By

Azhar Chaudhry
The report, brought out by the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan, representing the persecuted community, said that since January 2023, at least 28 incidents of desecration of its places of worship have taken place across the country.  At least 28 places of worship of the Ahmadi minority community have either been attacked by radical Islamists or partially demolished...
Lahore, Sep 8 (PTI) The arches of a worship place of the Ahmadi community were destroyed by the police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday, in defiance of a high court order banning such actions against the places of worship of the minority community built before 1984. “The Lahore police blocked the street from both...
Pressing perils: Pakistani journalists navigate challenges reporting on religious minorities In the Urdu version of this report, it is claimed that 45% of journalists receive threats to report news related to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Lahore-based Saleem Iqbal is an advocate for human rights and a freelance journalist. He has been in journalism for the...
Investigate Faisalabad Violence; Act to Protect Religious Minorities (New York) – A mob attack on a Christian settlement in Pakistan highlights the need for the authorities to take immediate action to protect religious minorities from violence, Human Rights Watch said today. Federal and provincial governments in Pakistan have an obligation to investigate and appropriately prosecute all those...
On 18th August at the request of Tehreek-e-Labaik, an extremist organisation, local police officials in Sambaryal, District Sialkot illegally demolished the nice of the local Ahmadi Muslim mosque. This is the 18th Ahmadi Muslim mosque to be desecrated this year. During the act, police blocked the roads leading up to the mosque. Police then confiscated...
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws cast a dark shadow on religious minorities, fostering fear, discrimination, and violence. Recent amendments fuel concerns, as misuse and ambiguity persist, threatening justice and coexistence. LAHORE Pakistan’s Blasphemy law has cast a long shadow over the rights and safety of religious minorities in Pakistan. But the journey that began with an apparent...
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is highly concerned about the recent news that lawyers belonging to the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan – a numeric minority community in the country – are being required to renounce their religion as a prerequisite to practice law. This is a flagrant violation of their right to freedom of religion or...
Distressing incidents involving attacks on Ahmadi Muslim mosques, carried out by state authorities and extremists, continue across Pakistan. In the last four days alone, three mosques have been desecrated. This alarming trend signifies an escalating level of hostility directed towards the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, with other mosques also facing potential threats. Please refer below for...
The Senate has passed a bill to increase the punishment for using derogatory remarks against revered personalities — including the Holy Prophet’s (Peace Be Upon Him) family, wives and companions, and the four caliphs — from three years of imprisonment to at least 10 years in jail. The bill, titled The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill,...
1 2 3 4 5 9

Recent Articles

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws continue to cause violence
27/03/2024
Positive signs for Ahmadi Muslim lawyers in Pakistan
24/03/2024
The Muslims being hounded by Islamic zealots
21/03/2024

Post Category

We are using cookies to give you the best experience. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in privacy settings.
AcceptPrivacy Settings

GDPR

This Cookie Policy explains how Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK (AMA UK)  Limited (“company”, “we”, “us”, and “ours”) use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites, including without limitation www.ahmadiyyauk.org and its mobile or localized versions and related domains / sub-domains (“Websites”) and/or our mobile application (“App”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or mobile application. Cookies are then sent back to the originating site on each subsequent visit, or to another site that recognizes that cookies. You can find out more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

Cookies are widely used in order to make sites work or to work more efficiently.

We use cookies to enhance the online experience of our visitors (for example, by remembering your visits and/or page preferences) and to better understand how our site is used. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our site before or whether you are a new visitor.

Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are ‘session cookies’, meaning that they exist only while your browser is open. These are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are ‘permanent cookies,’ meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. They can be used by the site to recognize your computer or mobile device when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites and/or App to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Websites and/or App. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites and/or App for analytics and other purposes such as Google Analytics. In particular, we use forms related cookies which when you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

How can you control cookies?

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies and we have explained how you can exercise this right below. However, please note that if you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of our site.

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.

How often will we update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please, therefore, re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.