Pakistan restricts religious freedom, practice: US
Dawn: WASHINGTON: A day after a mob killed three Ahmadis in Gujranwala, the US State Department pointed out that Pakistan’s constitution and laws restrict religious freedom and prohibited Ahmadis from practising their faith. “Although the constitution declares that adequate provisions shall be made for all citizens to profess and practise […]
Gujranwala blasphemy case: Ahmadis point fingers at ‘silent spectators’
ET: LAHORE: An elderly woman, two minors and an unborn child all perished late on Sunday when houses belonging to Ahmadis were set ablaze in Gujranwala by a charged mob after an Ahmadi boy was accused of blasphemy. It was all too familiar for a community that saw back-to-back attacks on its […]
Gujranwala blasphemy case: Ahmadis point fingers at 'silent spectators'
ET: LAHORE: An elderly woman, two minors and an unborn child all perished late on Sunday when houses belonging to Ahmadis were set ablaze in Gujranwala by a charged mob after an Ahmadi boy was accused of blasphemy. It was all too familiar for a community that saw back-to-back attacks on its […]
Ahmadi man forced to leave business & home in Gujranwala
Source: The Rabwah Times: A man was forced to abandon his woodworking business and flee Gujranwala with his family after his erstwhile friends and neighbours discovered that he was an […]
Invisible Citizens of Pakistan: Minorities in Focus
Globalminorities.co.uk: In 1947, Pakistan was created as an independent state where Muslims could live their lives according to the teachings of Islam. Given the mistreatment of Muslims in British India, the founding fathers of Pakistan wanted it to be a free state where everyone has equal rights (including the right […]
Prophets & their Persecution… RELIGION DRIPS WITH BLOOD
The Truth Message – Part – 5.16: Prophets & their Persecution… RELIGION DRIPS WITH BLOOD Theoretically speaking Religion is a set of beliefs which includes spiritual knowledge, code of ethics and philosophy of life – all from the divine lord, so one would expect religion to enlightened man and civilize him, promote […]
International Council for the Defence of Finality of Prophethood: sole purpose is to hunt down Ahmedis in Pakistan
BBC: A country where liberal journalists risk death By Mohammed HanifPakistan The life of a liberal journalist in Pakistan is not an easy one. Write about someone fighting a blasphemy case, or someone whose faith is considered heresy, and you may very soon find yourself in deep trouble. Shoaib Adil, […]
Four Ahmadis booked for ‘preaching’
Dawn: BADIN: The Tando Bago police have registered a criminal case against four men belonging to the Ahmadi community for allegedly preaching their faith. Mohammad Ramazan Rustmani, a local cleric, who is also an office-bearer of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl), lodged an FIR (96/2014) against the four men — Abbas […]
My Mother – a Paragon
A Memoir by Near Ones My beloved mother Sardar Begum W/O Ch Hidayatullah Sahib of Chak 35 South Sargodah passed away in Rabwah on July 14, 2014. Inna Lillah wa […]
NY Times Op Ed: Religious Freedom in Peril: Pakistan and other countries brutally mistreat the Ahmadis,
NY Times Oped: By NICHOLAS KRISTOF JULY 9, 2014 A Sudanese court in May sentences a Christian woman married to an American to be hanged, after first being lashed 100 times, after she refuses to renounce her Christian faith. Muslim extremists in Iraq demand that Christians pay a tax or face crucifixion, according to […]
End targeting of Ahmadis in Pakistan
Source: washingtontimes.com | MOHAMMAD IQBAL KHAN, Aberdeen, Md. A young man was fatally shot in front of his shop a few days ago in Nawabshah, Pakistan. Imtiaz Ahmad was an Ahmadi Muslim and the youth leader of his local chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He leaves behind his wife, three sons and father. It was […]
Sign this petition: Take action towards protecting the rights of minority Ahmadis
Source: change.org Petition by Maria Sharif, Edmonton, Canada Over the last decade the Ahmadiyya Muslim community has been targeted due to religious beliefs. In Pakistan Ahmadies face religious persecution daily and are killed […]
Slain Ahmadi businessman “Shaheed Imtiaz Ahmed” laid to rest
Source: dawn.com CHINIOT: An Ahmadi businessman who was shot dead in Shaheed Benazir-abad (Nawabshah) was laid to rest in a graveyard in Chiniot on Wednesday. His funeral was attended by a large number of Ahmadiyya community’s members. Unidentified people opened fire on Imtiaz Ahmed outside his furniture shop in the Shaheed […]
Slain Ahmadi businessman "Shaheed Imtiaz Ahmed" laid to rest
Source: dawn.com CHINIOT: An Ahmadi businessman who was shot dead in Shaheed Benazir-abad (Nawabshah) was laid to rest in a graveyard in Chiniot on Wednesday. His funeral was attended by a large number of Ahmadiyya community’s members. Unidentified people opened fire on Imtiaz Ahmed outside his furniture shop in the Shaheed […]
Will Muhammad Shoaib Adil be convicted for blasphemy or will the state save him?
Source: blogs.tribune.com.pk “The clerics tried to attack me at my office and later at the race course police station. The police were very supportive and didn’t let them touch me. Later, […]
President Obama's Mention of Islam and Ahmadiyya Services to America on Annual Iftar Dinner, JULY 14, 2014
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL IFTAR DINNER, JULY 14, 2014 The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 14, 2014 East Room 9:03 P.M. […]
President Obama’s Mention of Islam and Ahmadiyya Services to America on Annual Iftar Dinner, JULY 14, 2014
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL IFTAR DINNER, JULY 14, 2014 The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 14, 2014 East Room 9:03 P.M. […]