‘No, it’s not safe,’ my mother used to tell me when I asked to join her as she taught the Holy Qur’an to small children in remote areas of Rabwah, Pakistan. I wondered what exactly was not safe. Innocently, I believed it was just an excuse so she would not have to take me with her. One particular evening I begged my mother to take me with her, and she finally submitted to my request. I recall sitting in a …
Pakistani film and television actor, Hamza Ali Abbasi has landed himself in hot waters after calling for equal rights for the country’s minority Ahmadiyya Muslims during his Live show on AAJ TV and is facing death threats after questioning Pakistan’s anti-Ahmadiyya laws. During his Ramadhan show on Pakistan’s AAJ TV, Hamza Ali Abbasi said “I want to say on Live TV that I will be discussing two things on the last day of Ramadhan; One will be the Ahmadi community and …
A Man from the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has been shot dead in Pakistan’s seaport city of Karachi. 49-year-old Chaudhry Khaliq Ahmad was a doctor of Homeopathy and was was tending to his patients at his clinic in Gulzar Hijri area of Karachi when unknown gunmen opened fire. Two bullets hit him in the head and he died on the way to the hospital. The assailants managed to escape. Karachi has seen a rise of violence against Ahmadis, 55-year-old Dawood Ahmad …
بچپن میں بہار کے موسم میں ہمارے گاوں کے ساتھ سیدھی سیم نالے کی پٹڑی پہ گھڑ سواری اور نیزہ بازی کی مشقیں شروع ہو جاتیں اور ہم دس گیارہ سالہ لڑکوں کو دیکھنے کے بعد کرنے کا جنون سوار ہو جاتا تھا۔ اب نیزہ بازی کے لئے شوق اور فن کے ساتھ گھوڑا، عمر و تجربہ نیزہ اور دیگر لوازمات بھی درکار تھے جن کا حل میرے ایک چچا زاد نے یہ نکالا کہ کمہاروں کا کھوتا پکڑ کے …
حمزہ حمزہ کھیلتے اخبارات اور سوشل میڈیا کو اب کچھ دن ہونے کو آئے ہیں مگر بہت سی کہنے کی باتیں ابھی باقی ہیں۔ ہڑبونگ مچنے پہ تالیاں پیٹتے تماشائیوں اور خیالی غیرت پہ جھاگ اڑاتے سودائیوں سے گذارش ہےکہ۔ ۔علامہ اقبال کے مطابق نالہ ہے بلبل شوریدہ تیرا خام ابھی۔ اپنےسینےمیں اسےاور ذرا تھام ابھی۔ یہ مد نظر رکھیں کہ حمزہ عباسی کے سماجی و سیاسی تناظر میں اٹھائے گئے سوال سی احمدیوں کو پاکستانی علماء اور حکومت کی …
حمزہ علی عباسی نے وہ چھپکلی کھا لی جو پاکستانی معاشرے کے منہ میں کئی دھائیوں سے اٹکی ہوئی تھی۔ اب کوڑھ کی چھائیاں جہاں تہاں نمودار ہو رہی ہیں اور اس بار ایک بد قسمتی یہ بھی شامل حال ہے کہ حمزہ عباسی کے نانکوں دادکوں میں کوئی احمدی بھی نہیں ملا۔ اب ایک نجیب الطرفین سنی نے ایسا کٹا کھول دیا ہے اور کوئی لنک بھی نہیں بن پا رہا کہ یہ یہودیوں نے پیسے دے کر حمزہ …
USA’s largest and oldest Muslim community has condemned the nightclub shooting in Orlando which left 50 dead. 29-year-old shooter Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, took hostages and opened fire inside an Orlando nightclub at around 2 a.m. Sunday. The shooter died following a shootout with SWAT officers. The FBI is looking into whether this was an act of international or domestic terrorism. In a statement the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemned the ‘senseless’ shooting and urged people to remain clam. “This is really …
In a bid to spread the spirit of Ramadan a Shia Imam spent the first day of the Islamic holy month at an Ahmadiyya Mosque. Imam Tawhidi spent the first night of Ramadan with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the community’s Mosque in Beverly, South Australia. Imtiaz Ahmed Naveed of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Imam Tawhidi, both spoke about the importance of cooperation and commonalities between the diverse communities of Australia. Imam Tawhidi also met with the head organizers of …
On Monday June 6th Germany’s MDR Tv hosted a live debate between National President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany, Abdullah Uwe Wagishauser and Björn Höcke, who is the leader of Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party which is known for its ant-Islam stance. Wagishauser, 66, converted to Islam when he was young, and has headed Germany’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for the last 32 years. The community which is building a Mosque in Erfurt, Thuringia has faced strong opposition from AfD …
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has condemned the brutal murder of an Ahmadi man who was shot dead on June 4th in Pakistan’s northern city of Attock. 65-year-old Dr Hameed Ahmad was approaching is home in Islam Colony when by two unidentified attackers opened fire, killing him on the spot. MQM chief Altaf Hussain released a statement the very next day and said “In Pakistan extremists are specifically targeting those of different beliefs and faiths. The brutal killing …
Meera Syal narrates a documentary going behind the scenes at the Baitul Futuh mosque in Morden, south London, home to Britain’s 30,000-strong Ahmadiyya Muslim community. The film reveals the defining moments of life at the mosque, from finding love to committing to faith as well as looking at international celebrations and a tragedy that devastates the entire community.
Dawood Ahmad was shot dead Tuesday night in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi. He was shot 3 times by unknown assailants in front of his own home. Ahmad was waiting for his friend outside his house in Gulzar e Hijri neighborhood of Karachi when two unidentified men on a motorbike approached him, one of them disembarked and opened fire. Both men fled on the motorbike afterwards. Ahmad was hit by 3 bullets, one in the chest and two in the …