October - Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

It was not the first time, as community members were also not allowed to offer Eidul Fitr prayers around
two-and-a-half months ago.
“We, the office-bearers of Anjuman-e-Ahmadiya Rawalpindi (AAR), have formally requested the city
administration to allow us to observe Eidul Azha prayers at Ewan-e-Tauheed near the Holy Family
Hospital. But the administration refused on the pretext of law and order situation,” said a member of the
administration of Ewan-e-Tauheed, wishing not to be named, while talking to The Nation.
He said that AAR had also requested the administration to suggest them some alternate place of
worship, but it was not entertained too.
He said that the worship place located at Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Bait-ul-Hamd, could accommodate
only 200 worshippers. “Some of the community members belonging to Rawalpindi moved to Islamabad
to offer prayers,” he said.
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Ahmadis fight back – with letters
Lahore: The Express Tribune, Lahore published the following story in its issue of
November 2, 2012:
As death toll mounts, Ahmadis fight back – with letters
By Saba Imtiaz
Published: November 2, 2012
KARACHI: During a recent Supreme Court hearing in Karachi that was examining the progress
made on its 2011 verdict on violence in the city, a police officer attempted to explain why over a
dozen people had died the day before the hearing. “And this person was a Qadiani,” he said,
referring to a victim.
There was no further explanation.
Nine Ahmadis have been killed in Karachi since January, a marked increase from recent years. The
Ahmadiyya Jamaat has now written to government officials, including the president, prime minister,
inspector-general of the Sindh police and the director general of the Rangers in Sindh, calling on them
to take action against those responsible. The community believes that Ahmadis have been targeted for
their faith.
The letter, authored by the community’s spokesperson and dated October 25, states:
“As I write to you, nine Ahmadis have lost their lives only in Karachi in recent past as a direct result of
hate campaign and target killing because of their faith.”
“The signs and tactics of these attacks are the same and yet I regret to say that there has been no
progress in apprehending the culprits. I am not alone in believing that we have been left by the state at
the mercy of militants and miscreants who are thirsty for Ahmadi blood and there is little that is being
done to provide Ahmadis security.”
The letter also tries to put these attacks in perspective. “The bigger and wider issue is increasing
presence of hate filled material or wall chalking in the area that provides an open invitation to any
miscreant to take matters into his hands,” it states.
It calls on the recipients to “take action and fulfill your duty to protect the life and property of all citizens
without discrimination.”
Calls and messages to Sindh IG Police Fayyaz Leghari, Additional IG Iqbal Mehmood and the Sindh
Additional Home Secretary Waseem Ahmed went unanswered. Waqar Mehdi, the adviser to the Sindh
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