The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) deeply regrets to note the death on November 8 of Shahriar Rakeen, a 16-year-old Bangladeshi, who was brutally assaulted during the extremist attacks on August 5th. During the attacks in Ahmednagar and Panchagarth, Rakeen was beaten on the head with lethal weapons. In efforts to save his life, [...]
On June 10, 2024, the Deputy Police Commissioner of Chakwal has issued orders to detain three Ahmadi Muslim leaders in order to prevent religious observances, which the officials claim are “unlawful activities” that threaten “public order.” They include President of Ahmadiyya Community District Chakwal Malik Naveed Ahmad, former President of Ahmadiyya Community District Chakwal [...]
In the midst of a rash of lethal violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, the Lahore High Court Bar Association directed regional police officials to take legal action against Ahmadi Muslims gathering, observing and praying during Muslim Eid celebrations. In directives on 6 June 2024, the lawyer’s association referred to laws that declare the [...]
It is with agonizing, heart-rending grief that we come to you with the tragic news that two Ahmadi Muslims have been brutally shot dead in coldblooded murders, as the spate of attacks continue on Ahmadis in Pakistan. According to the IHRC sources, today on June 8th, 2024 two Ahmadis namely Ghulam Sarwar S/O Mr. [...]
Graves of Ahmadi Muslims have once again been desecrated and vandalised in a malicious and senseless attack by vigilantes’ elements in Kisran, Attock in Pakistan. The grievous attack took place in the middle of the night on 12th and 13th April 2024 the tombstones on two Ahmadiyya graves in the Ahmadiyya Cemetery were broken [...]
Persecution against an Ahmadi school owner in Lahore, Pakistan, has recently intensified due to the illegal distribution of separate voter lists by the government. The Pakistani Election Commission, in collaboration with local officials, has printed distinct voter lists for citizens belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim faith. This discriminatory tactic aims to expose and target [...]
New anti-Ahmadiyya targeting little children in Pakistan is going viral. This video is shocking because it shows the indoctrination of young children in Pakistan against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and its founder. It shows the hatred and incitement of violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan is not just done by the mature adults of [...]
Yet another violation of the Ahmadi Muslims’ human right to religious freedom occurred in Daska, Punjab Pakistan on 24th January 2024 at 10am, where the police desecrated the tombstones of Ahmadi graves. The International Human Rights Committee has reported several times that a wave of bigotry against Ahmadiyya Muslims intensified in 2023, and this [...]
A shocking video has emerged of a senior cleric of the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) party threatening to kill innocent Ahmadi Muslims.
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF IHRC/PR/260623/6 26 June 2023 PRESS RELEASE Ahmadi Muslims barred by law from celebrating Eid-ul-Adha in Pakistan Pakistani authorities have barred Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan from gathering for Eid-ul-Adha as Muslims worldwide commemorate the Islamic festival. In a grievous violation of basic human rights and religious freedom, circulars by the [...]
PRESS RELEASE - Download PDF IHRC/PR/220623/5 22 June 2023 PRESS RELEASE APPEASING EXTREMISM: GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH TEHREEK E LABBAIK, A WELL-KNOWN RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST ORGANISATION Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (the "TLP"), a well-known extremist religious organization, was banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 by the previous government due to their violent actions resulting [...]
Download PDF Two international human rights organizations called upon British authorities to deport visiting Bangladeshi Muslim cleric Enayetullah Abbasi, citing his history of death threats to Hindus, Christians, and Ahmadi Muslims and other minorities. The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) and the Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe (FOREF) say Abbasi’s violent rhetoric is “a direct [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF IHRC has taken grievous notice of an agonizing statement on social media denigrating the peaceful Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The video, which is circulating on social media platforms attempts to malign the community as 'disbelievers' and suggests they are posing as Muslims whilst in actual fact being disbelievers. "Qadiani (derogatory [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF The world is now fully aware that members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Bangladesh suffered horrific brutalities at the hands of terrorising extremist Muslim clergy who destroyed Ahmadiyya properties, killed Ahmadi youth, destroyed, and put on fire a large number of residential houses and business premises. During the [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF The International Human Right Committee (IHRC) is shocked to learn about the violent attack which took place on March 03 2023, at the inaugural day of the 98th annual convention of Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh, held at Ahmednagar, Panchagarh. Religious fanatics incited by extremist clerics attacked the convention as [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Wave of bigotry against Ahmadis has intensified since the start of this year. It is with grave concern that we inform you, that the Police in Adda, Tehsil Gojra, District Toba Tek Singh is forcing Ahmadis to demolish Minarets from their own Ahmadiyya Mosque by themselves. This Ahmadiyya Mosque [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Ahmadi graves have once again been desecrated and vandalised in a "malicious and senseless" attack by vigilantes’ elements in Pakistan. Persecution against Ahmadis has ramped up as of late, as the IHRC has reported almost daily incidents against the minority group. Graveyard vandalism has been a favoured tactic of [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Vandals have desecrated two minarets of an Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Karachi, Pakistan. Three thugs entered the Mosque on Martin Road in Karachi, climbed up using a ladder, and desecrated two of its minarets. The upper portion of the minaret has been smashed to bits. The attackers left behind [...]
