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 […]
Pakistan calls US religious freedom report ‘biased’
June 29, 2019 Pakistan on Friday rejected a report on religious freedom in the country by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), terming it as “biased” and […]
Why I think Pakistan was, is and will always remain a terrorist state
Editor’s Note: Yes, this is a bias view from India, but still interesting and to be considered. Just establishing terror camps and sending jihadis to India isn’t terrorism. Terrorising a section of your own people is also terrorism. And Pakistan, by its very nature, cannot stop doing that. […]
Four held for setting ablaze watchman cabin of Ahmadi Mosque
Editor’s note: The Muslim Times has the best collection to overcome sectarian differences among the Muslims Four held for setting ablaze watchman cabin of Ahmadi worship place Source: Dawn TAXILA: […]
Pompeo asks Pakistan to release those facing blasphemy charges
Last year Pakistan was put in Special Watch List category on Religious Freedom mainly because of the deterioration in religious freedom in the country. The US has asked Pakistan to […]
Sri Lanka to remove Pakistani refugees from the country
Rabwah Times May 8, 2019, Sri Lankan President on Tuesday sought international assistance to remove Afghan and Pakistani refugees from the country. Speaking to diplomats in Colombo, the President […]