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Friday, September 27, 2024
TopicAhmadiyya Muslims

Topic: Ahmadiyya Muslims

What’s the Ahmadiyya crisis in Pakistan that’s flaring tensions between judiciary, hardliners

The controversy began with a landmark decision on 6 February, when the Pakistan Supreme Court ordered the release of Mubarak Sani, an Ahmadiyya arrested last year for distributing the ‘Tafseer-i-Sagheer' text.

On Bakrid, Pakistani police made sure the Ahmadiyyas were harassed—arrests, meat raids, FIRs

At least 36 Ahmadiyyas have been arrested and nine FIRs filed against them. These people, mostly from Pakistan’s Punjab province, have been charged with illegally performing animal sacrifice on Eid al-Adha.

Ahmadi leaders detained for 30 days in Pakistan. Police call their Bakrid plans “unlawful”

Pakistan has the world’s largest population of Ahmadis. It’s the only community that is barred from voting rights in the country.

Holi, Eid, Quran and Islam in danger. Was Pakistan created for this?

One social media post on Holi was enough to weaken the foundations of the country, put Islam in danger and bring to the fore the age-old question — Kya Pakistan iss liyay bana tha?

Pakistani intolerance on full display. Ahmadi homeopath shot dead, second in 2 years

The sect is not considered Muslim and they are barred from identifying as such by law.

16 graves of minority Ahmadi community ‘desecrated’ by religious extremists in Pakistan’s Punjab province

According to Jamaat Ahmadiya Punjab spokesperson Aamir Mahmood, on 22 August, unidentified people desecrated the graves in a walled communal graveyard in Faisalabad district, some 150 kms from Lahore.

This is the one thing that Imran Khan, opposition & the religious clerics in Pakistan love

Pakistan’s dictator General Zia-ul-Haq started it. Imran Khan used it to target Nawaz Sharif to win election. Now the PM is under its spell.

The week hasn’t been kind to Jinnah’s legacy – neither in India nor in Pakistan

Ironically, in both India and Pakistan, Jinnah’s name and legacy was dragged into controversies at premier educational institutions

What’s common between Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslims and America’s Mormons

Only when it’s militarily strong and culturally confident can the West play a meaningful moderating role in the Islamic world.

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10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

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Army inducts drones in use with Ukrainian military. Trinetra to boost surveillance

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Lesson from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan: if you have no patience, you don’t deserve democracy

Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.