Muhammad Naeem Chattha Qadri, a senior cleric belonging to the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) calls on his supporters to carry out attacks against pregnant Ahmadi Muslim mothers to “ensure that no new Ahmadis are born” and went on to say, “those babies who are being born, should be killed”. Throughout the speech, the cleric led [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF It is nauseating to let the world know that the government officials and the Police force in Pakistan have descended into such humiliating acts as desecrating the graves of Ahmadi Muslims. The Government sponsored persecution of Ahmadis is rampant and the life of Ahmadis is made hell by denying [...]
In Pakistan, public messages like ‘Ahmadis and dogs not allowed’ appear in shop windows. While political parties across the board have actively engaged in this sidelining of Ahmadis.
In Pakistan, public messages like ‘Ahmadis and dogs not allowed’ appear in shop windows. While political parties across the board have actively engaged in this sidelining of Ahmadis.
Action required IHRC is very concerned about recent developments in Algeria. We urge the international community to put pressure on Algeria to release Ahmadi detainees and to uphold the fundamental right of freedom of religion. Summary After a two-year hiatus, the Algerian government has resumed its aggressive persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, announcing [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF The world community would be shocked to hear of the murder of another innocent Ahmadi, Mahboob Khan, brutally murdered in Peshawar, Pakistan, because of his faith and belief. Ahmadis are continuously being targeted in various cities of Pakistan and more recently in Peshawar while the Government of Pakistan has [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Algeria, have been persecuted and harassed particularly in the past few years. Recently, the Government has embarked on raiding the residences and meeting places of the Community and picking up the members accusing them of blasphemy, contempt of the Holy Quran and the [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Today, another heartbreaking murder of an Ahmadi Muslim took place in Peshawar, Pakistan. Dr. Naeem-ud-dine Khattak (PhD), a professsor at Superior Science College Peshawar, was on his way back home when some unknown men on a motorcycle opened fire at his car. He was shot multiple times, received 5 [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF On 2nd May 2020, an Ahmadiyya Missionary, Rohan Ahmad, stationed in Rabwah was visiting his parents in Lahore, to celebrate the Eid festival with them. His hopes of a happy reunion with the family turned into a horrible incident. Their home was raided, and he was arrested on the [...]
PRESS RELEASE - Download PDF With deep sorrow and sadness this is to inform you all that a dead body of a newborn of only three days of age was thrown out by a group of Muslim clerics from a grave just after a few hours of burial. This brutish act was committed because [...]
Indeed, the very narrative that accompanied the commission’s formation suggests that the body may turn a blind eye to the suffering of many religious minorities, and especially, the Ahmadis.
In Pakistan, public messages like ‘Ahmadis and dogs not allowed’ appear in shop windows. While political parties across the board have actively engaged in this sidelining of Ahmadis.
Saleem ud Din, the spokesperson for the Ahmadi Jaam’at in Pakistan, alleged that since the founding of the National Commission for Minorities last month, Pakistan’s federal Cabinet ministers and provincial assembly members have used “dangerous” and “inflammatory” remarks, inciting civilian violence against the group.
In Pakistan, public messages like ‘Ahmadis and dogs not allowed’ appear in shop windows. While political parties across the board have actively engaged in this sidelining of Ahmadis.
Clearly, Ordinance XX is one of the most draconian of laws and should be repealed immediately.
