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Pakistan

Mass Arrests of Ahmadi Muslims for attending Prayers  

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On 21 March, police in Lahore registered two separate criminal cases against Ahmadi Muslims for participating in Friday prayers, reflecting a broader crackdown on congregational worship. Similar harassment and legal charges have been reported in Karachi, Daska, and Sargodha, indicating a nationwide escalation in efforts to restrict or disrupt Friday prayers.   In Raiwind, three individuals...

Violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan soars during Ramadan 

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A deeply worrying wave of coordinated attacks and arrests is targeting the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan on grounds of faith  Fabricated Charges  A dispute between two non-Ahmadi groups culminated in the death of a man named Amjad while he was being rushed to hospital. Exploiting this tragedy, activists from Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a far-right...

Amnesty calls on govt to drop charges against Ahmadis, protect their places of worship

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Amnesty International on Monday called on the government to release and drop all charges against all Ahmadis detained in recent weeks and ensure adequate protection to Ahmadi places of worship. On March 1, Daska (Sialkot) police arrested 22 members of the Ahmadiyya community for offering prayers in their religious place. Then on March 7, over two dozen...

Mob Demolishes Ahmadi Muslim Mosque Minarets in Bahawalnagar

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A violent mob, allegedly incited by extremist groups, demolished the minarets of an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Chak 166 Murad, District Bahawalnagar, and looted the homes of local Ahmadi Muslims. The police, under pressure from these groups, deployed heavy machinery to carry out the demolition. During the incident, a frivolous criminal case was also registered...

Dozens of Ahmadis taken into ‘protective custody’ after mob gathers outside worship place

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Police on Friday took over two dozen members of the Ahmadi community, including children, into “protective custody” as a mob gathered outside their place of worship in Karachi’s Surjani Town. “Several workers of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) gathered outside the Ahmadi place of worship in Surjani Town. They demanded to prevent the Ahmadis from offering...

Bail Plea Rejected For 22 Ahmadis Arrested In Daska For Offering Prayers

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A Daska court rejected bail for 22 Ahmadis arrested on 28th February for offering prayers. Charged under Section 298-C PPC, their arrest followed mob pressure, highlighting rising persecution in Pakistan      A local court has dismissed the post-arrest bail application of 22 Ahmadis, including two minors, who were arrested on 28th February 2025 for offering...

Pakistan, Three Ahmadi Mosques Attacked in Punjab Within Ten Days

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The authorities seem unable to resist the pressure and threats of the extremist organization Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan. “Bitter Winter” devoted a series of seven articles to Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a violent political-religious Islamic organization that Pakistani authorities try unsuccessfully to contain, more often than not surrendering to its pressure. This is especially true when TLP threatens or demands...

Mob-led attacks on Ahmadis growing, says HRCP

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LAHORE: The Human Rights Com­­mission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Tuesday it had observed a growing trend of mob-led attacks on homes of families belonging to religious minorities, as well as their places of worship. The HRCP also spoke of Ahmadis’ “arbitrary detention”, “desecration of their graves”, and the “vulnerability of Hindu and Christian women”...

Police Desecrate 120-Year-Old Ahmadi Muslim Mosque in Gujranwala and Detain Worshippers

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On the night of 27–28 February 2025, police in Gujranwala desecrated a 120-year-old Ahmadi Muslim Mosque, violating the religious freedoms of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and defying existing rulings of Pakistan’s Superior Courts. The police, acting under extremist pressure, forcibly entered the Mosque and carried out the desecration despite clear legal precedents protecting Ahmadi Muslim...

Pakistan’s Largest Mass Arrest of Ahmadi Muslims in Years Signals Dangerous New Phase of Persecution 

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On 28 February, 22 Ahmadi Muslims were arrested in Daska, District Sialkot, for gathering in their local mosque. This marks one of the largest mass arrests of Ahmadi Muslims in a single incident in recent years, highlighting a new and alarming escalation in the state-backed persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. The arrests were carried...
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