Now, Islamic clerics say ‘mosque-type domes’ cannot adorn non-Muslim places of worship in Pak.
Source: NEWS TRACK INDIA.
Lahore, May 21 (ANI): Religious clerics in Sultanpura, Pakistan have demanded for the demolition of an Ahmedi place of worship, which looked too much like a mosque.
The clerics are reportedly unhappy with changes made to the building’s facade and have demanded that the building’s dome be demolished.
Previously, the administration of Baitul Hamd, the worship place, covered the chhatri (flattened dome) at the entrance by installing a hoarding in front of it on May 4 and a day earlier, Misri Shah police had removed some tiles with the Kalma and Quranic verses from the building’s entrance.
The changes were done by the administration after Rana Muhammad Tufail, a cleric, and Advocate M Badar Alim Sheikh filed an application with the police complaining that the worship place looked too much like a mosque.
They had sought a case against the Ahmedis under Sections 295-B and 298-C, which were made part of the Pakistan Penal Code via the ‘Anti-lslamic Activities of Qadiani Group, Lahori Group and Ahmedis (Prohibition and Punishment) Ordinance’ of 1984.
Tufail said that under the law, Ahmedis were non-Muslims, and therefore, cannot have any building or place of worship that was domical in structure. He insisted that only Muslims or Islamists could have buildings with the typical arched nature.
“We will not let them make their worship place like a mosque. They are misleading Muslims. We have told the police to stop them, otherwise we will organise protests and they will be responsible for any untoward incident,” The Express Tribune quoted Tufail, as saying.
Sheikh accused the Ahmedi community of taking the law into their hands and “posing as Muslims”.
He said that the Constitution of Pakistan had declared them non-Muslims and claimed that he would pursue legal action against the Ahmedi community “to make them mend their ways”.
Fazal Ahmed, a member of the Baitul Hamd administration committee, however, said that they had tried their best to make the place look less offensive to the complainants, but they were still not satisfied. He said the place of worship had been around since before Partition. (ANI)
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The MOSQUE had been there since before partition and all of a sudden in the year 2012 Mullahs feel offended. Could it be that the Mullahs cought some bug?
Did the Prophet’s mosque in Medina have a dome? Should the Christians object that the shah faisal place of worship in Islamabad have a church-like roof? What about the Ka’aba? where is its islamic dome?
Jazak’Allah janab @Rafiq Sahib for your valuable comment.
Also Jazak’Allah Janab @Dr.Boodhun Sahib for your cute comment. Yes of course Ka’aba is the first Ba’ait built in this world to worship Allah Ta’ala and it has not any so-called ‘Islamic-like-dome’.
Could the Mullahs concerned refer us to some historical and/or architectural evidence where domes are only meant for ‘Muslim’ buildings?
These people are truly losing their minds! And the police are aiding and abetting them. Shame on them.
Aren’t there any people in Pakistan who have common sense and courage enough to stand up for truth and justice?
The mullah of Pakistan and their companions do not
want to see the nation unite. They do not keep any stone unturned to break the nation in pieces. They are entirely responsible for the unrest in the country. See how long the country goes to bear such
actions. They are dividing the nation…dividing the country. This is the service they are rendering to please God? God bless the country from such evils.
Dome is an architectural term and have global inclusion in buildings; both religious and non religious of Chinese, Russian, Asian and European origins.
Top Saudi Arabian Mufti recently gave a fatwa that all Churches in Arab Peninsula should be destroyed. Mullah in Sultanpura, Pakistan says that because the mosque Baitul Hamd, belonging to Ahmadiyya Community has a dome, it should be demolished. The Holy Prophet (pbuh) prophesied that in the time of the Mahdi, Ullemas/Mullahs will be the ‘WORST CREATURES’ under the sky. Such fatwas given by today’s Mullahs/Ulemas (pseudo-Islamic scholars) just are the glaring examples of how the prophecy is being fulfilled. May Allah save the world from such CREATURES. Aameen.