Indeed, the very narrative that accompanied the commission’s formation suggests that the body may turn a blind eye to the suffering of many religious minorities, and especially, the Ahmadis.
Indeed, the very narrative that accompanied the commission’s formation suggests that the body may turn a blind eye to the suffering of many religious minorities, and especially, the Ahmadis.
The South Asia Forum for Freedom of Religion or Belief (SAFFORB) strongly condemns the shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand that took place on 15thMarch 2019 which claimed over 49 lives so far, including that of children and left scores of them injured. The shootings were carried out at two mosques- Al Noor and Linwood in [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Mr Aziz Ahmed Tahir and a Dr Iftikhar Ahmad have been found dead near Fatehjang in Pakistan after they were kidnapped on 13thMarch. It is reported that both were forced to sign a stamp paper of land possession by the land caretaker of Dr Iftikhar. Dr Iftikhar is a [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Provincial Minister for Religious Affairs warns that he will personally strangle any Ahmadi Muslim who distributes a copy of the Holy Quran On 22nd January 2018 in a live Urdu current affairs show on Channel 24, the Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council Mr Tahir Ashrafi demanded a ban [...]
More Than 50 Tried in December on Charges Relating to Religion (Beirut) – Algerian authorities have stepped up trials of members of the Ahmadiyya religious minority on charges related to the exercise of their religion, Human Rights Watch said today. Sentences range from fines to a year in prison. Human Rights Watch received information [...]
Thousands of Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus are fleeing as the government turns a blind eye to Islamic groups' harassment of other faiths and beliefs; even atheists have now gone quiet Pakistan has been put on a US watch list for countries of concern over “severe violations of religious freedom” – and a closer [...]
USCIRF Condemns Pakistan Sentencing Three Ahmadis to Death for Blasphemy USCIRF Chairman Mark calls blasphemy laws “an assault on human rights and dignity" WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to media reports, three members of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan have been sentenced to death for blasphemy by a court in Sheikhupura, a town northwest of [...]
By Mehr Tarar Ahmadi Muslim. The two words I am not allowed to put together if I write for a publication in Pakistan, or speak on national television. Once, it was simply the details of the punishment meted out to Ahmadis for practising Allah's name that I had listed — an ordinance of the [...]
INCIDENT REPORT - Download PDF Bigotry, hatred and extremist speech used by PML-N member in National Assembly 3 Ahmadis sentenced to death for blasphemy On 10 October 2017, Captain Safdar, (who is the former Prime Minister’s son-in-law), a member of the Pakistan National Assembly lashed out against the already persecuted Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. In [...]
Defendants accused of tearing down posters and insulting the prophet Mohammad Three members of Pakistan's persecuted Ahmadiyya Muslim minority have reportedly been sentenced to death for blasphemy. The men – named as Mubasher Ahmad, Ghulam Ahmed and Ehsan Ahmed – were convicted after alllegedly tearing down posters in Boihwal, a village 22km southwest of Lahore. [...]
Former PM Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law has caused uproar among Pakistan's liberal sections by demanding a ban on military jobs for the minority Ahmadi community. DW examines why Pakistan has a problem with Ahmadis. Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar, who is ousted premier Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law and a member of the ruling Muslim League party, lashed [...]
Islamabad, Pakistan - Three members of Pakistan's persecuted Ahmadi sect have been sentenced to death for blasphemy by a court in the central town of Sheikhupura, a community spokesperson said. Mubasher Ahmad, Ghulam Ahmed and Ehsan Ahmed were convicted by the court on Wednesday for insulting Prophet Mohammad under the country's strict blasphemy laws, [...]
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The son-in-law of Pakistan's recently ousted prime minister lambasted a minority that human rights groups consider one of the most persecuted in the country. Mohammed Safdar said members of the Ahmadiyya sect are a "danger to this country, this nation, its constitution and its identity." Speaking in the national assembly, of [...]
Human rights lawyer and activist Asma Jahangir on Tuesday demanded former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to take notice of retired Capt Muhammad Safdar's tirade against the persecuted Ahmadi community. On Tuesday, Safdar, who is the former prime minister's son-in-law and a member of the ruling PML-N, accused the faith group of acting against the [...]
