The minority has been under constant attack even though it keeps a low profile. DESIGN: SAMAD SIDDIQUI
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune / By Shamsul Islam | September 5, 2011 [PAK]
FAISALABAD: In a suspected incident of hate crime against minorities, unidentified attackers killed an Ahmadi man in Faisalabad late Saturday night. Naseem Ahmad Butt, 55, was shot dead by four men as he lay sleeping inside his house in Muzaffar Colony. According to his brother Khalid Pervez Butt, at about 1am on Saturday, the attackers entered by climbing over the walls.
“The boys were between 20 and 25 years old. Three of them kept a watch on the door as one kicked my brother. When he was awake, the killer said ‘you are Ahmadi and liable to be killed’,” Khalid told The Express Tribune.
The attacker then shot Naseem in the chest while another bullet ruptured his kidney, Khalid said. “My brother was lying in a pool of blood when we saw him. The sound of him crying woke us up.”
A car and a bicycle were used in the attack, Khalid said, and the assailants fled from the main gate of the house.
The family rushed an unconscious Naseem to the Divisional Headquarter Hospital, where he succumbed to his bullet wounds at 8.30am on Sunday.
Naseem, who worked at a power loom factory, leaves behind his widow, four daughters and a son.
Constant threat
According to Khalid, Naseem and other members of their family were under constant threat by a group of extremists who had repeatedly threatened to kill them for their faith.
(Read: Ahmadis in Karachi – Pulpit pounding, barricades, prayers but no peace)
(Read: Targeting minorities – No friend to Ahmadis in Faisalabad)
“My first cousin Naseer Butt was also killed in a similar fashion last year. Police has made no effort to trace his killers and the case has been swept under the carpet by being declared ‘blind murder’,” Khalid said.
PRESS RELEASE:
Another Ahmadi Muslim killed in Pakistan
The Press Spokesman of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Abid Khan said:
“The religious extremists within Pakistan have taken yet another innocent life. What they perhaps fail to realise is that through their actions they are harming the entire peace and stability of Pakistan as a whole. Hatred and persecution of any organisation or group must be condemned by all those who believe in tolerance and love for humanity. Such attacks serve only to destabilise society and to spread discord”
This latest murder continues the trend of Ahmadi Muslims being targeted in Faisalabad. One year ago, a cousin of the deceased, Mr Naseer Ahmad Butt was also martyred in a brutal and barbaric fashion. Furthermore, recently leaflets were openly distributed in the city, stating that the killing of Ahmadi Muslims was worthy of praise and would be rewarded by God. These leaflets contained the names and addresses of various Ahmadi Muslims and it seems that this latest killing was likely motivated by such hate propaganda. FIND COMPLETE PRESS RELEASE:
Categories: Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Pakistan, Religion
Do these people have any sense? Are they really Muslims who know what Islam really says and what the Holy Prophet (pbuh), whom they profess to love and obey, really practiced? We, in the rest of the non-Muslim world are finding this extremely disturbing as such actions are giving Islam a very bad name and reputation. Muslims in general really need to educate themselves without the aid of Mullah teachings on the real teachings of Islam. Some of the Muslims of the world even take a warped pleasure when the public becomes very wary of them on finding out that they are dealing with a Muslim. These Muslims seem to think that by having a reputation of being violent is better than being peaceful. What a sorry state of affairs! We are digging our own grave…
Press release in this regards:
http://www.alislam.org/egazette/press-release/another-ahmadi-muslim-killed-in-pakistan-2/
Aslamo e Aliakum,
I remember when my father been killed in 1984 in Karachi, I was just couple of years old and my sister an year old only. I still remember all my uncles and aunties opted to other religions, and I still remember when I was badly tortured with sharp blades, and I still remember how many problems my mum has gone through for being ahmadi even when she was a government employee, without any safety provided to such a hard working and patriot lady, I still remember when our cousin haters Ahmed was matryed, I still remember those threats to me and my family, I still remember when they killed my uncle munawar Ahmed khan who was matyred in lahotre Garbo shahu mosque in may 2010 and I survived, I still remember the fear on my mums face when we have received letter from these beasts, that clearly stated we were next in list, and I remember the day we left all of us empty hands to UK in order to save our lives,
And now this incident of another family member of us, we nearly shivered and cried in front of good lord to save all of us being matyred.
Please listen you haters, we ahmadis are peaceful, we promised our God for what we preach and practise I.e love for all and hatred for none.
Allah is watching you and if you don’t change, you will go through the same pain from Allah , he is quiet only means you are given time to change, act now before it’s too late
Our love and prayers to you, to all the family members, and entire jammat ah adores Pakistan, may you grow even further as always, amen
Luqman and family
London UK
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