in an islamic caliphate: what rights the ahmadiyyas?
would you live in an Islamic Caliphate,
the global state that will be ruled under the Sharia Law?
the one Islamic Caliphate, that every muslims desires, yes, everyone of them,
for it is dictated by their religion.
Islam is a religion of peace, it is argued by the muslims.
then there also are many non-muslims voices,
loud in their ignorance who only would like to be seen as “liberals”
while for many unfortunates, born and living in the wrong world region, it will be all too late.
an allegation from the Indian Ahmadiyya community
Ahmadi children arrested on false charges in Pakistan
In persecution.org | Punjab News Online
Maqbool Ahmad Wednesday, 11 February 2009QUADIAN: Ahmadiyya Muslim community in India spokesman Mohammad Nasim Khan said in a press release that five members of its community residing in Chak 172/TDA, District Layyah, Pakistan have been arrested and charged under Section 295-C of the Pakistani Penal Code. In a grave blow to any standards of decency, four of the accused are children studying at the English language ‘Superior Academy’ private school. Under the terms of Section 295-C any person found guilty is subject to either the death penalty or life imprisonment.
The four accused children are Muhammad Irfan, Tahir Imran, Tahir Mahmood and Naseeb Ahmad. There are conflicting reports regarding the exact age of the children however according to both the ‘AHRC’ and ‘The Daily Times’ their ages range between 14 and 16. Mr Mubashar Ahmad, aged 50, has also been arrested under section 295-C.
All five were taken into custody on 28 January 2009 by virtue of a police raid on each of their homes. After four hours in custody each of the accused was charged under the terms of section 295-C on the completely false grounds that they had written the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) on the walls of a toilet at the Jamia Gulzar-e-Medina Mosque.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat urges the immediate release of the five persons imprisoned and for all charges to be dropped. In a country which seeks to promote an image of tolerance to the Western world, it speaks volumes that peace loving children have been charged with an offence that sanctions the death penalty as a sentence.
this is one of the many news feeds on this event
Presumed guilty five Ahmadis arrested in Punjab for blasphemy
Qaiser Felix – in Asia News 02/13/2009 17:47
Lahore (AsiaNews) – Five Ahmadi in Punjab’s Layyah district have been arrested on charges of blasphemy. No evidence has been presented, nor has any witness come forth. They were just detain on a “presumption of guilt,” this according to Asma Jahangir, chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and United Nations Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion. For this reason she has called on the government to take prompt measures to prevent abuses of the law.
For Islamic fundamentalists the Ahmadis are a heretical sect that cannot claim to be Muslim because they do not recognise Muhammad as the final prophet. Because of this they have suffered persecution in Pakistan but also in Bangladesh and Indonesia.
This particular incident began when five Ahmadi students, who had been duly authorised to pray in the local mosque, were told not to come back to the holy place. With such a threat hanging over their heads, the five men were accused ten days later of scribbling offensive graffiti on the walls of the mosque’s bathroom. According to the official complaint filed against them, since they were the only non-Muslims in the mosque, “only they could be responsible for the offence.”
the eternal price of not being muslims in an Islamic republic – to be “guilty by presumption”.
but does the world care about the Ahmadis?
2005.
Pakistan: Killing of Ahmadis continues amid impunity
AI Index: ASA 33/028/2005 (Public) | News Service No: 271
Public Statement – Amnesty International: 11 October 2005Police investigations of previous targeted killings of Ahmadis in Pakistan have been slow or have not taken place at all. In many cases the perpetrators have not been brought to justice. Amnesty International believes that the government’s consistent failure to investigate attacks and killings of members of religious minorities fails to discourage further human rights abuses against such groups. The right to freedom of religion, as laid down in the Pakistani constitution and in international human rights law, must be made a reality for all religious minorities in Pakistan.
Over the years Amnesty International has been informed of numerous targeted killings of Ahmadis, usually carried out with impunity. In some cases, the targeted Ahmadis themselves were subjected to criminal charges. In one incident in October 2000, eight Ahmadis were murdered in the village of Ghatialian, Sialkot district, in an incident similar to that of 7 October 2005.
In October 2000 gunmen opened fire on Ahmadis while they were gathered at a mosque for worship. Five Ahmadis who witnessed the attack and reported the incident to the police, along with 21 other Ahmadis, were arrested and many of them are still serving life sentences for what Amnesty International believes to be false charges. None of the gunmen were ever arrested or brought to justice.
A report by the Amnesty International
of the mockery of Human Rights of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
2007
And then there was from the Human Rights Watch:
Pakistan: Pandering to Extremists Fuels Persecution of Ahmadis
Government Must Repeal ‘Blasphemy Law’ and End Persecution of Religious Minority
Human Rights Watch | May 5, 2007The Pakistani government should stop pandering to Islamist extremist groups that foment harassment and violence against the minority Ahmadiyya religious community, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch called on the government of President General Pervez Musharraf to repeal laws that discriminate against religious minorities such as the Ahmadis, including the penal statute that makes capital punishment mandatory for “blasphemy.”
