Unidentified suspects have desecrated Ahmadi graves in the Punjab, it has emerged.
The suspects desecrated four grave headstones and inscribed anti-Ahmadi slurs on them. These included the term Qadiani: a derogatory slur employed for members of the community. The incident transpired in Premkot, Hafizabad on November 22. It came to light after, according to the Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya.
Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya spokesperson Aamir Mehmood said the incident had occurred at the same graveyard where Punjab Police had reportedly desecrated 45 graves of community members earlier in February. He said the “heart-wrenching” incident was representative of rising intolerance in Pakistan. Forget living Ahmadis, even our dead are not spared, he said.
Pakistan’s tiny Ahmadi community is routinely subjected to discrimination which often enjoys legal and state sanction.
An Ahmadi man was booked by Karachi police under the nation’s Ahmadiyya-specific penal provisions for using ‘Syed’ as a prefix earlier in the same month. A copy of the FIR is available with The Friday Times — Naya Daur. The suspect, a lawyer, had been representing other Ahmadis before a court. The man had submitted some documents in connection with the case. The documents, it has been claimed, featured Islamic terms. His name featured alongside.
Leading Pakistani Urdu Daily Jang ran a Quetta jail ward story with a bizarre anti-Ahmadi headline earlier in September. “The Muslim world must act in concert to annihilate Qadianiyat*,” the story was headlined as. The story carried under, on the other hand, is on Balochistan Ombudsman Muhammad Nazar visit to Bolan Medical Complex Hospital. Nazar, who visited the medical facility to inspect sites for the establishment of both: a temporary and permanent jail ward, is no where quoted as having made the anti-Ahmadi remarks. Nowhere does the story feature anything on the minority.
A school in Punjab’s Attock district expelled four Ahmadi students over their confession earlier in September. Tahir Khan**, a relative of the students, said they had been expelled for simply being Ahmadi. He said a class fellow of one of the students had been harassing one of the students for some time. The students, Khan said, were expelled after some parents prevailed on school principal Kulsoom Awan.
*Qadiyaniat is a derogatory slur employed for the beliefs espoused by the minority Ahmadiyya community.
**Name changed to protect identity.
Persecuted while living.
Persecuted even in death.
God said if you love me then love my creation, and we humans are his creation, if we cannot agree with one’s believe then please do not spread hate either, our believe is ours that the Jesus has died a natural death and the the Promised Messiah is the one we been waiting for. Doing this hate will affect you on the judgement day. Love and let others too even after they die please leave them alone.
Ahmadis are not spared even after the death so Imagine what would they have been going through while alive. Sorry Quaid e Azam we are ashamed as this is not the Pakistan you have dreamed of where religion, caste and creed had nothing to do with the business of states. Anyone who doesn’t express outrage at this news, is a part of the problem too.
“Sayed” is rather a family name . The objection is directly to God Almighty that why He born the convicted man in that particular family without getting approval from the Pakistani Mullahs… what a rebellious people.
These inhumane acts are a clear proof of the degradation of the nation. And what can be more worse than that constitution of the country accommodates and supports such culprits instead of punishing them.
Islam is a peaceful religion and such acts completely go against the true teachings of Islam. What kind of example are they setting for their future generations? Is this how the nation will prosper? This is a prime example of blind hatred. Please do your research and you will witness the wonderful things Ahmadis have done across the world. They are also human beings. If you think others are wrong, first try to fix yourself before you go about “fixing” the world. In order to live peacefully on earth, we ought to tolerate and respect differences in each other.
A truly heinous act committed by blind hatred. If only the people of Pakistan would wake up and search for the truth instead of being brainwashed into inhumane and inherently un islamic behaviour. A true shame and embarrassment for the nation.
Why do people forget that we are all humans before anything?
Islam teaches tolerance, respect, kindness. The word Islam literally means ‘peace’ and ‘security’.
Instead of performing such inhumane acts please learn the true teachings of Islam and the examples of how the Holy Prophet (sa) treated people regardless of their beliefs, faith, and status.
Why do people forget that we are all humans before anything?
Islam teaches tolerance, kindness, and respect. The word Islam literally means ‘peace’ and security’.
Instead of blindly performing such inhumane acts please learn the true teachings of Islam and the examples of how The Holy Prophet (sa) treated people regardless of their beliefs, faith, and status.
Why do people forget we are all humans before anything?
Islam teaches us tolerance, kindness, respect. The word Islam literally means peace and security. Instead of performing such inhumane acts please learn the true teachings of Islam and follow the examples of how Holy Prophet SA treated people regardless of their beliefs, faith, and status.