Source: AHRC Report via Nasim Malik of Sweden
The persecution of the Ahmadis, a minority sect, by police and fundamentalist Muslim groups is continuing unabated. In the month of June, two persons from the Ahmadiyya sect were gunned downed by ‘unknown killers’ in Karachi and Lahore. Another Ahmadi was shot and seriously injured.
In the city of Sialkot, Punjab province, the Ahmadis were stopped from offering Friday prayers and police asked them to produce a No Objection Certificate (no such thing exists) for offering prayers. When Ahmadis went to a senior police official for help, he instead instructed Ahmadis not to observe their Friday prayers until he had spoken to the Mullahs, the Muslim fundamentalists. The authorities do not allow Ahmadis to build a place for worship, nor do they allow them to pray at home. This is the freedom to worship – Punjab style.
The Ahmadis are not allowed to call their places of prayer a mosque and if holy verses of the Quran are written on their mosques the police and the Mullahs (fundamentalists) desecrate and erase them. If any person erases such holy words he/she is accused of blasphemy by fundamentalists but, in relation to religious minorities, the Muslim fundamentalists and law enforcement agencies are allowed to erase them. This practice against the Ahmadiyya sect has been continuous over the past six months.The Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan, the organization of Ahmadis, has also detailed the persecution of Ahmadis that has occurred during the last six months.
Categories: Ahmadis And Pakistan, Asia, Pakistan
May Allah grant strength to those persecuted for their faith and may Allah guide us all on the right path…
May Allah continue to give ability to the persecuted servants of His. May He soonest wipe away their tears. May Allah Himself take over the governance of Pakistan and hand it over to those who will be just with it. Aameen thumma Aameen.
It is not the duty of the government to to align with any cruel people. The police can remain neutral while maintaining peace in the place. We know there are bad laws in the country. But there are good laws too. The Police can follow those good laws to keep the bad people under control.
The government should not interfere in the matters of any religion unless it may be mutiny. In present days, the Police has to go boldly out of their ways to maintain peace at any cost at every place. They should use maximuum force to contain and maintain peace in their jurisdiction.
If they will get any pressure from any politician, it will be known and eliminated. That will give extra strength to the Police too, and it will be in the way of justice, Insha Allah. A good WILL is needed.