Pakistan

Ahmadiyya Muslims join relief efforts in quake-hit Kumamoto region of Japan

Muslims from one of Japan’s oldest Muslim Community have joined relief activities following two deadly quakes that hit southern Japan. On Saturday a 7.3 magnitude quake shook the city of Kumamoto, which had previously been hit by a magnitude-6.4 quake on Thursday night. According to local media reports over 9 people died in the first earthquake, and 33 in the second. Sources says at least 150,000 people have been displaced and are in need of accommodation and food. Members from the Ahmadiyya Muslim …

Ahmadiyya charity Humanity First to offer scholarships to Palestinian students

The President of Al-Quds Open University Prof. Dr. Younis Amr welcomed the delegation of Ahmadiyya charity Humanity First at the University’s Headquarters in Ramallah to discuss ways how the charity can provide scholarships to Palestinian students. Al-Quds Open University is one of the largest universities in Palestine with campuses in Gaza and Ramallah. Humanity First was founded by the 4th Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mirza Tahir Ahmad in 1993 to help with the hunger crisis in Somalia and the …

British MPs warn Pakistan of aid cuts over persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims

Highlighting attacks and mistreatment of minorities in Pakistan – particularly Ahmadiyya Muslims – several MPs have asked the UK government to review aid to Pakistan to ensure it is not misused to promote religious intolerance. Participating in a debate in the House of Commons on “Persecution of Religious Minorities: Pakistan”, more than 15 MPs recalled the plight of Christians, Sikhs and Hindus along with that of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the country to seek a review of aid.

Pakistan: A Paradoxical Divinity

The 4 January 2016 marked five years since the Punjab governor Salman Taseer was killed by a member of his own security detail in a popular market in Pakistan’s capital city. His self-confessed assassin, 26-year-old Mumtaz Qadri, told interrogators he had killed the governor for his calls to reform Pakistan’s blasphemy law and for his support of the Christian woman, Asia Bibi, who was accused of — and ultimately sentenced to death for — blaspheming the Prophet Muhammed. Mr Qadri …

Persecuted Ahmadiyya Muslims who fled Pakistan celebrate Australia Day

Four years ago, Asif Khan took his wife and two children and fled Pakistan, where as an Ahmadiyya Muslim he was part of a heavily persecuted minority group. Yesterday, Mr Khan said he thanked Allah for bringing him to the other side of the world as he celebrated Australia Day among a peaceful sea of red, white and blue at the Masjid Baitul Huda Mosque in Marsden Park in Sydney’s northwest.

Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif praises Dr Abdus Salam on his visit to CERN

On Saturday Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. PM Sharif was received by Director General CERN Fabiola Gianotti. Uoin meeting PM Sharif Ms.Gianotti said that the Pakistani scientist Dr Abdus Salam had played an important role in the establishment of CERN.

Indian Muslims upset after PM Modi sends greetings to Muslims

In an odd move Indian Muslim leaders have criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending greetings to Muslims. In a letter written on 21st December 2015 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Ahmadiyya Muslim Community for its religious tolerance and universal brotherhood. He wished success to ‘Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya Centenary’ celebrations which are taking place in Qadian this month. Thousands of Pakistani Ahmadis are also taking part in the celebrations.

Thousands of Pakistani Ahmadis head to India for annual conference

Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslims are heading to India to attend the community’s annual convention which will take place in Qadian, Punjab.The convention will run from December 26th to December 28th.More than 25,000 delegates from all over the world are expected to attend the 124th Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention). For over three decades now Pakistan’s Ahmadis have been annually making their way to India through Wagah Border. The practice was set in motion after Pakistani Government banned Ahmadiyya gatherings in 1984.  

کیا ہمیں واقعی آرمی پبلک سکول پشاور پہ حملہ کی پرواہ ہے؟

آج 16 دسمبر کو پوری قوم یہ سوچنے پر مجبورہو گئی ہے کہ کیا قصورتھا ان بچوں کا ؟ کیا یہی کے وہ پاکستانی تھے، کیا پاکستانی ہونا اتنا بڑا جرم ہے ؟ پاکستانی ہونا اتنا بڑا جرم نہیں البتہ پاکستان میں رہنا جرم عظیم ہےکیوںکہ یہی پاکستانی جب یورپ اورامریکہ میں آ کر بستے ہیں تو ان کی جان،مال،اولاد ہر چیز محفوظ ہو جاتی ہے۔ المیہ تو یہ ہے کہ ہماری سیاسی و عسکری قیادت کو اس چیز کا …

کیا عمران خان کی تبدیلی کینیڈا نےکھو لی؟

تبدیلی کے بغیر ترقی نا ممکن ہے، جو لوگ اپنی سوچ نہی بدل سکتے وہ تبدیلی نہی لا سکتے۔ آج کل پاکستان میں گلی گلی کوچہ کوچہ تبدیلی تبدیلی کا نعرہ لگ رہا ہے، اور اس تبدیلی کے سب سے بڑے دعوہ دار عمران خان صا حب ہے۔ عمران خان کابلِ ستائش اس وجہ سے ہے کیوں کہ وہ پاکستان کے پہلے لیڈر ہیں جو تبدیلی کا نعرہ لے کر نکلےاورعوام کو اس تبدیلی کے جادو میں قابو کرنے میں …

Hope for Thailand’s Pakistani Refugees

Bangkok’s little-known population of Pakistani asylum seekers uses community action to respond to the challenges facing refugees without a camp. In an unremarkable concrete apartment block on the outskirts of Bangkok, over 100 families from Pakistan wait.

Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslims battle mob and state for identity

“Are these the people with bullets who took my papa away?” two-year-old Sabiha Ahmad asked her mother anxiously when AFP visited her family, members of Pakistan’s persecuted Ahmadi minority, who are currently living in hiding. The toddler’s family have had little contact with anyone since they were forced to flee for their lives on November 20 when hundreds of people torched a factory in the eastern city of Jhelum after rumours spread workers were burning copies of the Koran. Sabiha’s …