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Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Paradox: Fighting Extremism While Practicing Takfir

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May 12,2014: In the half rural-half industrial town of Sheikhupura four men were arrested by Punjab police . Their crime was tearing down posters filled with hate speech directed at their community plastered outside a shop in their village. The shopkeeper immediately filed a complaint with local police claiming that the posters contained Quranic verses. The men were charged...

HRCP decries Safdar’s speech

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LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday criticised the speech of [retired] Capt Safdar, a ruling party member of the National Assembly, and termed it discriminatory against a religious minority group. The HRCP issued a statement condemning “the targeting of any Pakistani religious minority group and any call for discriminatory behaviour against...

Bill passed to restore Khatm-e-Nabuwat laws

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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2017 aimed at restoring the word “Oath” instead of “Declaration” in the nomination paper about finality of Prophethood (Khatm-e-Nabuwat) as mentioned in the Elections Bill 2017. Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid moved the bill in the House which appeared as supplementary...

PML-N’s Capt Safdar lashes out against Ahmadis, faces backlash on social media

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PML-N leader retired Captain Muhammad Safdar on Tuesday launched into a virulent tirade against Pakistan’s persecuted Ahmadi communitywhile speaking in the National Assembly. He accused the faith group of acting against the country’s interests and called for action against its members. Safdar, who is former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law, also criticised the renaming of Quaid-i-Azam...

PML-N’s Capt Safdar seeks ban on hiring Ahmadis in military and judiciary

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ISLAMABAD:  Two major topics were debated extensively in the National Assembly by lawmakers from both sides of aisle on a private members day on Tuesday in a session where three resolutions and a private members bill were also passed. PML-N’s Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar took the floor to again reiterate his stance on the finality of...

Minorities Worship Places Under Constant Attack In Pakistan.

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Victims urge the state to take effective measures and clear stance to make Pakistan inclusive By Waqar Hussain Kashif Nawab, 40, is a regular church-goer in Yohanabad, a majority Christian neighborhood in Lahore. However, after a terrorist attack on two churches in March 2015, he feels himself insecure while going to Church every Sunday. “Though...

Pakistani PM Abbasi dodges question on Blasphemy Laws

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Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi dodged the question on the country’s controversial blasphemy laws while speaking at a session organized by U.S. think tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Kenneth Roth of the Human Rights Watch asked Abbasi whether he as prime minister would speak out against the blasphemy law under which a Christian...

Jinnah, Rohingyas and Pakistan

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Most Muslims in Myanmar are of Bengali descent but they have been living there for centuries. They cannot be thrown out of their homes arbitrarily. 69 years ago today Jinnah the founder of Pakistan passed away. His legacy is bitterly contested both in Pakistan and India. What we should be able agree on is that...

Lahore admin caught NAP-ping as anti-Ahmedi banners displayed across city

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LAHORE: Banners inciting religious hatred have been put up in several areas of the provincial capital, singling out Ahmedis and congratulating the entire Muslim community on a day when they were declared “infidels” by parliament, Pakistan Todayhas observed. The banners put up by the Pakistan Khatam-e-Nubuwwat Forum term ‘Khatam-e-Nubuwwat Day’ as its Defence Day. The banner...

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and other allies failed to uphold religious freedom – Rex Tillerson

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US ALLIES including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain did not uphold principles of religious freedom in 2016, while Islamic State has carried out “genocide” against religious minorities, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. Secretary Tillerson made the comments at the State Department while introducing the agency’s annual report on religious freedom, required by a 1998...
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