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Topic: Ahmadis

Pakistanis want Maryam Nawaz to arrest husband. A 2017 anti-Ahmadi speech has surfaced

Seen as a vocal critic of secularism, Muhammad Safdar Awan, a former military personnel, has repeatedly targeted the Ahmadi community.

Pakistanis are calling singer Aima Baig’s marriage with Ahmadi designer ‘illegal’

Zain Ahmed is an Ahmadi, a member of Pakistan’s most persecuted religious minority. He is the great-great-grandson of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the 19th-century founder of the Ahmadiyya movement. 

Ahmadiyyas in Kashmir are branded as kafirs, boycotted, spat at. They hide, pass as Sunnis

India recognises them as Muslims, but ‘other Muslims treat us like untouchables’.

TLP calls for violence against Ahmadis, Pakistanis want party banned

Last week, 27 Ahmadis were attacked by members of the radical religious party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, in Punjab’s Bahawalnagar. Citizens are now calling for a ban on the party.

Pre-Partition Ahmadi mosque demolished by Maryam Nawaz govt. Pakistanis call it ‘religious tyranny’

The mosque was built by Sir Zafarullah Khan, an Ahmadi who was Pakistan’s first foreign minister and a key member of the All-India Muslim League.

Pakistan won’t allow non-Muslims to inherit land from Muslim. Lahore High Court cites Sharia

Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal retrospectively applied the provisions of Article 260(3) of Pakistan’s Constitution, which defines 'Muslim' and 'non-Muslim' for legal purposes.

Pakistani schools training students to lynch Ahmadis

The video, posted on the school's official Facebook page, shows students attacking an effigy. The caption reads 'Students expressing hatred towards those who falsely claim to be Prophets'.

Ahmadi mosque destroyed in Pakistan even as Imran Khan lectures India on minorities

The incident took place in Punjab’s Bahawalpur, where terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is headquartered.

I hope my film’s Netflix release makes Pakistanis see Abdus Salam beyond his Ahmadi faith

Nobel laureate Abdus Salam remains a controversial figure in Pakistan because of his Ahmadi faith. But now, my documentary will finally be seen where it matters most.

Is India in danger of becoming a Hindu Pakistan?

For the first time, India’s leaders have sought to redefine the country effectively as a home for South Asians that aren’t Muslims. 

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.