Pakistan: The government joins religious bigots against Ahmadis
Rana Tanveer October 17, 2019 Like any other part of the world, religion holds great importance in Pakistan, particularly for “Muslims.” To Muslims, not only their own religion but […]
Abdus Salam: the Muslim science genius forgotten by history
The Pakistani physicist’s work led to the discovery of the Higgs boson, but he was disowned in his home country for his faith. Now a Netflix film is […]
Pakistan SC seeks report on framework for protection of minorities
Oct 04, 2019 | Source: PTI The court also proposed to form a bench to implement its 2014 judgement. Pakistan’s Supreme Court has sought a report within a month […]
Three Islamist Rulers Starting a New TV Channel
by Seth Frantzman The Jerusalem Post October 1, 2019 Originally published under the title “Three Far-Right Leaders Promise to Create Channel to ‘Fight Islamophobia’.” A leader of a […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslims allege persecution, demand justice at UN event
ANI Geneva, Switzerland Sep 24, 2019, 12.32 PM (IST) The members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community from Pakistan have alleged persecution and demanded justice during a side event organized […]
Escaping Pakistani persecution, Ahmadi activist finds refuge — and purpose — in US
August 1, 2017 Madiha Waris Qureshi WASHINGTON (RNS) — Ehsan Rehan never imagined he would end up in Washington, D.C. When he left Pakistan for the last time in […]
Treatment of Ahmadis Who Return – old document, still the same
Editor’s Note: This is an old document published in Canada in February 1992. But still interesting. Nothing much has changed since. UNHCR Laws Case Law Country Information Publisher […]
Blasphemy accusation in Pakistan sparks ransacking of Hindu temple, school
Sep 16, 2019 KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A crowd in Pakistan ransacked a school and Hindu temple after a Hindu principal was accused of blasphemy, police said on Monday, the latest […]
Pakistan’s minorities are a diminishing population
Delhi Sep 03, 2019, 12.51 PM (IST) Written By: Rajan Khanna In 1947, the population of Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan was 23 per cent. Now officially, it stands […]
US Slams Pakistan’s Treatment of Religious Minorities
August 26, 2019 United Nations: The US has criticized the “persecution” of religious minorities in Pakistan by both the government and terrorists. The US Ambassador at Large for International […]
‘Our Country Is Doomed’: Pakistani Ahmadiyya Soldier Shares Discrimination Story Online; Leaves Army With 17 Others
by Swarajya Staff – Aug 20 2019 Pakistan Army Lieutenant Commander Adnan Gulmirza took to Twitter and said that he along with his 17 Ahmadiyya brothers in Pakistan Army […]
The fate of Pakistani Ahmadis: Implications of Anti-Ahmadiyya Ordinance 1984
Busharat Elahi Jamil August 8, 2019 “We stand by our declarations that members of every community will be treated as citizens of Pakistan with equal rights and privileges and […]
Hashtag campaign against Pakistani religious minority group during PM Khan’s US visit
Posted 4 August 2019 Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya community has been subject to persecution since the 1953 Anti-Ahmadiyya Riots in Lahore when religiopolitical parties, including Jamaat-i-Isami, Majlis-i-Ahrarul Islam, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, agitated […]
Facebook removed Urdu ‘Photo Frame’ that called for death of Ahmadis and went viral in Pakistan
By Sajeel Syed on August 2, 2019 Since last week, a Facebook profile picture frame targeting Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community designed in Urdu language was going viral on social media […]
Aisha Sultan: Going back to where you came from
By Aisha Sultan | July 25, 2019 A few years ago I went back to visit the country from where my parents had immigrated to America. It’s in […]
Ahmadi Muslim Refugees in Nepal – Video report
Ahmadi Muslim refugees from Pakistan are seeking safe haven in many countries. Here is a report from Nepal. hthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9FMzHSJMectps://binged.it/2SnGYnS
Trump Meets Victims of Religious Persecution at White House
By Reuters July 17, 2019 WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump, who has made religious freedom a centerpiece of his foreign policy, met Wednesday with victims of religious persecution from […]
Giving ‘Jinnah’s Pakistan’ back to the Religious Minorities
Daily Times Maria Malik July 12, 2019 Pakistan has an overwhelmingly Muslim community, which accounts for 90 per cent of its 142 million inhabitants. The Muslim population however belongs to several doctrinal groups. Sunnis are in the majority amongst Muslims, with Shia Muslims and Zikris facing discrimination. In 1974, […]
Living as an Ahmadi in Pakistan: ‘Our home became an environment of fear’
Source: The Independent When they’re found out, shops refuse to serve them, estate agents won’t rent to them, and their neighbours stage a ‘social boycott’. Raza Hamdani talks to Shafiq […]
Pakistan and religious freedom
Yasser Latif Hamdani@theRealYLH July 1, 2019 The Foreign Office has rejected the report by US Commission on International Religious Freedom for being biased. It went on to say that […]