Nadeem Paracha laments about Pakistanis celebrating Islamic history outside Pakistan. (DAWN: Talking tall- July 10) Muslim thinkers of the sub-continent repeatedly drilled such pan-Islamism and Allama Iqbal fostered this ideology in these words: Aik Hoon Muslim Haram Ki Pasbani Kay Liyay Neel Kay Sahal Sey Lay Kar Tabkhake Kashgher (I am a Muslim to protect the Sacred House from the shores of Nile to Kashgher) If Pakistanis are obsessed with Islam, it comes as no surprise as history books are …
In Ahmadis’ desert city, Pakistan closes in
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 …
Store opposite to the Police Station burgled
In the middle of the night when it was all peace and quiet at the local Police Station, just at the opposite end of the road thieves calmly made their way to the corner shop and started off by cutting the heavy metal locks and cleanly placed them on the branches of a nearby tree. The lifted up the store shutter and took off with the cash drawer with an unknown amount of cash and mobile phone vouchers. The burglary …
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 …
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 …
Football: Bhawana vs Rabwah Highlights
01 May 2011 – Dar ul Yemen football ground set the scene for a friendly football match between Bhawana ( Jhang ) vs Rabwah (Fazl e Umer Football Club). The visiting team came from Bhanwana which is a locality of Jhang Distt the centre of Anti-Ahmadiyya hate campaign, but those religious feeling were set aside for the game. Team Rabwah sported striped blue shirts while for the host team the colour of the day was black.Both teams played energetically till …
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 …
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jammat has no interest in seeking Government or Politics
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat will always continue to serve humanity – Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad The Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has categorically rebuked the false notion that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat has any interest in seeking political power or leadership of any kind. He said the sole purpose of the community was to seek the pleasure of God Almighty and as a means to achieve this, the Jamaat was involved with humanitarian relief throughout the …
Stone crushers eating up Archaeological Sites
By Aurangzeb Malik: The government needs to take action to stop stone crushing machines eating up the ancient mountains along the River Chenab in Chiniot/Rabwah. The chain of mountains is going to be diminished as mountain stones have been consumed unchecked for commercial purposes for the last many decades. In 2007, a blast in such a mountain resulted in the appearance of a cave from a mountain. The cave, local residents say, had ancient stone statues and other items. Before …
Ahmadiyya Mosque in Mardan attacked by a Suicide Bomb
It is with great regret that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat confirms that yesterday, 3rd September 2010 its Bait-ul-Zikr mosque in Mardan, Pakistan was attacked by two terrorists. One Ahmadi Muslim, Sheikh Amir Raza was martyred during this attack, whilst further loss was prevented by the bravery of the Ahmadi Muslims charged with securing the premises. FACTS On 3rd September 2010 at around 1.05pm local time Mr Ata-ul Hameed was leading the Friday prayers at the Bait-ul-Zikr mosque at Muslimabad, Canal …