor, interim regional researcher for South Asia at Amnesty International, in a statement said: “The Pakistani authorities must urgently ensure the protection …

More than 100 arrested after Muslim mob attacks Christian churches, homes in Pakistan
1 year, 4 months ago

More than 100 arrested after Muslim mob attacks Christian churches, homes in Pakistan

LA Times  

A woman weeps outside her home, which was vandalized by an angry Muslim mob in Jaranwala, Pakistan, that attacked Christian churches and residences. Police in eastern Pakistan arrested 129 Muslims overnight after a Muslim mob angry over an alleged desecration of the Quran attacked churches and homes of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon soldiers to restore order, officials said …

Pakistan: Islamabad police forms 'Minority Protection Unit' after churches vandalised over blasphemy claims
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Islamabad police forms 'Minority Protection Unit' after churches vandalised over blasphemy claims

India TV News  

Pakistan churches vandalised: In wake of several churches being vandalised in Pakistan's Punjab police over allegations of blasphemy, the Islamabad police has formed a 'Minority Protection Unit' comprising of 70 policemen to safeguard minority places of worship and communities. The development comes as Pakistan faces renewed criticism over its failure to protect religious minority communities, particularly Christians and Hindus, who …

Muslim mobs attack churches in eastern Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating the Quran
1 year, 4 months ago

Muslim mobs attack churches in eastern Pakistan after accusing Christians of desecrating the Quran

Associated Press  

MULTAN, Pakistan — Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran, demolishing the man’s house, burning churches and damaging several other homes, police and local Christians said. Father Gulshan Barkat, who teaches church history at the National Catholic Institute of Theology in Karachi, described the blasphemy allegations as a …

Minority Ahmadis' worship place attacked in Pakistan's Sindh, ‘hateful’ graffiti drawn on walls
1 year, 4 months ago

Minority Ahmadis' worship place attacked in Pakistan's Sindh, ‘hateful’ graffiti drawn on walls

Hindustan Times  

The minarets of a worship place of the minority Ahmadi community were destroyed by unknown men in Pakistan's Sindh province and "hateful" graffiti was drawn on its walls, a spokesperson of the community said on Tuesday. Around a dozen men forcibly entered the worship place on Monday evening, destroyed the minarets with hammers and put “hateful graffiti on the walls", …

Pakistan: Police destroy minarets of Ahmadi worship place in Punjab following threats from radical party
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan: Police destroy minarets of Ahmadi worship place in Punjab following threats from radical party

India TV News  

In another case of persecution of the Ahmadi community in Pakistan, the police in the Punjab province on Saturday demolished the minarets of a worship place of the community following threats from a radical Islamist party, said officials on Saturday. This came after the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party had warned the police to destroy the minarets of the Ahmadis worship place …

Review of Politics of Hate: Fear and aftermath
1 year, 7 months ago

Review of Politics of Hate: Fear and aftermath

The Hindu  

In early August 2021, an eight-year-old Hindu boy accused of blasphemy was held in protective police custody in Pakistan. When the boy was released on bail, a mob attacked a local Hindu temple, damaging idols, and burning down the main door, Farahnaz Ispahani writes in the introduction to Politics of Hate, an interesting anthology on religious extremism and identity politics …

Pakistan: Human rights report shows the dire state of religious minorities, highlights instances of forced conversions
1 year, 8 months ago

Pakistan: Human rights report shows the dire state of religious minorities, highlights instances of forced conversions

Op India  

According to a Human Rights Observer 2023 fact sheet in Pakistan, during the year 2022, the amount of anti-minority religious content in curricula and textbooks grew, and several enduring and new issues with the educational system surfaced in the Islamic nation. The report addressed five significant issues that have an impact on religious minorities, including prejudice in the educational system, …

Bangladesh: Islamists attack Ahmadiyyas, torch houses, 2 dead
1 year, 9 months ago

Bangladesh: Islamists attack Ahmadiyyas, torch houses, 2 dead

Op India  

On Friday, Islamists attacked the minority Ahmadiyya community after the latter announced plans to hold a 3-day religious program. The Islamists also set a traffic police post on fire in Dhakkamara and ransacked vehicles belonging to Border Guard Bangladesh. إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ pic.twitter.com/A2IwLZUPMB — Kashif N Chaudhry March 3, 2023 Police officer Abdul Latif Mia informed that the …

Not Just Hindus, Ahmadiyya Muslims Too Not Safe in Pakistan: Graves Desecrated in Faisalabad
1 year, 10 months ago

Not Just Hindus, Ahmadiyya Muslims Too Not Safe in Pakistan: Graves Desecrated in Faisalabad

