Friday, October 14, 2011

Punjab, Pakistan: Ahmadi school teacher harassed by clerics, police

A photo-poster depicting a disfigured posture of the founder of the Ahmadiyya community is placed at a prominent location in the market and the mischief makers, not fearing any retaliation or legal action, has boldly displayed their phone number on the offensive poster.

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: AMC Persecution report
By Imran Jattala | October 14, 2011

Ms. Naheed Akhtar, a PTC school teacher in Government High School, Chak no. 55 GB, Jaranwala, has been a victim of anti-Ahmadiyya hate campaign, it was reported.

According to a report issued by the Ahmadiyya public affairs office, a significant anti-Ahmadiyya element belonging to Ahle-Sunnat, Ahle-Hadith, Jamaat Islami and Tablighi Jamaat have emerged in the village and the members of the Tablighi Jamaat are especially active against the teacher.

Anti-Ahmadiyya posters and stickers are pasted on walls all over the village, according to many eye-witnesses.


A photo-poster depicting a disfigured posture of the founder of the Ahmadiyya community is placed at a prominent location in the market and the mischief makers, not fearing any retaliation or legal action, has boldly displayed their phone number on the offensive poster.

The complainants alleged that Ms. Akhtar has been propagating her faith to her students; a common tactic used by the extremists to oust Ahmadī public servants form their places of employment.

In reaction to the baseless complaints against Ms. Akhtar, according to the Ahmadiyya report, an investigation team comprising of the police staff from Faisalabad and Jaranwala came over to the school and made enquiries about Ms. Akhtar actions.

The investigating team claimed to have been sent by the DCO Faisalabad.

The team did not disclose the name of the complainant(s).

The investigators quizzed students and other staff members at the school “whether Ms. Akhtar teaches her pupils about the advent of any new prophet.”

Ms. Akhtar has been left to feel there are threats to her career as a teacher.


  -- Ahmadi school teacher harassed
  -- By Imran Jattala
  -- By Imran Jattala. Follow on Twitter: @IJattala

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