RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – At the office of what claims to be one of Pakistan’s oldest newspapers, workers scan copy for words it is not allowed to use — words like Muslim and Islam. “The government is constantly monitoring this publication to make sure none of these words are published,” explains our guide during a visit to the offices of al Fazl, the newspaper of the Ahmadiyya sect in Pakistan. This is Rabwah, the town the Ahmadis built when they …
Ahmadis have found their own solutions in Rabwah
RABWAH: When a fire broke out at a building in Chiniot, the district administration called the rescue service in Rabwah for help. The irony that the Chiniot building was owned by a member of the Khatam-e-Nabuwwat movement is not lost to Rabwah’s rescue services. A former tae kwon do instructor with the Pakistan Army, Nadir Saidain says the fire service was started because the district administration refused to assist in rescue operations in Rabwah town. The service, like many others …
In Rabwah, every house has a story to tell
RABWAH: The tombstones in Rabwah’s graveyards tell a macabre tale. The graves of the men killed in the attacks on Ahmadi places of worship in Lahore – retired army officers and young factory workers among them – rest with the dozens killed due to the persecution of the Ahmadiyya community. The graveyards have been defiled in the past as locals have released animals in the graveyards or trod on the graves. Other tombstones in a row show how entire families …
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Taken from The Nation London 1st July – 7 July 2011
Local Ahmadi leader shot dead in Nawabshah
Hatred against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Pakistan continues to spread and leads to such tragic incidents It is with great sadness that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat hereby confirms that on 11 July 2011, a well-known and respected Ahmadi lawyer, Mr Malik Mabroor Ahmad (50), was martyred in Nawab Shah, Sindh. At approximately 8.15pm local time, Malik Mabroor Ahmad was shot point blank near his office by an unidentified gunman. Upon hearing the gunfire, the brother of the deceased, Malik …
Prince Edward visits Ahmadiyya Mosque in London
The Earl of Wessex greeted by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, world Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at HRH, the Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward today paid a visit to the Fazl Mosque in South West London. The Fazl Mosque, commonly known as the ‘London Mosque’ is owned by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and is London’s oldest mosque. Prince Edward arrived at 11.20am and was greeted by a delegation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, led by its Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, …
London Mosque to get a Royal Visit
The London Mosque – the capital’s first purpose-built mosque – opened in 1926, is to host a Royal visitor. HRH The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, will visit the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Putney on Thursday July 7 – to inspect its garden and flower displays. The mosque, known as Fazl Mosque, is one of the venues selected to be inspected by The London Gardens Society of which The Earl is Patron. It is where the worldwide Head – or …
Radicals distribute Jihadi fliers against Ahmadis in Faisalabad
All-Pakistan Students Khatm-e-Nubuwat Federation are handing out Pamphlets labelling members of the Ahmadiyya community “Wajibul Qatl” (‘liable to be murdered’), and inciting people to attack followers of the faith, are being openly and widely distributed in Punjab’s hub Faisalabad, Not only that the weekly Khatm-e-Nabuwat magazine website states that anyone who commits the “crime” of leaving “Islam” should be killed. But the shocking fact is that the leaflet contains a list of names of Ahmadi industrialists, doctors and businesses. The …
US condemns Jang Group & Geo TV for inciting Violence
In a leaked US Diplomat cable the US has condemned GeoTv and its owner Jang Media Group for airing stories that encourage violence, the cable dated 11/26/2008 highlights how the network specifically targeted the Ahmadiyya Community which resulted in the murder of two prominent Ahmadi leaders after Geo Tv Network aired the program “Aaalim Online” on September 7, 2008. In the program guests used the phrase “Wajib ul Qatal” or “Duty to Kill” for those who believed in Ahmadiyyat.The cable …
Thailand releases Almost 100 Ahmadi Refugees
BANGKOK: Almost 100 Pakistani refugees have been freed from Bangkok’s overcrowded immigration prison in an initiative spearheaded by Thai human rights activists. The Thai Committee for Refugees said the release on bail of 96 members of Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslim sect was the first such large-scale release of refugees who Thai authorities locked up merely for being refugees. The group negotiated the release with the state National Human Rights Commission and immigration officials. The detainees, about a third of whom are …
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community celebrates the Royal Wedding
London’s oldest & Western Europes Larged Mosques are to celebrate the Royal wedding with invited guests and local residents ‘as a day of joy for all of us.’ Invitations have been sent out by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to hundreds of homes in the vicinity of the London Mosque & Biatulfutuh Mosque inviting families to celebrate the wedding with worshippers at the mosque. A large marquee will be erected and dinner and barbecue organised from 6-8pm. Prayers will be said …
Rana Abrar Hussain – Face of Yellow Journalism
A few days ago Chenab Nagar (Rabwah) was rocked by a terrible crime which happened in the local Main marketplace where a Local journalist named Rana Abrar Hussain was shot dead. This resulted in the local newspapers and media outlets publishing hate filled news reports. In these reports the readers were lead to believe that the murder was carried out on the orders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This resulted in rallies being carried out in different parts of the …