News 18  

Unknown miscreants desecrated graves of Ahmaddiya Muslims at 89 GB Ratan in Pakistan’s Faisalabad on January 22, said local sources. The recent desecration of an Ahmadi worship place in Gujranwala is not only a grave violation of the community's fundamental rights, but also contravenes the very spirit of the 2014 Tasadduq Jillani judgement. pic.twitter.com/JigvlIIH2V— Human Rights Commission of Pakistan December …

Pakistan: Islamist Party accuses police of vandalising Ahmadiyya worship place
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan: Islamist Party accuses police of vandalising Ahmadiyya worship place

Firstpost  

With mob attacks and killings becoming a regular affair against the Ahmadiyya community, Pakistan has become a country where the people of this community are subjected to extensive persecution including hate speech and violence with at least 13 killed and 40 wounded from the community since 2017 Lahore: Islamist political party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan has accused the police of allegedly desecrating …

Pakistan: TLP lawmaker turns up at 'mosque-like' Ahmadiyya hall, calls for arrest of minority community's members
2 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan: TLP lawmaker turns up at 'mosque-like' Ahmadiyya hall, calls for arrest of minority community's members

Firstpost  

The Ahmadiyya community like other minorities in Pakistan has been the victim of persecution. In 1974, Pakistan declared Ahmadiyyas as ’non-Muslims’ through a constitutional amendment New Delhi: A lawmaker belonging to the radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan turned up at a hall belonging to the Ahmadiyyas with the police in Karachi, complaining that the use of minarets and domes by …

Pakistani Man from Minority Ahmadi Community Stabbed to Death Over Faith: Police
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistani Man from Minority Ahmadi Community Stabbed to Death Over Faith: Police

News 18  

A 35-year-old Pakistani man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community has been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic over his faith in the country's Punjab province, the police said on Wednesday. Abdul Salam, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to death by "religious fanatic" Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his faith, senior police officer …

Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death over faith, says police
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death over faith, says police

Firstpost  

Abdul Salam, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to death by “religious fanatic” Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his faith, said senior police officer Muhammad Saddique Lahore: A 35-year-old Pakistani man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community has been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic over his faith in the country’s Punjab province, the …

The killing of two Sikhs shows Pakistan's continued persecution of minorities
2 years, 7 months ago

The killing of two Sikhs shows Pakistan's continued persecution of minorities

Firstpost  

Data from the 2017 Census shows that while Muslims make up 96.2 per cent of Pakistan’s population, Hindus are only 1.6 per cent, Christians 1.59 per cent, Scheduled Castes 0.25 per cent, Ahmadis 0.22 per cent, and other minorities 0.07 per cent. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, as per a PTI report, said India had registered its “strong protest” …

Pakistan has more religious violence than any other country: Reports
2 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan has more religious violence than any other country: Reports

Op India  

Amidst political instabilities in Pakistan growing with every passing day, reports have appeared in various media houses in which it is said that the religious violence in Pakistan is more than that in any other country in the world. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom mentioned in the report that instances of mob violence, and state-enforced criminal blasphemy …

Pakistani State Spewing Jihadi Narrative Responsible for Lankan National’s Murder - News18
3 years ago

Pakistani State Spewing Jihadi Narrative Responsible for Lankan National’s Murder - News18

News 18  

It was a normal morning in the industrial town of smog-ridden Sialkot in eastern Pakistan. The recent release of Saad Rizvi, the leader of the fanatic Islamic organisation called Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan, and lifting of the ban over his organisation have emboldened Pakistani Islamic fundamentalism beyond imagination. The Jihadi narrative spewed by the prime minister—from the floor of the …

Pakistan: 1,000 Hindu and Christian women converted to Islam every year, says activist
3 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan: 1,000 Hindu and Christian women converted to Islam every year, says activist

Op India  

The Islamic country of Pakistan has become a hotbed of violence against women, especially those belonging to minority Hindu, Christian and Sikh communities. She has said that over 1,000 girls belonging to Hindu and Christian communities are forcefully converted to Islam every year in Pakistan. Human Rights activist Ashiknaz Khokhar has also said that the government of Pakistan is not …

The ‘Vanishing’ Minorities Of Pakistan — Life Under Perpetual Siege Of Fear, Devoid Of Human Rights, Dignity
3 years, 4 months ago

The ‘Vanishing’ Minorities Of Pakistan — Life Under Perpetual Siege Of Fear, Devoid Of Human Rights, Dignity

ABP News  

It is surprising to see the outrage, especially in India, after an eight-year-old Hindu boy was charged with blasphemy, and a Hindu temple was ransacked in Pakistan. It’s a nation where a man called Mian Mithhu enjoys the cult status for being a “one-man Hindu-to-Muslim conversion factory of Pakistan”, and who evokes raw fear among the Hindu population already living …

