Pakistan Inter-Faith

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Pakistan: LHCBA imposes life ban on Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for his statement on Ahmadi Muslims

Source: http://nation.com.pk/national/13-Oct-2017/ahmadis-should-stop-declaring-themselves-as-muslims-rana-sanaullah Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan today said that Ahmedi community should stop declaring themselves as Muslims, if they want to be treated in equal manner as other religious minority groups in Pakistan. While addressing a press conference today Sanaullah said, “I said that Ahmedis pretend to be Muslims as they […]

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Pukhtunkhwa Times: #IStandWithAhmadis – Why is Pakistan against its Ahmadi Muslim community?

Source: http://pukhtunkhwatimes.blogspot.in/2017/10/istandwithahmadis-why-is-pakistan.html Former PM Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law has caused uproar among Pakistan’s liberal sections by demanding a ban on military jobs for the minority Ahmadi community. DW examines why Pakistan has a problem with Ahmadis. Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar, who is ousted premier Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law and a member of the […]

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Pakistan: Captain Safdar should not have issued statements against Ahmadi Muslims – PM Abbasi

Source: https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2017/10/captain-safdar-not-issued-statements-ahmadis-pm-abbasi/ ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that son-in-law of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Captain Safdar should not have made statements against the Ahmadi community in the National Assembly. In an interview to a private news channel, the prime minister stated that neither he nor Pakistan Muslim […]

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Pakistan: PM to seek ‘explanation’ from Capt Safdar over tirade against Ahmadiyya Muslims

Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1529859/pm-seek-explanation-capt-safdar-tirade-ahmadiyya-community/ ISLAMABAD:  Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has distanced himself and his party, the PML-N, from the tirade of a ruling party lawmaker against the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar, a son-in-law of deposed premier Nawaz Sharif, has called for a ban on hiring Ahmadis in the military […]

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Pakistan: Christian leaders condemn hate speech against Ahmadi Muslims by Safdar in National Assembly

Source: http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/detail.php?hnewsid=6650 Karachi: October 12, 2017. (PCP) The wave of anger and fear spread among religious minorities after speech of one of ruling party Pakistan Muslim League PML (N) leader in National Assembly of Pakistan on October 10, 2017. Captain (Rtd) Safdar, who is son in law of former prime minister […]

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Pakistan: Army highlights minorities’ services after Safdar’s diatribe against Ahmadi Muslims

Source: http://nation.com.pk/national/11-Oct-2017/army-highlights-minorities-services-following-safdar-s-diatribe-against-ahamdis The military on Wednesday took exception to PML-N leader retired Captain Muhammad Safdar’s diatribe against the persecuted Ahmadi community. In a press conference, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor said Pakistan is for all irrespective of religion or sect. “We are a Muslim-majority state but the […]

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Thailand opens bail for detained UNHCR asylum seekers/refugees which includes Pakistan’s persecuted Christians & Ahmadi Muslims

Source: http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/detail.php?hnewsid=6544 BPCA announces that Thailand opens bail for detained UNHCR registered asylum seekers London: July 11, 2017. (PCP) For almost two years persecuted Pakistani Christians and Ahmadis who make up over 50% of Thailand’s asylum seeker community have been refused bail for overstaying their visa’s. For the re-persecuted victims this […]

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Let’s call a spade a spade

In his August 11, 1947 speech while laying down the fundaments of Pakistan’s ideological moorings, our founding father Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah clearly warned us of some of the most lethal evils, if not nipped in the bud, would cause us irretrievable damage — sooner than later. How true when […]

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Muslim university the first to host a church in Pakistan

Catholic employees and students will soon be able to worship on campus. ucanews.com reporter, Faisalabad Pakistanhttps://international.la-croix.com/news/muslim-university-the-first-to-host-a-church-in-pakistan/5319#sthash.0cqjYYWg.dpuf In a corner of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), a large banner at the entrance of a Christian area is emblazoned with the photos of a Catholic bishop and a picture of St. […]

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Pakistan: The secular myth

Dawn: IN a recent address, Chaudhry Nisar hit out at political opponents by classifying them as ‘secular’ and equating the term with ‘non-believing’. Clearly, the interior minister needs tuition in history and political philosophy. There is no simple thing, place or peoples called the ‘secular’, the ‘religious’, the ‘West’, ‘good’ […]

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How Pakistani-Americans are entering interfaith and interracial marriages — and making them work

“I rebelled. I said ‘I’m going to marry whomever I want.’” FAHAD NAVEED | HUFSA CHAUDHRY Saks and Suzie’s Pakistani-Palestinian-American-Muslim family Saks Afridi and Suzie Afridi. — Photo courtesy Saks Afridi Fifteen years ago, at a crowded picnic in Redwood City, California, young college student Saks (short of Sakib) Afridi […]