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Tayyab Mansoor

US criticises Pak for discriminatory policies against minorities

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The United States on Sunday criticised Pakistan for using discriminatory policies against Ahmadiyya community and other religious minorities including Sikhs, Christians, and Shias. A country report on human rights practices for 2018, released by the US Department of State, last week, says: “Courts routinely failed to protect the rights of religious minorities. Courts discriminatorily used laws prohibiting blasphemy against Shia, Christians,...

Ofcom fines Derby radio station for ‘abusive’ statements

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A community radio station which broadcast “abusive and derogatory” statements has been fined. A presenter on Radio Ikhlas, which is based in Derby, seriously breached the Broadcasting Code during a programme in September 2017, Ofcom said. The media regulator said it imposed a £10,000 fine on the radio station for failing to provide adequate protection...

Ofcom has imposed a £10,000 fine on Radio Ikhlas

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Ofcom has imposed a £10,000 fine on Radio Ikhlas Limited for failing to provide adequate protection for listeners. The service – a community radio station which is targeted towards the Asian (primarily Pakistani) community and other smaller ethnic communities in the Normanton area of Derby – broadcast hate speech and material containing abusive treatment of...

Blasphemy, Assassination, and the Pakistani Diaspora in the UK – The Pale Red Line

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European Eye on Radicalization Drawing Lines The United Kingdom has frank official words for foreign hate preachers. They are not welcome and the government will exclude the worst from its shores. Prime Minister David Cameron made this very clear in his landmark speech on extremism at a security conference in Munich in 2011: Whether they...

We Are Still Ignoring Victims Of Anti-Muslim Prejudice

Muslim women overwhelmingly bear the brunt of anti-Muslim attacks, but too often, they are also the target of hatred from other Muslims Last week a group of MPs proposed a definition of Islamophobia. The reaction has been mixed, contested and widely debated. They’ve described it as “rooted in racism and a type of racism that...

Rise of the TLP

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The Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) won a total of 2.2 million votes in the July 25 polls. This was nearly half of the Islamist vote bank – having doubled the since the 2013 elections. The TLP is, in other words, the fifth-most popular party in the country. It could not, however, bag any seats, despite winning...

One Year On Innocent Ahmadi Muslims Remain on Death Row under false blasphemy charges.

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One year ago Captain Muhammad Safdar (son-in-law of former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif) delivered a speech at the Pakistan National Assembly on 10 October 2017 which encouraged public services to ‘get rid’ of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in every aspect of life.  Capt. Safdar instructed the Judiciary, Armed Forces, the Government and other institutions not...

New PECA amendment bill: Capital punishment for online blasphemy and false accusations of blasphemy proposed

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Islamabad: In the light of orders by Islamabad High Court earlier this year, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, MOITT has proposed the incorporation of six new clauses in the 2016 Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act, including those related to pornography and blasphemy through amendment bill. According to the copy of Draft amendment available with Digital Rights...

Pakistani scholars’ statement condemns Atif Mian’s removal over ‘private faith’

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Pakistani scholars, professionals and citizens wrote an open statement “to register disappointment at the recent forced resignation of Dr Atif Mian from the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) of Pakistan” and to condemn “a long history of systematic discrimination against Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community at home and aboard at the hands of the Pakistani state and society”. The...

A New Pakistan Government, a New Way to Persecute Ahmadis

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The PTI government picked Atif Mian as an economic adviser — then dropped him once his faith became an issue. On Friday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government asked economist Atif R. Mian to step down from the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) owing to a backlash over his Ahmadiyya faith. The objection was raised by radical Islamist groupslike the...
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