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 […]
Pakistani pastor attacked by Muslim mob, family’s home seized: report
By Samuel Smith, CP Reporter Saturday, June 01, 2019 A Pakistani pastor and his family were attacked in their home by a radical Muslim mob in response to his […]
Fleeing persecution, Ahmadi Muslims find safe haven in Nepal
– Tsering D Gurung, Kathmandu May 29, 2019- Kathmandu’s Muslim community usually gathers at the Kashmiri Jama Masjid in Jamal for Jummah, or Friday prayers. But not all Muslims […]
Pakistan’s blasphemy law: People die for insulting Prophet Mohammed
Pakistani national Asia Bibi, a Christian, spent eight years in jail after having been convicted of blasphemy in 2010. Jagyaseni Biswas Pakistani national Asia Bibi, who was acquitted two years […]
Pakistan’s most famous accused blasphemer escaped to Canada. Others remain on death row.
By Pamela Constable May 18 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — One prisoner is an illiterate Christian street cleaner who got into an argument with a Muslim friend while they were out […]
Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan ‘worse than ever before’: report
Source: Daily Times The report states that Ahmadis are the victims of institutionalised bigotry and are being prosecuted for their faith in growing numbers in the wake of Prime Minister […]
Pakistan PM accused of sowing division
A new report says Imran Khan fanned religious bias against the Ahmadiyya during the 2018 election campaign Pakistani civil rights activists protest the killing of Ahmadis in Lahore in May, […]
Pakistani minorities: A one-sided story
Stereotypical reporting of such groups limits their exposure and keeps them stuck in unrepresentative pigeonholes Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore May 4, 2019 An Ahmadi man sells goods in Rabwah, Pakistan. (Photo by […]
Concerned over minority persecution, EU threatens to suspend all subsidies to Pak
Source: ANI | Europe Last Updated at May 2, 2019 09:45 IST Expressing its concern over “persecution of religious minorities” in Pakistan, the European Union (EU) has threatened to suspend […]
Fears grow in Sri Lanka for refugees targeted by mob violence
More than 1,000 refugees, mainly Ahmadi Muslims from Pakistan, under police protection Jack Power, Joe Humphreys Ahmadi refugees from Pakistan at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Centre in Pasyala, Sri Lanka, […]
Pakistan says it is on the road to major change, but few are fully persuaded
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 29, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) applauses as he is observes the fly-past by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17 […]
Stand United: Sri Lanka must not fall into the terrorists’ trap and allow communal disharmony
April 26, 2019, In signs that the Sri Lankan terror bombings have put a strain on social relations in that country, several Pakistani refugees were violently attacked by locals […]
Sri Lankan Ahmadi Muslims flee feared backlash
Sri Lankan navy soldiers perform security checks on motorists at a road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Sri Lanka banned drones and unmanned aircraft and set off more controlled detonations of suspicious items Thursday four days after suicide bombing attacks killed more than 350 people in and […]
Wisdom From The Fringe
In an era of ideology and nationalism, reflections of what ails Pakistan Written by Khaled Ahmed | Updated: April 27, 2019 1:00:16 am Khaled Ahmed was born in 1943 in […]
Muslims in hiding in Sri Lanka as tensions rise after bombings
Group of about 500 Muslims being sheltered in one city after fleeing Negomobo, as communal tensions rise Michael Safi in Colombo @safimichael Fri 26 Apr 2019 A Sri Lankan […]
Loving a country that doesn’t love you back
BY SANA AHMAD , (LAST UPDATED APRIL 3, 2019) The New Zealand massacre through the eyes of an Ahmedi abroad Ever since I moved abroad, I have felt it is […]