This month’s issue reports on how a national TV show in Pakistan aired hate speech against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, labelling Ahmadi Muslims the “common enemy” of the nation. A few days later, an Ahmadi Muslim farmer was shot dead. In other news, police have arrested a terrorist who has confessed to killing an Ahmadi Muslim first abducted in 2009.
Source: pressahmadiyya.com
Statistics for Ahmadiyya Persecution in Pakistan from audited reports, November 2014
CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL
- AHMADI MUSLIM MARTYRED AFTER NATIONAL TV AIRS HATRED
- ABDUCTED AHMADI-MUSLIM MURDERED BY TERHIK-E-TALIBAN
- KHATME NABUWWAT DEMAND FURTHER RESTRICTIONS
- POLITICIAN CALLS FOR HARSHER ANTI-AHMADIYYA ACTION
- PAKISTANI CLERICS OPPOSE RIGHT TO BURIAL, DAMAGE MOSQUE
- POLICE REMOVE KALIMA
- MORE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
EDITORIAL
On December 16th, 2014, 140 students between the ages of 5 and 17 were massacred by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP). The killing of children, justified by no means, highlights the atrocities faced by regular Pakistanis on a daily basis. This is nowhere more present than for the country’s minority groups.
In May last year, Dr.Mehdi Ali Qamar, a cardiologist, was shot and killed while on a volunteer mission to the country simply because of his faith as an Ahmadi Muslim. Moreover, international humanitarian groups and advocacy networks have condemned Pakistan, a country where blasphemy laws are a tool used against minority groups to settle personal disputes.
However, the widespread despair of the country, the most recent attacks on innocent children and the overall track record of Pakistan is a consequence of its loss of innocence and respect for human life. In order to understand how 140 children can be utilized in sending a message to the military leaders of the country, one must grasp this reality.
Simply put: some Pakistanis have become desensitized to a point where human life has lost meaning in the country.
The question Pakistan needs to address now is… read more at pressahmadiyya.com
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