Sir Aga Khan III: Remembering a great Muslim leader
The Express Tribune > Pakistan By RIZWAN JAMIL Published: November 3, 2017 His Royal Highness Sir Aga Khan III. PHOTO: FILE A pioneer of the Pakistan Movement, Sir Sultan […]
US Senators for listing Pak as ‘country of particular concern’ over religious intolerance
PTI | Updated: Oct 28, 2017, Highlights Discriminatory Pak laws continue to result in prosecution of individuals due to their faith: US Senators State Department needs to notify Congress on its country of particular concern list by Nov 13 WASHINGTON: Six influential US Senators have urged secretary of state Rex […]
Pakistan, Land of the Intolerant
Mohammed Hanif OCT. 19, 2017 KARACHI, Pakistan — This country has a poor record of protecting its religious minorities, but we outdo ourselves when it comes to Ahmadis. Members of the sect insist on calling themselves Muslims, and we mainstream Muslims insist on treating them like the worst kind of […]
Pakistan, Land of the Intolerant (specially for Ahmadies)
Source: NY Times: KARACHI, Pakistan — This country has a poor record of protecting its religious minorities, but we outdo ourselves when it comes to Ahmadis. Members of the sect insist on calling themselves Muslims, and we mainstream Muslims insist on treating them like the worst kind of heretics. The […]
The politics of hate
Source:Dawn IT was too outrageous an outburst for anyone to defend. So it is not surprising that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif distanced himself from his son-in-law’s hate speech on the floor of the National Assembly. The august house had perhaps never witnessed such bigotry targeting one of the most […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The white part in our flag
67 years later the total population of non-Muslims has dwindled to less than 5 percent. Our Muslim politicians and political parties are deathly afraid of even this small number 28-Aug-17 […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part Three
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times. (moving from Switzerland to France and then on to Pakistan) Part Two ended with […]
Divided Muslim family yearns to reunite, 70 years after India, Pakistan split
Reuters International AUGUST 12, 2017 Rehana Khursheed Hashmi, 75, migrated from India with her family in 1960 and whose relatives, live in India, speaks with her grandson Zain Hashmi, 19 while looking family photo album at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By […]
Sunni-Shia Unity, message of ‘Imam Mehdi’ huge rally in Islamabad
Source: ABNA The huge gathering was organized by Majlis-e-Wehdat Muslimeen(MWM), a Shia group in Pakistan, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of martyrdom of Allama Arif Hussain Hussaini, one […]
Religious group threatens to murder man accused of blasphemy in case of release, police say ‘not our problem’
National BY ABDULLAH NIAZI A Christian man has been booked on accusations of blasphemy and subsequently arrested by the Dinga Police Station in Gujrat. The man, identified as Shehzad, was taken into custody by the Dinga police on the complaint of Nadeem Ahmed, a leading figure in the Tehreek e Tahafuz […]
NYTimes: Pakistani Opposition Hopes for Leader’s Removal Over Corruption Case
Salman Masood, July 15,2017 NYTimes.com ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Imran Khan, the Pakistani cricket star turned politician, believes his moment of political triumph has finally arrived. On Monday, the country’s Supreme Court […]
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 […]
‘Commission to resolve sensitive religious issues’
LAHORE: The scope of newly-established Inter Faith Consultative Commission (IFCC) for resolving issues among different religious communities and assisting promotion of religious harmony in the country will be expanded all over the country very soon. The offices of IFCC would be set up in all four provincial capitals and Azad […]
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 […]