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Pakistani authorities demolish minarets of old worship place of Ahmadi community in Punjab province Community body

Pakistani authorities on Friday demolished the minarets of a 67-year-old worship place of the minority Ahmadi community in Punjab province, an official of the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan said. Police personnel were seen demolishing the minarets of the Ahmadi worship place at the Samundri, Faisalabad, some 130 km from Lahore, on Friday. “Desecration of Ahmadi places of...

Pakistan Denies Voting Rights to Religious Community

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Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Ahmadis As Pakistan prepares for nationwide parliamentary elections in February 2024, one religious group remains largely disenfranchised. Discriminatory provisions in Pakistan’s electoral law effectively exclude members of the Ahmadiyyah community because of their religious beliefs. To register as voters, Ahmadis must either renounce their faith or agree to be placed in a separate...

Launch of Pakistan Report by APPG for Freedom of Religion or Belief  

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), launched its Pakistan Report on 29 November in the UK Parliament.  This report follows the February 2023 visit to Pakistan by the delegation. The APPG’s report highlights systemic state-sponsored persecution of Ahmadi Muslims.  It notes:  a slight improvement for Christians and Hindus, but...

Ahmadi place of worship attacked in PoK

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More than three dozen people, said to be activists of a radical Islamist party attacked a place of worship of the Ahmadi community and demolished its minarets and terrorising them in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, an official from the minority community said on Saturday. The attack is the latest in the series of such incidents – at...

USCIRF Concerned by Pakistan’s Expulsion of Refugees and Attacks Against Ahmadiyya Muslims

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Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is troubled by reports of increased detainment, violence, and intimidation against the Ahmadiyya and Afghan refugee communities in Pakistan. Over the last several weeks, Pakistani officials have called for the repatriation of “illegal migrants,” including 1.7 million Afghan refugees who lack documentation. Authorities...

‘We don’t exist’: Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority living in fear

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Rabwah (Pakistan) (AFP) – Sadia Amjad’s father died for his faith, stabbed in the street by an Islamist who discovered he was part of the minority Ahmadiyya sect that has been persecuted for decades in Pakistan. He was waiting at a bus stop in the city of Rabwah in August last year when a stranger approached...

Ahmadi Graves Desecrated In Kasur

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The community demands authorities launch a probe and take action against those responsible. The Ahmadiyya community on Sunday claimed that unidentified people in Kasur had desecrated two graves of community members. The community, in a post, said that the tombstones of the deceased community members were destroyed in the Bulhair area of Kasur District.  The...

Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked

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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says at least 34 attacks on Ahmadi religious sites have taken place this year. Islamabad, Pakistan – Members of Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community say their places of worship and graveyards are being attacked as part of a systemic and coordinated hate campaign. Community spokesman Amir Mahmood told Al Jazeera on Tuesday they are...

Ahmadiyya worship places ‘desecrated’ in Lahore

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LAHORE: Three Ahmadiyya places of worship were allegedly desecrated by police in Sheikhupura district. The first incident occurred in the Kirto area of Narang Mandi, followed by the desecration of a place of worship in Nano Dogar in Sharqpur, late on Sept 23 and Bedaadpur Virkan near Muridke, all in the district of Sheikhupura. In...

28 Places Of Worship Of Ahmadis Attacked, Destroyed In 2023 In Pakistan

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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...
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