Pakistan Inter-Faith

By Salma Javid Khan on November 25, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Some of Pakistan’s finest military minds have been Ahmadi. Clerics need to stop abusing them

Source: http://nation.com.pk/blogs/24-Nov-2016/some-of-pakistan-s-finest-military-minds-have-been-ahmadi-clerics-need-to-stop-abusing-them November 24, 2016, 4:03 pm/ 1 Comment By Kashif Chaudhry When Donald Trump belittled a Muslim American Gold Star family, he received strong backlash from the civil society. The Democratic Party and the media came out in full support of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son captain Humayun Khan had been killed in […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on November 16, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

To please Turkey, Pak-Turk schools staff told to leave country

November 16, 2016 Islamabad [Pakistan]: Pakistan Interior Ministry has asked the Turkish staff of Pak-Turk schools and colleges to leave the country by November 20 ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit. This comes as in August, Islamabad had promised visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Ã‡avusoglu that it would […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on November 13, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Blast at Pakistan shrine kills 52, wounds scores

Reuters International www.swissinfo.ch NOV 12, 2016 An injured boy is wheeled from the ambulance after an explosion in at the Shah Noorani Shrine in Baluchistan, at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – An explosion claimed by militant […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on November 7, 2016 ( 1 Comment )

Shia rights activist Gul Zehra Rizvi opposes equal rights for Ahmadis

November 6, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | A prominent Pakistani Shia rights activist has come under fire after her views against a persecuted Muslim sect were made public. Gul e Zehra Rizvi who is the central president of Imamia Student Organization(ISO) has been active in organizing protests against the targeted […]

By zakariavirk on November 6, 2016 ( 1 Comment )

The mantle of religious interpretation needs to be taken away from the clergy

By Raza Habib Raja Published: November 6, 2016 blogs/tribune.com.pk I have often been more amazed not at the religious fanaticism of the few, but at passivity of the moderate majority. And although sceptics will cast their doubt, the fact is that Pakistan on the whole has a moderate population. In Pakistan, comparable […]

By Zubair Khan on October 10, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Heart of darkness: Shia resistance and revival in Pakistan

Source: Dawn Ahsan Mahboob stares at the sky. It is the colour of molten silver — dark and mournful. Out of the grey firmament drop flakes of white snow, light as leaves, ominous as bad tidings. In the predawn twilight of November, Quetta’s Alamdar Road looks like a frozen lake, […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 12, 2016 ( 1 Comment )

Neo’s hate speech and PEMRA’s inaction

Jinnah refused to turn out Ahmadis from the Muslim League, and stood steadfast on the principle that anyone who called himself a Muslim is a Muslim. This is how Jinnah managed to keep Shias, Sunnis, Ahmadis, Ismailis and countless other Muslims united und By: Yasser Latif Hamdani 12-Sep-16 Pakistan Electronic […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 12, 2016 ( 2 Comments )

Murree with a curry: Pakistan alcohol booms

Pakistani worker checks a line of beer cans at the Muree Brewery Company in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN By AFP Published: September 12, 2016 RAWALPINDI: […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 12, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Khatm-i-nabuwwat moot calls for social sanctions

By Our Correspondent Published: September 11, 2016 Mufti Muhammad Abdullah of the Jamaat-i-Islami said Ahmadis were stooges of the West and enemies of Pakistan. PHOTO: FILE MULTAN: A khatm-i-nabuwwat conference was organised in Multan on Saturday. Participants reiterated their call for more social sanctions on Ahmadis. In a first: Anti-Ahmadiyya advert […]

By Salma Javid Khan on September 11, 2016 ( 2 Comments )

Pakistan: Several organisations demand more religious and social sanctions on Ahmadi Muslims

Source: The Tribune Express By Rana Tanveer LAHORE: Several religious organisations celebrated September 7 as Khatm-i-Nabuwat Day. They demanded more religious and social sanctions on Ahmadis in Pakistan. These organisations held […]

By Salma Javid Khan on September 11, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Pakistani Ministers target Ahmadi Muslims in Punjab Assembly | Rabwah Times

Decades of persecution and a full ban on the Ahmadiyya faith has not changed the Government’s attitudes toward Pakistan’s most persecuted faith group. Ministers in Pakistan’s Provincial Assembly of Punjab continue to make sure the Ahmadis are not given any rights or recognition. On August 31st, Minister for School Education, […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 11, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

No visas for minorities

By Hussain Nadim Published: September 9, 2016 The writer is a PhD candidate and coordinator of the South Asia Study Group at the University of Sydney The current refugee crisis in Europe is not the only event that debunks the myth of Western civilisation’s high moral standards of human rights, […]

By Zubair Khan on September 9, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Who will protect the minorities?

Source: ET While I recognise that the state of Pakistan is inundated by a number of issues, with terrorism topping the list, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to bring to the notice of our rulers — especially the prime minister — the dilemmas faced by the minorities […]

By Salma Javid Khan on September 7, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Pakistan: Ahmadi Muslim Minority Victimized in Name of Fighting Extremism

http://morigin.voanews.eu/embed/player/Article/3496943.html CHANAB NAGAR, PAKISTAN — Her hands shook slightly — a sign of age — as she held her thin, long dupatta scarf in front of her face and turned slightly away. Years of covering her face in front of men had made her shy. In her 53 years of […]

By Salma Javid Khan on September 7, 2016 ( 1 Comment )

Pakistan: Obnoxious cleric-cum-lawmaker Ilyas Chinioti on anti-Ahmadi tirade

Daily Rabwah | News Watch | US Desk Source/Credit: The Express Tribune By Staff report | September 3, 2016 LAHORE: In the Punjab Provincial Assembly where the Occupied Kashmir was the focus of the proceedings last Thursday with lawmakers from the Opposition taking the floor to condemn Indian atrocities, not […]

By Dr. Abdul Alim on September 5, 2016 ( 1 Comment )

Sacred geography: Why Hindus, Buddhist, Jains, Sikhs should object to Pakistan being called hell

SCroll.In: Under the shadow of the Alamgiri gate constructed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb that opens towards the iconic Badshahi mosque and is now used as the principal entry into the Lahore Fort, is a small temple, a modest structure with a small dome on the top, a typical Mughal […]

By Salma Javid Khan on August 11, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

U.S. criticizes Pakistan’s treatment of Ahmadis

Source: rabwah.netrabwah.net August 11, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | 2 The U.S. State Department has criticized Pakistan’s treatment of Ahmadiyya Muslims in its annual international religious freedom report. During the report launch on Wednesday Deputy Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken said “When a government denies religious liberty, it turns […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on August 7, 2016 ( 1 Comment )

Dirty business of ‘Kafir-calling’ must be stopped

By Bilal Farooqi July 17, 2016 KARACHI: In Pakistan, calling another Muslim a ‘Kafir’ (an infidel) sells really well and is as easy as buying an over-the-counter drug. Not only is it a lucrative affair, but ensures power and dominance too, so the merciless killing of hundreds as a consequence […]

By Zubair Khan on August 5, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Does Pakistan Possess such Boldness?

By Zubair K Khan According to the Indian Media reports, members of the Ahmadiyya community living in India will now be listed as Muslims in the census. They have been recognized as a sect of Islam, a religion whose orthodoxy has gone to great lengths to keep the community out […]

By Zubair Khan on August 2, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Interfaith outreach

Source: Dawn IN times of tumult such as these, it takes sagacity and courage to rise above the clamour and appeal to people’s common humanity. In Europe, where the past few weeks have witnessed horrific violence, much of it perpetrated in the name of Islam, it was heartening to see […]

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