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Police, extremists destroy minarets of 3 Ahmadi places of worship in Pakistan
1 month, 1 week ago

Police, extremists destroy minarets of 3 Ahmadi places of worship in Pakistan

India Today  

Minarets of three Ahmadi minority's places of worship were destroyed by police and religious extremists while 31 Ahmadis who came to stop the desecration were booked in Punjab province of Pakistan, a community organisation said on Friday. The Ahmadis informed that it was constructed in 1980 and under the law, any construction of Ahmadis' places of worship done before 1984 …

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Pakistan arrests top leader of radical party on charge of ordering the killing of the chief justice
5 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan arrests top leader of radical party on charge of ordering the killing of the chief justice

The Independent  

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

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Pakistan: Authorities Demolish Minarets of Old Worship Place of Ahmadi Community in Punjab Province
1 year ago

Pakistan: Authorities Demolish Minarets of Old Worship Place of Ahmadi Community in Punjab Province

News 18  

Pakistani authorities on Friday demolished the minarets of a 67-year-old worship place of the minority Ahmadi community in Punjab province, an official of the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan said. On Friday, police officials along with the assistant commissioner destroyed the minarets of an Ahmadi worship place in Samundri, Faisalabad,” Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan official Amir Mahmood told PTI. ”As many as 42 incidents of …

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Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked
1 year, 3 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 …

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Pakistan: 74 graves belonging to Ahmadiyya community desecrated by police in Punjab province
1 year, 3 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 …

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Minority Ahmadis' worship place attacked in Pakistan's Sindh, ‘hateful’ graffiti drawn on walls
1 year, 5 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", …

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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 …

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Not Just Hindus, Ahmadiyya Muslims Too Not Safe in Pakistan: Graves Desecrated in Faisalabad
1 year, 11 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 …

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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 …

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Pakistan: 62-year-old Ahmadi Muslim stabbed to death for refusing to chant ‘Labbaik ya Rasool Allah’, supporter of Tehrik-e-Labbaik arrested
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan: 62-year-old Ahmadi Muslim stabbed to death for refusing to chant ‘Labbaik ya Rasool Allah’, supporter of Tehrik-e-Labbaik arrested

Op India  

On Friday, an Ahmadi Muslim man named Naseer Ahmad was stabbed to death for refusing to chant the Islamist slogans in the eastern town of Rabwah, Pakistan. The accused has been identified as Shehzad Rizvi who approached Ahmad and asked him to chant ‘Labbaik ya Rasool Allah’ and ‘Khadim Hussain Rizvi zindabad’. On a bus stop Naseer Ahmad was approached …

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Pakistan: PML-Q leader calls for expulsion of Ahmadis from Khushab, area that has been most notorious for Ahmadi persecution
2 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan: PML-Q leader calls for expulsion of Ahmadis from Khushab, area that has been most notorious for Ahmadi persecution

Op India  

On July 30, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leader Malik Ilyas Awan wrote a letter to the deputy commissioner of Khushab, a district in the Sargodha Division, located in the Punjab province of Pakistan, urging him to evict the people of the minority Islamic sect of Ahmadis from the district. Here is how the Khushab district in Pakistan has been notorious for …

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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 …

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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 …

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Evacuee: World has ‘abandoned’ Afghanistan’s new generation
3 years, 4 months ago

Evacuee: World has ‘abandoned’ Afghanistan’s new generation

Associated Press  

MADRID — Until last week, Shabeer Ahmadi was busy covering the news in Afghanistan. “Because it couldn’t negotiate a good deal with the Taliban, the U.S. handed over us to the Taliban, to a group that has ties to so many terrorist groups around the world,” he said. “They abandoned the new generation of Afghanistan.” He fears that “a very …

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‘When the blood starts’: Spike in Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan
3 years, 5 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 …

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Ahmadi man killed in targeted attack in northwest Pakistan
3 years, 10 months ago

Ahmadi man killed in targeted attack in northwest Pakistan

Al Jazeera  

Abdul Qadir has been shot dead at the entrance to his homoeopathic clinic in Peshawar’s Bazikhel area, the latest in a series of attacks. Islamabad, Pakistan – A member of Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya sect has been shot and killed in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police and a community spokesperson have said, the latest in a series of attacks targeting the …

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Minority Ahmadi Doctor Shot Dead, 3 Injured After Teen Opens Fire Over 'Religious Differences' in Pakistan
4 years, 1 month ago

Minority Ahmadi Doctor Shot Dead, 3 Injured After Teen Opens Fire Over 'Religious Differences' in Pakistan

News 18  

A doctor belonging to Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community was shot dead, while his father and two uncles were injured when a Muslim teenage boy opened fire on them over “religious differences” in the country’s Punjab province on Friday, police said. According to police, the Ahmadi family members were returning to their home after offering Friday prayers in Murh Balochan at …

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Ahmadi Community Member Shot Dead for Blasphemy Inside Courtroom in Northwest Pakistan
4 years, 5 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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Living as an Ahmadi in Pakistan: ‘Our home became an environment of fear’
5 years, 6 months ago

Living as an Ahmadi in Pakistan: ‘Our home became an environment of fear’

The Independent  

I am waiting for 30-year-old Shafiq Ahmed* outside a cafe in Islamabad. One of the 20 points of the strategy, passed by the government in 2015, says: “Strict action against the literature, newspapers and magazines promoting hatred, extremism, sectarianism and intolerance.” Before this, hate and antagonism against the Ahmadi community in Pakistan had been essentially state-sanctioned in 1974 under then …

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