Three and a half Ahmadis and a Shia
Source: Dawan My family moved to Lahore in early 1970s. We rented the lower portion of a house in what was still called Kirshan Nagar, despite being renamed Islampura, probably […]
All minorities — please leave Pakistan!
Express Tribune: by Yakoob Khan Bangash: Yes, you read it correctly. I am asking all minorities — ethnic, religious, denominational — and any other people who consider themselves a minority of any kind, to please leave Pakistan. Yes, I know that this means that Hindus who have lived in Sindh for millennia […]
Dr. Ali Abdullah – Alleged Mastermind of May 2010 Lahore Attacks
Source: The News Courtesy: @omar_quraishi Amir Mir Monday, March 11, 2013 From Print Edition … Ten months after the Gojra tragedy, two fidayeen squads of the Punjabi Taliban targeted two Ahmadi […]
The man who became an unexpected martyr: Ahmadi Muslim from Abbasi Town
The NEWS: Karachi: A poster outside his home in Abbas Town reads: “Mubashir Ahmad Abbasi Shaheed”. His family does not know how it got there. The white chart paper also has an […]
Rights watchdog condemns Pak record on minorities
Zeenews.com: Human Rights Watch: Islamabad: The Pakistan government should immediately take legal action against Islamist militant groups and others responsible for threats and violence against minorities and other vulnerable groups, Human Rights Watch has said. HRW said Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law had “come under renewed scrutiny” after a mob torched […]
Did JI convert Pakistan into What Maudoodi Thought of It?: A Grim Reminder
Twitter: from Qasim Rashid
Khatam-e-Nabuwwat Desperate Tactics and Ahmadiyya Muslim Answer: The Curious Case of a Nephew
Youtube/mat.tv: Recently a youtube video was circulated on the internet. This was made apparently at a recent conference called “Fath-e-Mubahala” conference in Pakistan. In this video, Mullahs, presented someone called Shamsuddin as a newphew of present Khalifa of Islam who makes a statement that he has accepted Islam. See here […]
The dark ages of Pakistan
The News: by Harris Khalique: In medieval Europe, heretics were burnt alive, rebels were quartered and their body parts were sent to the remote corners of the country, those who believed that the earth revolved around the sun were admonished and threatened. The Christian church held sway over kings, queens […]
A Marked Life
Source: the revealer – a daily review of religion and media By Saba Imtiaz The Akram family’s house looks like any other in Nawabshah, a city in Pakistan’s Sindh province. […]
End blasphemy laws threatening minorities: U.N. faith expert
(Reuters) – Countries should repeal all laws punishing blasphemy and people who leave a faith, the United Nations’ top expert on freedom of religion said on Wednesday, thrusting himself into […]
A Marked Life – by Saba Imtiaz
Source: the revealer “His last gesture was that he pointed to me that he had been shot in the back,” Aijaz recalls. “We barely managed to give him a spoonful of water and dragged him into a car. He took his last breath before we reached the hospital.” By Saba […]
Did You Know……that the Ahmadi community will be excluded from upcoming elections in Pakistan? US Commission on International Religious Freedom
USCIRF: Historic elections are scheduled to take place in Pakistan in Spring 2013. However, members of the Ahmadi religious community will be prevented from voting for the next civilian government. An executive order requires Ahmadis to register separately and vote as non-Muslims. Chief Executive’s Order No. 15 , which President Musharraf […]
Google Changes Chenab Nagar to Rabwah: Will Pakistan ban Google?
Source: Twitter- Ehzan Editor’s Note: Even if “Chenab Nagar” is searched for Rabwah is displayed. See below for actual Google Map.
Christians declared to be constitutional “Infidels” by government of Pakistan
Pakistan Christian Post: In 2010, all Muslim political parties in parliament of Pakistan passed 18th amendment in constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.by Nazir Bhatti In Section 16, this amendment substitutes Article 51, in which Clause 4, reads as “In addition to the number of seats referred to in clause […]
Pakistan SC seeks ECP reply against bar on Ahmedis’ listing on electoral rolls
* Court asks for reply on 2002 order that prohibits listing of Ahmedis or Qadianis on general electoral rolls By Hasnaat Malik ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has sought a concise statement from the Election Commission of Pakistan over the six-year-old plea against the enforcement of Conduct of General Elections (Second […]
Saudi Funding, Salafi Influence and Pakistan’s Survival
Daily Times: VIEW : Zero tolerance for extremism — Mohammad Ahmad The Saudi influence in Pakistan and the adoption of extremist demands has led to the unhindered growth of extremism The killing machines are operating full time. The Hazara genocide continues. Pakistan’s soul is being tortured as Quetta bleeds with one […]
Barelvi Fatwas, Jinnah and Shias- 1974 Anti Ahmadiyya Proceedings
Lutf Blogs: 1974 -VI Kufr and Islam – Circles and Boundaries A popular slogan of Takfiris. ‘Shia are Kafir-whoever disgarees with it is also a Kafir’. Yahya Bakhtiyar, Mufti Mahmood and many others maintained that the Ahmadis were declared Non-Muslims because their Khalifa accepted in the Parliament that they consider […]
Freedom of religion and belief in Pakistan
The Daily Times: by Rehman Anwer: Owing to the contemporary climate of extremism in Pakistan, the key is to bring various faith communities together and make collective efforts to foster peace and stability Faith Matters, a conflict resolution and interfaith organisation, has developed a unique programme to promote harmonious relationships between […]
The practical case for a secular state in Pakistan
The Daily Times: Yasser Latif Hamdani: The state may enable Muslims to live according to Islamic ideals according to their own interpretation but the state has no business forcing Muslims to live according to Islamic ideals of any interpretation A secular Pakistan is not a question of idealism. It is […]