Pakistan: Violence against Ahmadis looms in Rawalpindi, government proposes they cease worship

The move by the government clearly shows how the helpless authorities are controlled by the militants that they are passing the militants’ demands to the Ahmadiyya community.

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By Staff Reporter | January 28, 2012

The government officials have advised the members of the Rawalpindi Ahmadiyya community to stop praying at the Satellite Town Ahmadiyya center, Ewan-e Touheed.

Known terrorist, joined by the extremists and militants elements of Pakistan demand that Ahmadis should cease their all worship activities at the Satellite Town Ahmadiyya center.

The Satellite Town area has been inundated with anti-Ahmadiyya signs and banners in advance of the massive rally called by the militants groups to force-stop Ahmadis from their worship activities.

The government officials say that in order to avoid unpleasant situation in Rawalpindi during anti-Ahmadiyya rally on the 29th January, Ahmadis should not offer Namaz and Juma prayers [Ahmadi Muslim acts of worship] at their center.


"The state has decided which side it is going to take," said a representative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community disappointedly about the deteriorating safety conditions for Ahmadi members in Rawalpindi a major town near Pakistan’s capital Islamabad..

Ahmadis say this is an old tactic used against them in Pakistan to pressurize them. “This is to make us yield while the militants are given a free hand to break the law.”

"How we being peaceful and law abiding can stop praying to Allah?," the community represented asked. "How can we bend down in front of militants and compromise on our duty to Almighty?"

The move by the government clearly shows how the helpless authorities are controlled by the militants that they are passing the militants’ demands to the Ahmadiyya community.

These are the same demands mullahs have been making for days, say the Ahmadis, and now the government is towing into their demands.

"This shows lack of control," the Ahmadiyya representative said highlighting the government’s impotence.

The Ahmadiyya community demanded the government “to do its duty and provide the security to perform their religious duties.”

"This is our uncompromisable right," the community asserted.


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  -- Ahmadiyya Times
  -- Edited by Imran Jattala