22 people have been injured in a mob attack on an Ahmadiyya Mosque in Bangladesh. According to a report by the Daily Star, a group of 70-80 people from another mosque attacked the Ahmadiyya mosque following Friday prayers. Both of the Mosques are located in the Madarganj Upazila of Jamalpur district, a locality in the north of Bangladesh. Shahidul Islam, the local president of the Madarganj Upazila area, said he had donated his land for the building of an Ahmadi …
A Pakistani TV show known for his extreme views and hate speech has been barred from entering the U.S. Orya Maqbool Jan who hosts TV Show “Harf-e-Raz” on NEO TV claimed he was stopped from boarding a flight to the U.S. by Pakistan’s airport authorities. Jan claimed the “American narrative in the Muslim world had failed and is closed to its worst defeat in Afghanistan”, he added “if they [U.S.] want to take revenge by stopping me from going to …
Islamic clerics in Pakistan have lodged a protest against what they call ‘Fraudulent misrepresentation’ of faith by a student in Gojrah, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Lahore. Speaking at the local press club the clerics demanded action against the ‘fraudulent misrepresentation’ of faith by Bilal Ahmed, a high school student from Chak-297GB. Clerics, Qari Noor Ahmad, Khalid Rizvi, Rana Tariq and others claimed that the teenager had falsely obtained permission to privately sit in high school level exams …
A small building on the edge of a green rice field is the place Syahidin is raising his four children. Facing the area of rice fields the house which is located in Hamlet Ketapang, West Lombok, looks ideal for family living. Through the walls of the living room and bedroom, you can see the rice paddies that seem to stretch all the way. Jackfruit tree protects the yard and the former porch. It’s just that the house is now just …
On Monday a Pakistani court ordered the country’s national citizen database to handover list of individuals who left Islam and requested a change of religion with the department. The High Court court of Pakistani capital Islamabad ordered Pakistan’s Citizen Authority (NADRA) to provide detailed information on an estimated 10,000 Pakistani citizens who are believed to have changed their religion from Islam to Qadiani [Ahmadiyya]. The court also directed the citizen authority to include their age, names of their parents and …
The father of an 8-year-old Pakistani girl whose rape and killing shocked the nation has told the Government that a “non-Muslim” Police officer should not be allowed to investigate his daughter’s death. The girl, Zainab Ansari, disappeared last week while going to a nearby home for Quranic studies and her body was found in a Kasur waste-yard on Tuesday. The father, Anees Ansari, was on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia with his wife at the time of his daughter’s disappearance. …
American Islamist Charity Openly Partners with Designated Terrorists In December, the Muslim American charity, Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD), organized a conference to honor ‘World Disability Day’ at a government-managed college in the Pakistani city of Timergara. This seems like a noble cause. But Islamist groups often use noble causes to advance their agenda. And HHRD is one such Islamist group. Sponsors of the HHRD event in Pakistan included the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), the charitable wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba, …
Qadian, India: The 123rd annual convention of India’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community commenced in Qadian, India on Friday. The convention began with a traditional flag hoisting ceremony at the convention grounds near Nangal Bagbana Qadian. The ‘Jalsa Salana’ has become an international convention over the years, it attracts thousands of visitors each year from over 40 countries including Pakistan, Indonesia, USA, UK, and Germany. #JalsaQadian 1 Day you go. #MyQadianExperience full of blessings. The Promised Messiah prayed for the attendees of #Jalsa and we …
وہ باتیں جو پاکستانیوں کو بھی معلوم نہیں پاکستان کے ضلع چنیوٹ میں دریائے چناب کے کنارے وہ چھوٹا سا شہر آباد ہے جو نا صرف احمدی جماعت کا عالمی مرکز ہے بلکہ دنیا بھر کے احمدیوں کے لئے اس کرہ ارض پر محبوب ترین مقام کی حیثیت بھی رکھتا ہے۔ یہ شہر ربوہ ہے، جس کا نام بعد ازاں چناب نگر رکھ دیا گیا، جہاں 97فیصد آبادی احمدیوں پر مشتمل ہے۔ امریکی اخبار ’نیویارک ٹائمز‘ کی ایک حالیہ رپورٹ …
On Saturday hundreds of Pakistani Ahmadis walked into India to experience a week of religious freedom in the secular republic. The group was part of the 1,800 Ahmadis who have been given visas by the Indian government to attend their annual convention in the Indian Punjab.The three days event will run from 29th to 31st December. The annual event is significant for the Ahmadis from Pakistan who saw their faith outlawed by Pakistan in 1974, while their annual gatherings were …
ISIS’s onslaught against Yazidis has raged on for three and a half years. The rapes, beheadings, and shootings of Yazidis in Iraqi Kurdistan have been documented in front of the world. But Yazidis living abroad are giving their people a voice. Rabwah Times spoke with three prominent Yazidis, including an athlete, artist, and an NGO worker about how they have used their profession to give Yazidis hope. Yurki Mamadov Yurik Mamadov, 27, is a professional boxer of Yazidi origin raised …
The Sikh community in Pakistan’s Northern province has complained of mistreatment after local government officials told them to convert to Islam. Farid Chand Singh alleged that the assistant commissioner of Tall tehsil, Yaqoob Khan told members of the minority Sikh community to convert to Islam if they wanted to get their problems resolved. Singh who represents the Sikh community in the area of Hangu said Khan made the comments when the community members paid him a visit to seek his …