Pakistani authorities must do more to protect the Ahmaddiya community, Amnesty International said today amid threats from religious groups to block Ahmadis from entering their place of worship in Rawalpindi on Friday.
An Ahmadi spokesperson yesterday said local religious groups have warned they will not allow Ahmadis to carry out religious activities this Friday, local media reported.
The call comes a week after some 5,000 people demonstrated in favour of demolition of the Ewan-e-Tauheed, one of the largest Ahmadi places of worship in the city of Rawalpindi.
“A real test of the authorities’ commitment to human rights is whether Ahmadis and other religious minority groups in Pakistan are able to freely practice their religion. The authorities must ensure that Ahmadis, like all Pakistanis, are not prevented from exercising their right to practice their religion freely,” said Sam Zarifi, Asia-Pacific Director of Amnesty International.
“Police provided some protection to the Ewan-e-Tauheed to ensure its safety during last Friday’s rally. That is an important immediate step, but the Pakistani government must do a lot more to address and reverse the widespread, systematic campaign of vilification against religious minorities in Pakistan,” he added.
In 2010, the authorities ignored repeated warnings and failed to prevent attacks on two Ahmadi places of worship in Lahore, which killed 93 people.
Ahmadi graves have been damaged across the Punjab, with around two dozen desecrated in one instance in December last year alone. Last month, several graves were reportedly damaged in Quetta, in the province of Balochistan.
Categories: Ahmadiyyat: True Islam, Asia, Human Rights, Pakistan
To
All Global Village Government’s Commanders and Presidents,
The Messenger of Islam has guided mankind to practice good vs bad deeds. Praying is a good deed. Praying in the prayer places is the right of every believing men and women. It is the duty of all Government’s Commanders and Presidents to support all Minority Communities and let them pray according to their faith. Moreover Ahmadiyya Muslim community International memebrs are requested to help their Pakistani Ahmadi Muslim Brothers in this criticle situation and defend together now. Thanks
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Munawar Ahmad Bajwa
Aslamo-e-Aliakum,
Freedom of religion, justice and political freedom are pillars to establish and uphold democracy and that is it Pakistan needs the most -today!
Luqman Qadir
London UK
Aslam o alakum…
Freedom of religion is the basic right oe each and every human being.. and jmate ahmadia is a peaceful jamat. having motto,
Love for all
Hatred for none.
tehsin ahmed.
lahore
It is very sadden that those who are prosecuting the Ahmadis are claiming to be Muslims and defending Islam while what they are doing is diametrically opposed to the real teachings of Islam.Can’t they sit down and read the holy Quran and study the practices and teachings of the holy Prophet Muhammad (saw), or if to their minds what Ahmadis are professing is contrary to their own understanding of Islam, can’t they pray to God to reveal the truth of Ahmadiyya practicing to them and await the verdict of Allah?
I pray to Almighty Allah, the real owner of Islam, to open the minds of these enemies of Islam to see and understand what Islam stands for. Allah will continue to protect the real Muslims and destroy the enemies of Islam wherever they may be, Allahunma Ameen.
Fundamental Human Rights must be granted and protected by all governments irrespective of their faith, cast or creed. Pakistan is a signitory of these Rights. Officials should hold the scales even. Kalimullah Khan
This is a gross injustice! How can a government aid and abate these crack-pot mullahs and their mobs in stopping a whole community from praying? It sounds most insame, too.
If the mullahs have vested interests, is the Pakistani public (mobs), so devoid of brains, that they can be led to commit such acts?
It is truly beyond my ken to understand these very daft and crazy behaviour of the masses.
Pakistan has been notorious on lack of human rights and religious hatred but such acts of hatred are not uncommon even among western countries. Recent attack and destruction of new Ahmadiyya Mosque in Chantilly Virginia is a case in point. However it was also the responsibility of the Ahmadiyya Community to have engaged security of its places of worship. Theft and pilferage acts in such properties due to neglect are quite rampant.
One wonders what would be the plight of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan if the question of ‘gaining’ or ‘losing’ votes were not part of the politician’s thinking …
The Pakistan government needs to do a lot of things, but they still don’t. We cannot expect anything from them.
This callous behaviour of the people of Pakistan show that they are mentally and spiritually gone bankrupt as they have become slave of their personal ego hatred and prejudices and can not differentiate between good and bad. Ahmadis are not aliens they are Pakistanis and must be treated and protected equally like any other citizen. Pakistan is not sunnistan only for Sunnis it is for all.
Dear Brother Muzaffar Mansoor,
AOA
thank you for your comments ”This callous behaviour of the people of Pakistan show that they are mentally and spiritually gone bankrupt as they have become slave of their personal ego hatred and prejudices and can not differentiate between good and bad. Ahmadis are not aliens they are Pakistanis and must be treated and protected equally like any other citizen. Pakistan is not sunnistan only for Sunnis it is for all.”
May Almighty Allah bless our Pakistani Nation and us wisdom to live in peace and a peaceful, happy , healthy and wealthy long life, Amen
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Wasalam & Jazakallah
Munawar Ahmad Bajwa
Alas! I wish the people of Pakistan realized that Allah is not pleased with them. They have invited His wrath since 1974, after the verdict of declaring Ahmadies non Muslims.
Pakistan has become a target of every atrocity. Natural and man made, from the earth and the sky, internal and external, moral and social, provincial and National,political and religious, You name one and it is there. God Forbid, they must repent before it is too late.
The condition and suffering that this nation is going through is heart aching. Our Heart feel their pain and agony. Hence we pray that they realized their fault and took heed. Amen
As for Ahamdies, God is their saviour. May Allah have Mercy on this Nation. So that they use their senses and realize what they are doing.Amen
Infact Mullahs were aliens who were against the creation of Pakistan calling ‘pleedastan’ ‘kafirastan’ ‘kafire Azam’ etc etc and have now become the most loyal after changing their cloaks under khatme nabuwwat and ‘difae Pakistan’ true Pakistanis know they are fake because they were fake at its creation.
Hi people first u should know the factual position of the site den give the comments nobody can break the law or nobody can be grater fen law . ahamdies teased the area people ok