Police in Pakistan’s southern district of Badin have arrested a terror victim for terrorism after he was injured in a terror attack. 12-year-old Imran Gurgez was arrested along with 4 of his family members after a pipe bomb was thrown at their house. Gurgez belongs to the minority Ahmadiyya sect of Islam which is heavily persecuted in Pakistan. Imran’s uncle Akbar Gurgez said “Imran was sitting on the roof when a plastic bag was thrown onto the roof, the bag had a …
‘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 …
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.
Pakistan’s leading Human Rights activist Asma Jahangir has said that Ahmadiyya Muslims are the most persecuted religious minority in Pakistan. Jahangir made the remarks while speaking at the Hudson Institute on May 18th, in Washington D.C. The event was moderated by Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani. Answering a question about Pakistan’s anti-Ahmadiyya laws Jahangir said: The supreme court in one of the cases many years ago had given a judgement on the Ahmadi issue which I find revolting in terms of …
‘Kill Ahmadis’ Hate Group alleges financial misconduct by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. An anti-Ahmadi activist with links to the extremist Khatme Nabuwat group recently wrote a libelous article alleging financial misconduct on the part of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The allegations are so absurd, they do not merit a response. But for the benefit of those who are unaware of the community and how it works, here is a brief point-by-point response to the allegations. 1) Author belongs to Khatme Nabuwat Hate Group: First …
Names of 4 Family members of Pakistani Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan revealed in Panama Papers. Khan is believed to have sold nuclear secrets to North Korea and Iran. A list released by Pakistani news channel Geo TV linked Khan’s brother Abdul Quiyum Khan, daughters Ayesha Khan, Dina Khan and Dutch wife Hendrina Khan to a Bahamas based company Wahdat Limited. The company was incorporated in 1998 and defaulted just after two years in January 2000. According to U.S intelligence …
A young Pakistani Muslim immigrant to Washington has built a platform for fellow immigrants to come together and do their part to promote peace and tolerance in Pakistan. Her biggest motivation is an unbreakable bond with the country she grew up calling home — in spite of the systemic persecution her community has faced there for decades. Zaineb Majoka, 28, grew up moving across small towns in Pakistan’s Punjab province, now considered a hotbed of religious extremism in the troubled …
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice President and former federal minister Senator Sherry Rehman has been accused of inciting religious hatred against the persecuted Ahmadiyya sect after a hateful article appeared in an Urdu daily under her name. The article which was published on April 4th wrongly attributed a hateful statement against Ahmadis to Pakistan People’s Party’s Vice President Sherry Rehman. Soon after the publication of this article Ms. Rehman personally responded and clarified her stance with the following tweets: @RabwahTimes pl see several clarifications. This …
This story is of my father Rashid-Ud Din and the Federal Security Force (FSF). The FSF was a Gestapo style security force created by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto back in 1972. Bhutto was the leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) which he founded in 1967. He served as the 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and then served as the 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. The story begins in June 1973, when FSF recruiters started hiring people all over …