‘When the blood starts’: Spike in Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan
3 years, 4 months ago

‘When the blood starts’: Spike in Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan

Al Jazeera  

Attacks and blasphemy cases against Pakistan’s Ahmadi sect spike, driven by the rise of a far-right group and a religious campaigner. “It creates an atmosphere of dread, encouraging self-censorship, making it impossible to follow religious rituals without incurring a significant risk.” Rabia Mahmood, an independent human rights researcher who works on the persecution of Pakistani minorities, says the TLP uses …

Persecution of Muslims in Pakistan Exposes Imran Khan, the Self-proclaimed Champion of Islam
3 years, 6 months ago

Persecution of Muslims in Pakistan Exposes Imran Khan, the Self-proclaimed Champion of Islam

News 18  

When the Prime Minister of Pakistan tries hard to appropriate the credit for being the champion of Islam or a Crusader against Islamophobia, it is indeed an irony. Since the year 2000, 8,200 people have succumbed in Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan- Muslims who voted for separation of Pakistan from the Indian heartland and braved the riots and violence to …

Forced conversions a daily phenomenon in Pakistan, India tells UNHRC
3 years, 6 months ago

Forced conversions a daily phenomenon in Pakistan, India tells UNHRC

India Today  

Terming forced conversion a “daily phenomenon” in Pakistan, India has expressed concern over reports of atrocities committed against religious minorities in the country before the UN Human Rights Council. We've seen reports of minor girls belonging to religious minorities being abducted, raped, forcibly converted, and married,” said Pawan Badhe, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India during the 47th session of …

Pakistan: Islamists attack and loot homes of Hindus in Sindh
4 years ago

Pakistan: Islamists attack and loot homes of Hindus in Sindh

Op India  

Pakistani human rights activist Rahat Austin on Monday shared that homes of Hindus belonging to Bheel community were attacked and looted by Islamists in Sindh, Pakistan. Muslim neighborhood lead by Muhammad Aslam, attacked homes of Hindu Bheel community, tortured, looted and forced them to leave their properties in Pungaryo, Badin, Sindh-Pakistan.They are so scared to go back & submitted request …

Rights groups issue rare joint statement urging Pakistan to protect Ahmadiyya Muslims
4 years ago

Rights groups issue rare joint statement urging Pakistan to protect Ahmadiyya Muslims

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy International human rights groups on Thursday issued a …

Pakistan: Hindu homes set on fire to force them to convert to Islam
4 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan: Hindu homes set on fire to force them to convert to Islam

Op India  

Pakistani human rights activist Rahat Austin had recently shared that the homes of Hindus belonging to the highly marginalised and socio-economically backward Bheel and Meghwal community was set on fire in Pakistan. He said that one Dost Muhammad and some others simultaneously set fire to the houses of these poverty-stricken Hindus in Pakistan’s Sumar Puli, Khai, Sanghar and Sindh district. …

Pakistan Delisted 4,000 Terrorists in Shadow of Covid-19, Has Changed PoK Demography: India Tells UN
4 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan Delisted 4,000 Terrorists in Shadow of Covid-19, Has Changed PoK Demography: India Tells UN

News 18  

India on Monday accused Pakistan of harbouring terrorists and changing the demography of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir as Delhi issued a strong rebuttal to Islamabad for once again raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the 75th United Nations General Assembly. “Full scale training camps and launchpads of terrorists are being escalated in Pakistan Occupied parts of Indian Union Territories …

US asks Pak to reform ’abused blasphemy laws’ after killing of citizen in court
4 years, 4 months ago

US asks Pak to reform ’abused blasphemy laws’ after killing of citizen in court

Live Mint  

Expressing shock and outrage over the killing of an American citizen inside Pakistani courtroom, US on Thursday asked Pakistan to "immediately reform its often abused blasphemy laws and its court system, which allow such abuses to occur." Naseem had been lured to Pakistan from his home in Illinois by individuals who then used Pakistan's blasphemy laws to entrap him," Cale …

Ahmadi Community Member Shot Dead for Blasphemy Inside Courtroom in Northwest Pakistan
4 years, 4 months ago

Ahmadi Community Member Shot Dead for Blasphemy Inside Courtroom in Northwest Pakistan

News 18  

An elderly man from the minority Ahmadi community, facing trial for blasphemy, was shot dead on Wednesday in front of the judge in a local court situated in a high-security zone in Pakistan's Peshawar city, police said. Tahir Ahmad Naseem, who was arrested two years ago on blasphemy charges, died on the spot in the court of Additional Session Judge …

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