The persecution of the Ahmadiyya community is wholly legalized, even encouraged, by the Pakistani government. Pakistan’s penal code explicitly discriminates against religious minorities and targets Ahmadis in particular by prohibiting them from “indirectly or directly posing as a Muslim.” Ahmadis are prohibited from declaring or propagating their faith publicly, building mosques, or making the call for Muslim prayer.
Pakistan’s “Blasphemy Law,” as Section 295-C of the Penal Code is known, makes the death penalty mandatory for blasphemy. Under this law, the Ahmadi belief in the prophethood of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is considered blasphemous insofar as it “defiles the name of Prophet Muhammad.”
This is February 2009
where is the voice of the “moderate muslims”?
SITUATION IN DISTRICT LAYYAH WORSENS
In persecution.org | Punjab News Online
Maqbool Ahmad Wednesday, 10 February 2009Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat spokesman Mohammad Nasim Khan said in a press release today that the Human Rights situation of its members in District Layyah, Pakistan is worsening. The five Ahmadis, who include four children, arrested on 28 January 2009 remain in police custody. They are not being allowed to meet with any persons, in direct contravention to the provisions laid forth in Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to which Pakistan is party.
In a further worrying move the local Mullahs have announced that a large scale rally will be held at Chak TDA/172 in opposition to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat. It is more than likely that this event will be used to incite hatred against the Jamaat and to urge people to act against Ahmadis. The organisers of this event are inviting people from nearby cities such as Dera Isamael Khan and Muzafergarh to take part in this rally. The local authorities and police are seriously concerned about the event which they fear they will be unable to control.
Ahmadi Muslims throughout the world are urged to write to their local media and officials in protest of what is happening in District Layyah. The International Community is once again urged to take immediate action.
where are the loud mouth noseycows?
ahmadiyyas
pakistan
islamic caliphate
Previous articles in this series:
in an islamic caliphate: would you live in one
in an islamic caliphate: what rights the Zarminas?
Saadat said this on February 14th, 2009 at 19:22
Kutte bhonkte hai aur haathi apni mast chaal mein guzarjata hai… u dogs have no job but to criticize Islam. u r afraid of our incresing number..
littleindian said this on February 14th, 2009 at 21:02
excellent,
a prime example of exactly what I am talking about –
a muslim’s hatred for other faiths and religions,
only voiced in anonymity, in real life these are the “moderates” – the hypocrites
for the non-hindi speaking readers, this is the translation:
the words of a sadaat of IP – 59.94.177.9
here is a muslim,
unconcerned that four innocent children are facing a possible death penalty on cooked up charges –
just because they belong to a sect with their own beliefs.
@ sadat,
you think by “increasing your numbers” you will take over the world.
dream away,
the times are changing – the world is waking up to the dangers,
and there are voices speaking up –
Fitna is being screened to the British MPS.
Modi in gujarat has shown how to deal with the threat –
and you cannot squeal loud enough –
yet the ahmadiyyas are being killed in Pakistan without justice and you condone it.
ajmal amir kasab is squeaking.
after two months of whining and lying
Pakistan is squeaking like a rat –
not long before pakistan is recognised as the terrorist state.
one phone call and a threat to be blown back to the stone-ages,
and fat-arsed Musharraf couldn’t join the americans quick enough to to kill fellow muslims
increasing numbers? thankfully decreasing every day –
the sunnis will never stop killing the shiyas and shiyas will not stop killing the sunnis
the hatred that is so intense within your stone-age religion
if there is still enough islamic terrorists left to try for the caliphate,
the world will blow it self up in a nuclear holocaust –
but Islamic caliphate – will never happen
elephants? more like rats – you are the prime example.
a “haathi apni mast chaal mein guzarjata hai” – would have walked past in silence,
you couldn’t – you had to write something – proof that the kick on your backside did hurt.
opit said this on February 16th, 2009 at 04:27
For a religious group, the ‘close cousin’ is the one who draws the greatest ire. I wonder if this link is one you think accurate.
http://www.ourdialogue.com/q1.htm
I just ran a survey for information on Baluchistan. Thinking tactically, it does seem plausible that area is the one in Pakistan which is of most interest to energy companies.
I would remind you what happened in secular Iraq : it was torn apart by fomented religious strife. If you can induce people to fight each other, they have much less interest in bothering you. Such seems to be the pattern all throughout the arc of oil bearing countries.
I fear intrigue unimaginably vile and ambitious, where no one can feel the cause of peace is being served.
The Pakistani economy is collapsing. Soon they will have misery enough and more: not that I expect that to improve their disposition.
When the neighbours are restless it can be a problem. With these it must be much more so.