Source: News 18.com
Washington: Pakistan’s crackdown on Ahmadiyya community under the guise of anti-terrorist action has been denounced by the State Department and the Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
“We’re obviously very concerned about the reports that Punjab counter-terrorism police have raided the international headquarters of Ahmadiyya — Muslim community in Rabwah,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner said here on Friday.
According to Toner, the country’s laws that restrict peaceful religious expression, particularly by the Ahmadiyya community, “are inconsistent with Pakistan’s international obligations”.
Pakistani laws do not recognise the Ahmadiyya community as Muslims and forbids them from calling themselves members of that religion. But Toner pointedly emphasised that Ahmadiyya is a “Muslim community”.
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