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Rabwah students celebrate Christmas with Christian neighbors

Christian kids in the small Pakistani town of Chenab Nagar got a pleasant surprise when on Christmas morning their Muslim neighbors showed up at their doors with treats. The group of Ahmadi Muslim students from the Nasir Higher Secondary school started their Monday morning with kids of the small Christian community adjacent to the town’s Bethlehem Catholic Church. The students who were led by their teachers and principal also went door to door in the parish and shared Christmas treats with Christian kids. …

Pakistani Ahmadis travel to India for a week of freedom

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 …

Elderly Pakistani couple trapped in Syria urge Pakistan to rescue them

A Pakistani couple trapped in Syria’s besieged Eastern Ghouta district has called on the Pakistani government to facilitate their rescue from the war-torn country. A video posted by Syria’s Thiqa news agency showed the couple living under grueling circumstances. Mahmoud Fadel Ikram, 72, and his 62-year-old wife, Sekral Bibi, moved to Syria in 1975 in search of employment and settled in the Eastern Ghouta district’s Jobar neighborhood. The couple now finds themselves trapped in the on-going war between Government and …

Sikhs told to ‘convert to Islam’ by Pakistani official

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 …

Pakistan Police registers case against 6 for being on Muslim-only list

Police in the Pakistani city of Bambaanwala registered a case against six people after their names showed up on a Muslim-only voter list. Police registered the case on the orders of the Lahore High Court after a petition by landlord Mazhar Hameed claimed that the six individuals had claimed to be Muslim during the 2015 local bodies elections and included their names on the Muslim-only voter lists. He also alleged that the men had lied about being Muslims in their …

Ismaili spiritual leader Aga Khan arrives in Pakistan

On December 7th the spiritual head of the Shia Ismaili community, Aga Khan IV arrived in Pakistan to lead the community’s Diamond Jubilee in the country.His arrival in Pakistan coincides with the Islamili community’s commemoration of his Diamond Jubilee. The Diamond Jubilee marks the 60 years of his spiritual leadership of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community. Ismaili spiritual leader #AgaKhan arrives in Pakistan to take part in #DiamondJubilee celebrations of the Shia Ismaili Muslim community – via @TheIsmaili pic.twitter.com/U5oFgDrmpN — Rabwah Times …

PTI open to supporting an Ahmadi candidate in elections: Asad Umar

A prominent Pakistani politician has said his political party is open to the idea of supporting a candidate from the much hated Ahmadiyya sect of Islam. Asad Umar who is a policy head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and member of Pakistan’s National Assembly made the comments Tuesday at an event in the U.S. state of Virginia. Answering a Rabwah Times reporter’s question about whether PTI would support an Ahmadi candidate in the elections by offering him a ticket, Umar said: …

Muslim groups cite first amendment in defense of ‘extremist’ event

Muslims groups have defended their decision to host a hate conference which called for the use of force against ‘non-Muslims’. CAIR executive director also spoke out in defense of the organizers. A week earlier Rabwah Times through covert video and audio recordings revealed how speakers at an Islamist conference in Virginia called for the use of force against ‘non-Muslims’ and urged American Muslims to not vote for ‘Non-Muslim’ candidates. The sister organizations Idara Dawat Idara Dawat-O-Irshad Inc and Khatme Nubuwwat …

Ahmadi leader increases security after death threats from Muslims

The Pakistan-born leader of Ahmadi Muslims, who presently resides in London has increased his security after receiving death threats from other Muslims. The Times, a British daily newspaper reported that the Metropolitan police were investigating threats from British Muslims against the Ahmadi community and its leader. His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad who is the spiritual head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has lived in self-imposed exile in Britain since 2003. The Evening Standard named him as the most influential Londoner …

Rabwah students sweep top positions in nationwide annual exams

Students from the small Pakistani town of Rabwah swept up top positions in the annual Secondary School (SSC) and Higher Secondary School (HSSC) exams. A ceremony was held on November 15th in Karachi where the top achievers were honored by Aga Khan University Examination Board, the accrediting body for the exams. Girls outnumbered the boys across the board. In SSC exams Samreen Raja from Nusrat Jehan Academy (NJA) Girls High School scored second across Pakistan with 1029 marks. While five other students …

Pakistani-American Muslims call for restrictions against ‘non-Muslims’

Pakistan born Islamic cleric Rafiq Khan defined America as “The land of Infidels” at a fundraiser for his Islamic charity this Saturday. The event which was held at a Holiday Inn in Springfield, Virginia attracted over 100 participants. Speakers included an Islamist from Pakistan as well as radical Imams from the states of Maryland, Virginia, and Texas. The conference revolved around the topics of Jihad, Infidels and what can the American Muslim community do to counter conspiracies against Islam. We went …

Pakistan becoming increasingly hostile towards Ahmadis

RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – Crammed into buses and mini-vans, more than 10,000 Pakistanis traveled to a mosque on the outskirts of the small Punjabi town of Rabwah, for the sole purpose of denouncing followers of the minority sect based here as “infidels and enemies of the state”. For members of the long persecuted Ahmadi community, who are forbidden to call themselves Muslims and face discrimination and violence over accusations their faith insults Islam, the open vitriol on display at the …