Says officials related to Ahmadiyya are ‘threat to Pakistan’s sovereignty, Constitution, ideology’ ‘An oath of Khatam-e-Nabuwwat should be compulsory for those in judiciary’ ISLAMABAD: In an apparent bid to shift the media focus from the recent gaffe through the federal government’s bill to amend the Khatam-e-Nabuwwat from the nomination papers, the son-in-law of former [...]
Victims urge the state to take effective measures and clear stance to make Pakistan inclusive Kashif Nawab, 40, is a regular church-goer in Yohanabad, a majority Christian neighborhood in Lahore. However, after a terrorist attack on two churches in March 2015, he feels himself insecure while going to Church every Sunday. “Though I live [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Algerian government to halt its persecution and hate speech against religious minorities in the country after authorities proceeded to a crackdown on the followers of the Ahmadi sect. HRW raised the alarm concerning the discrimination endured by religious minorities in Algeria following the arrest of the President [...]
An Algerian court on Wednesday found the head of the country's tiny Ahmadi community guilty of "offending Islam" and handed him a six-month suspended sentence, his lawyer said. "Mohamed Fali was handed a six-month suspended sentence. He was found guilty of unauthorised fundraising and offending the Prophet and Islam," Salah Dabouz said. While Ahmadis [...]
(Beirut) – The arrest of Mohamed Fali, president of Algeria’s Ahmadiyya community on August 28, 2017, is the latest example of a crackdown on the religious minority, Human Rights Watch said today. Scores of Ahmadis have been prosecuted since June 2016, and some imprisoned for up to six months. Senior government officials have at [...]
Submission to UN Human Rights Committee Regarding Examination of Pakistan under the ICCPR 120th Session 3-28 July 2017 By Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, And the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland Download PDF
Refusal by authorities to register Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as a religious association breached the Convention Registrar of the European Court (15.06.2017) – In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Metodiev and Others v. Bulgaria (application no. 58088/08) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article [...]
Algeria must halt its clampdown against members of the minority Ahmadiyya religious movement, said Amnesty International today, ahead of the appeal hearing on 21 June of six Ahmadis sentenced to up to four years in prison for charges relating to the exercise of their religion. At least 280 Ahmadi men and women have faced [...]
Photo:Syed Zakir Hossain This is not education. This is an intentional act to spread lies and misinformation to affect people’s perception of us. These are propaganda to stir up hostile feelings and direct aggression towards us “There are people who do not consider Muhammad (Pbuh) the last prophet. The Quadiani community is among them. [...]
A week into Ramadhan, authorities of Depok city in West Java reportedly sealed on late Saturday a mosque belonging to an Ahmadiyah congregation, a minority Muslim group that has long been persecuted for its beliefs. Ahmadiyah spokesman Yendra Budiana said in a press release that Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris and a number of police [...]
LAHORE: Seven years have passed since two Ahmadi worship places were attacked in Lahore on May 28, 2010, but the masterminds and perpetrators of these attacks are still at large. In January this year, an anti-terrorism court had sentenced an accused to death and his accomplice to life imprisonment for the attack on Ahmadi worship [...]
RABWAH - Marginalised, attacked and frequently hit by blasphemy charges, religious minorities are hoping the country's first census since 1998 will be a step towards greater political representation and rights. In the congested Youhanabad town of Lahore, the largest Christian neighbourhood in Pakistan, activist Sajid Christopher says his community looks forward to standing up [...]
On 3rd May 2017, another Ahmadi Muslim, Mr Basharat Ahmad from Khanpur, district Rahimyar Khan (Pakistan) was shot dead because of his faith. Mr Basharat Ahmad was on his way home from his petrol station, when unknown gunmen shot him at point blank range. He died on the spot. He was 62-year-old and has left his widow and 3 [...]
A member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community — this time a woman, a retired assistant professor of molecular genetics at Punjab University — was found murdered in her house on 14th April 2017. Professor Tahira Malik was found dead at her residence on the premises of the university. Her throat had been slit. Officials from the local [...]
Today, on 7th April an Ahmadi Muslim Doctor, Mr Ashfaq Ahmad was killed in Sabzazar, Lahore. He was on his way to offer Friday prayers with his grandson and another person. When his car slowed down, a person wearing a helmet approached him on his bike and shot him. He died on the spot. The other 2 persons [...]
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