Hate on Paper, Death in Reality: Flyers, Fatwas, and the Forced Exodus of Ahmadis from Pakistan
Silent Genocide Isn’t Just a Metaphor—It’s a System
For decades, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan has been cornered into silence, criminalized for their faith, and suffocated by systemic hate. Today, that hate is not just spoken in sermons or whispered in mobs—it is printed, distributed, and weaponized in the form of hate flyers that call for public boycotts, name individuals and their businesses, and openly incite violence.
These flyers—disguised as religious guidance—are manuals of persecution. They declare an entire community guilty for believing differently. They mark doctors, educators, and shopkeepers for social exclusion or worse—execution. And the state does nothing.
Flyers as Fatwas: Incitement Disguised as Doctrine
The flyers circulated by Khatm-e-Nabuwat and their affiliation with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) are not benign religious materials—they are public hit lists masquerading as religious decrees.
- They name real people—Ahmadi doctors, advocates, companies, businessmen, teachers, and shopkeepers for social exclusion or worse—execution. And the state does nothing.
- They label Ahmadis as wajib-ul-qatl (worthy of death) using twisted religious language.
- They quote constitutional amendments and blasphemy laws as justification.
- They incite social boycotts, warn others not to interact with Ahmadis, and glorify those who act violently against them.
These are not just words. They are death sentences delivered in public view. When a name appears on one of these flyers, it is only a matter of time before that individual is harassed, attacked, or killed.
Dr. Mahmood is not the only victim. He is simply the most recent. Every name on these flyers is a potential obituary. Every Ahmadi in Pakistan today lives under siege—not by war, but by the law, the mob, and the silence of the world.
An Environment That Chokes, Not Just Kills
These flyers and hate campaigns are not only about physical extermination—they are about psychological siege. They have rendered Ahmadis voiceless in their own homeland, unable to worship, speak, vote, or even exist openly.
- Children are taught to hate their Ahmadi classmates.
- Doctors are forced out of hospitals and clinics.
- Business owners are boycotted, harassed, and driven into poverty.
- Entire families live under the shadow of fear.
This is not coexistence. This is apartheid. This is a slow, silent ethnic cleansing.
A Homeland Turned Hostile
The cumulative effect of this state-sponsored and mob-executed hate is forced exile. Increasingly, Ahmadis—citizens born and raised in Pakistan—are being forced to abandon their birthland, not by official decree but by social death.
When you can’t pray, work, or live in peace, leaving becomes the only means of survival. This is displacement through terror—a war without bombs, a genocide without mass graves (yet).
Our Demands: Dismantle the System, Not Just Mourn the Victims
We call on:
- The Government of Pakistan to:
- Ban all organizations responsible for circulating hate literature.
- Immediately repeal discriminatory laws such as Ordinance XX and Sections 298-B/C.
- Investigate and prosecute those involved in inciting and committing violence against Ahmadis.
- Provide protection to individuals publicly targeted in these flyers.
- The International Community to:
- Recognize this campaign as a systemic religious cleansing.
- Impose diplomatic pressure and targeted sanctions until Pakistan upholds its international human rights commitments.
- Declare groups like Khatam-e-Nabuwat and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) as terrorist organizations for inciting genocide.
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