India Today: By Pervez Hoodbhoy Blaise Pascal, the famous 17th century philosopher and mathematician, observed that “men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it for religious conviction”. His words could apply to Gujarat 2002. Or to today’s Pakistan, where your religious affiliation-whether by birth or […]
NITICentral: Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community on Sunday announced that it would boycott the general elections on May 11 to protest discrimination against its members. “No Ahmadi will vote on May 11 to register his or her protest on the discrimination against Ahmadis,” said Saleemuddin, the spokesman for the Jamaat Ahmadiya […]
Source: The Daily Times COMMENT : The anatomy of a press release — By Yasser Latif Hamdani Jinnah was repeatedly pressured on the Ahmadi issue; he repeatedly shot it down publicly […]
mta.tv: Youtube: Published on May 2, 2013: Watch this MTA Pakistan production with short interviews of prominent human rights activists in Pakistan and discussion with Spokesperson of Jamaat Ahmadiyya Pakistan and Advocate Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Sahib on what future holds for Pakistan. http://www.persecutionofahmadis.org A series of discussions on state sponsored persecution of Ahmadi Muslims and […]
ET: SWABI: “Maulana [Fazlur Rehman] thought I would declare Ahmadis Muslims but Imran Khan is not a munafiq (hypocrite)”, said Imran Khan while addressing supporters at a rally in Swabi on Saturday. Imran spoke of initial allegations put forth by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman of being supported by a […]
Vancouver Sun: They are a small religious sect in Canada. But I receive more emails and news releases from the Ahmadiyya Muslims than I do from the rest of Canada’s roughly one million Muslims combined. The Ahmadiyya are not shy about seeking converts in Canada, mainly by connecting with politicians […]
WSJ blogs: Rights groups welcome Pervez Musharraf-era reforms to Pakistan’s electoral system, which helped put religious minorities on an equal footing with Muslims. But Ahmadis say they were left out, and some other religious minorities say they still don’t have adequate representation in Parliament. “We want to be part of […]
Rawal TV: Youtube: Published on May 3, 2013 Bilatakalluf with Tahir Gora Episode 91 Guests: Arshad Mahmood & Moeen Siddiqui Host: Tahir A. Gora More:
ETribune Blog: Imran Khan’s latest video sums up everything that is wrong with our politicians. He has long been bandied about as a saviour and messiah, come to rescue this country and build towards a ‘Naya Pakistan’. On paper, he is educated, courageous and relentless in pursuit of success. His cricket days endeared […]
Asian Human Rights Commission: Once again violence against the Ahmadi community has erupted in Punjab province. As the election are approaching (May 11) this recent outburst is seen as an attempt to influence the voters to support fundamentalists and right wing parties. On 28th April 2013 supporters of Khatme Nabuwwat […]
The Republic of Prejudice “A whopping 86.6 per cent reject the idea of voting for a party that promotes a secterian agenda … 45.7 per cent reply they would vote […]
Source: The Express Tribune ET: Once again, the Ahmadi community is being harassed by radical clerics. On April 29, theGulshan-e-Ravi police in Lahore arrested seven members of the Ahmadi community without filing an FIR against them when around 300 people protested in front of an Ahmadi place of worship. With mounting pressure […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Note, in response to PTI statement copied below: Well here it is finally. The cat is out of the bag and its looks ugly. Imran Khan, […]
FP: Knox Thomas: Today, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued its2013 Annual Report, focusing on Pakistan and 28 other countries around the world, including Afghanistan. As an independent U.S. government advisory body separate from the State Department, USCIRF’s Annual Report identifies violations of religious freedom, as defined by […]
Washington Times: Religious freedom is under attack in Pakistan and the situation next door in Afghanistan is not that much better, despite an improvement since the country was ruled by the Taliban, a U.S. government advisory commission said in a report released Tuesday. “Pakistan represents the worst situation in the world for religious freedom for countries not currently […]
ET: LAHORE: Gulshan-i-Ravi police arrested seven members of the Ahmadi community on Monday after close to 300 people protested in front of what was described as a place of worship of the community. The police raided an alleged Ahmadi place of worship and arrested seven people without registering a FIR […]
Source: Twitter by Sabahatms: This Urdu trash paper writes a huge headline covering the incident in the following way: “Raid on Gulshane Ravi-Ahmadiyya Place of Worshop sealed. Hundreds of blasphemous books siezed. 500 […]
Jahane-Rumi: Half citizens? The Ahmadiyya community of Pakistan Throughout 2012, members of the Ahmadiyya community of Pakistan from all walks of life were harassed, threatened, and at times killed, with impunity. These attacks were the latest in a wave of violence and maltreatment that stretches back to the early years […]