Intolerance versus legalised persecution
No parliament has the right, no matter how sovereign, to determine the faith of an individual citizen. This is not the job of a parliament. It is God’s job Yasser […]
The pariahs of Pakistan
By Farrukh Khan Pitafi Published: November 27, 2015 The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and tweets @FarrukhKPitafi Ishtiaq Ahmed, author of hundreds of children’s books, died this month. What struck me after hearing the news was the sheer number of admirers I came across on social media that day, […]
I am ashamed by this Ahmadi clause at a university in Lahore
Source: The Express Tribune By Abbis Haider The author is a graduate of King Edward Medical University and has studied journalism and sociology from Punjab University. He is currently […]
A Christian Television Station set on fire in Pakistan
Karachi: November 25, 2015. (PCP) A Pakistani Christian Television Channel named “Gawahi” was set on fire by some masked men destroying studios, computers, Bibles, cable network equipment and furniture on night of November 24, 2015. The Gawahi Television was broadcasting Bible teachings, Hymns, Sermons and Christian youth evangelism attracting […]
Pakistani HC issues visas to 2,850 Sikhs ahead of Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary
Source: rawal.tv Lahore: Pakistani High Commission (HC) has issued visas to 2,850 Sikhs to participate in birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak. Spokesperson for the commission said that visas have been […]
A guide to growing up Ahmadi in Pakistan
AYESHA ALI — —Creative commons Welcome, to the beautiful land of the pure. Here, we are blessed with four wondrous seasons and the geographical features are aplenty. This is a land hard won through the sacrifices of many and now, you too, are a part of this nation of the […]
Jehlum: Ahmadi mosque and factory set ablaze a day apart
After factory, mob torches Ahmadi place of worship in Jhelum over blasphemy allegations By Rana Tanveer Published: November 21, 2015 847SHARES SHARE TWEET EMAIL PHOTO: REUTERS LAHORE: An Ahmadi place of worship was set ablaze in Jhelum on Saturday, a day after an unbridled mob burnt down a factory owned by members of the Ahmadiyya community in the […]
Pakistan: Ahmadi-owned factory burnt; Punjab govt and media biases on display
No rescue services were allowed in and 100’s from violent mob were seen enforcing a blockade of the burning premises while raising slogan of ‘Allah-o Akbar” and shouting anti-Ahmadis curses. Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int’l Desk Source/Credit: Various / Ahmadiyya Times By Staff Report | November 20, 2015 […]
An other Ahmadi shot dead in Pakistan
Reliable sources informed Mr Ikramullah age 37 was shot dead in Taunsa Shareef Pakistan. He was at his medical store when 4 gunmen on two motor bikes came and shot at him. He scummed to his injuries. A Widow, daughter 5 years and an infant 18 have been left behind. […]
State persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community demonstrated once more.
Source:Press and Media Office AMJ As part of the long running State-backed persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, Ahmadiyya Mosques have long been targeted by religious clerics and official authorities. On Monday 4th May 2015 the Punjab Police once again raided the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Pachnand, District Chakwal, […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque razed in Chakwal, Pakistan
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our […]
Pakistan: GMA & Ahmadiyya distributed Funds to the persecuted families of Youhanabad Church Blasts
Source: pakistanchristianpost.com Glasgow: April 28, 2015. (PCP) Following a successful fundraising campaign, Global Minorities Alliance (GMA) organised an event on 26 April in Youhanabad, Lahore, to support the victims of the Youhanabad Church blasts, which killed 17 and injured 70 on the 15 March 2015. Since the attack the usually vibrant […]
Bohra community mosque attacked in Karachi, 2 dead
DAWN.COM March 20, 2015 Blast took place outside the Saleh Mosque near Pakistan Chowk; injured rushed to private hospital – DawnNews screengrab KARACHI: Two people were killed in an explosion that took place after Friday prayers outside the Saleh Mosque for Bohra community worshippers. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) police Abdul […]
Christians protest deadly Taliban church attacks
Source: Dawn.com AP | IMRAN GABOL | NADEEM HAIDER | UMAIR RANA | KASHIF HUSSAIN FAISALABAD/LAHORE: Members of the Christian community on Monday took to the streets in Faisalabad and […]
14 dead, 75 injured in attack on Lahore’s Christian community
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
14 dead, 75 injured in attack on Lahore's Christian community
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Healing our sectarian divide: The question of what constitutes the truest form of faith is seen as ever more important.
Source: Dawn by Pervez Hoodbhoy SHIKARPUR on Jan 30, Peshawar on Feb 13, Rawalpindi on Feb 18. In less than three weeks, suicide bombers have targeted three imambargahs packed with worshippers. Outside of Syria and Iraq, Pakistan is the world’s deadliest country for Shia Muslims. Hazara are fleeing Balochistan, and […]
BREAKING NEWS: LIVE: 20 injured in explosions, firing inside Shia mosque in Peshawar
Peshawar: 2:15pm An eyewitness says a several grenades were thrown as worshippers performed the last sajda. The eyewitness also claims that the attackers were dressed in FC uniforms. 2:06pm At least 20 people have been reportedly injured in the blast. 2:05pm According to SSP operations, one of the explosions took […]
‘A deficit of common sense’
Source:Dawn KARACHI: While challenges such as terrorism and religious extremism were among the country’s major concerns, there was a “deficit of logic and common sense in governance” that was compounding such issues, senior lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir said here on Saturday. She was addressing a panel discussion […]
Religious freedom and diplomacy – More than a luxury
JOHN KERRY, the American secretary of state, has been in Pakistan over the past couple of days, on a tough assignment. He had to show the proper degree of sympathy over last month’s terrible massacre of schoolchildren by the Pakistani Taliban, and urge his hosts to draw the logical conclusion: […]