Pakistan: Attack on Pakistani Ahmadi minority widely condemned by rights groups

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"torching women and children in their houses simply because of their faith represents “brutalization and barbarism stooping to new lows."

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By Ayaz Gul | July 28, 2014

ISLAMABAD — Human rights groups in and outside Pakistan are condemning as “brutalization and barbarism stooping to new lows” a mob assault on a minority Muslim community that left at least three people dead and burned many of their houses. Attacks against minorities have spiked in the country in recent months.

Police in the eastern city of Gujranwala say the violence erupted late Sunday, after claims a member of the minority Ahmadi community had posted blasphemous material on Facebook.

Local police say the dead included a 55-year old woman and her two granddaughters. Several other women and children are reportedly under treatment in a local hospital for “serious burn injuries.”

Somalia: Woman killed for not wearing veil, relatives say

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BBC Somalia analyst Mary Harper says the fact that al-Shabab has denied killing Mrs Yarow suggests that rogue elements within the group may have been responsible for her death.

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By BBC News | July 30, 2014

Militant Islamists in Somalia have shot dead a Muslim woman for refusing to wear a veil, her relatives say.

Ruqiya Farah Yarow was killed outside her hut near the southern Somali town of Hosingow by gunmen belonging to the al-Shabab group, they say.

The militants had ordered her to put on a veil, and then killed her after returning and finding she was still not wearing one, the relatives said.

An al-Shabab spokesman denied the group had killed the woman.

Al-Shabab does not fully control the area where she was living, he added.

Pakistan: Asian Human Rights Commission slams government for failing to protect Ahmadis

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Local residents and the media blame the Punjab provincial government for triggering sectarian killings in order to divert attention from the current political crisis...

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By Statement | July 30, 2014

On Sunday evening, July 27, a crowd of around 150 fanatics attacked a small, peaceful community of 17 Ahmadi families living in Arafat Colony, on the outskirts of Gujranwala district, Punjab. As a result of the attack, eight houses were burned down. Three Ahmadis in one of the houses succumbed to the flames. All the three were female, and two were young children.

Not only have the federal and provincial governments failed to provide security for the community, no move has been made to arrest the local mosque leader who delivered a hate speech, calling for the murder of Ahmadis.

Perspective: A storm of persecution

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If you are an Ahmadi in Pakistan, you can be sent to prison for calling yourself a Muslim, for greeting a fellow Muslim with the traditional Salaam Aleikum, for preaching your faith and for even calling your mosque a “mosque.”

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By Terry Glavin | July 31, 2014

Last Sunday in Pakistan, a mob rampaged through a ghetto of the minority Muslim Ahmadi sect in Gujranwala City, looting and setting fire to houses and shops. A 55-year-old woman and her two granddaughters were burned to death. The pogrom was triggered by local Sunni clerics who said they were enraged by a “blasphemous” photograph that an 18-year-old Ahmadi man posted on his Facebook page.

If you are an Ahmadi in Pakistan, you can be sent to prison for calling yourself a Muslim, for greeting a fellow Muslim with the traditional Salaam Aleikum, for preaching your faith and for even calling your mosque a “mosque.” Over the past quarter-century, nearly 700 Pakistanis have been charged with blasphemy. More than 50 of of these accused blasphemers were murdered before their cases were heard by a judge. Twenty were given life sentences, and 16 others are on death row.

Perspective: Persecution of Ahmaddiya Muslims in Pakistan Is a Continuing Stain on the Country

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The arson against the home of Ahmadis led to the murder of Bushra Bibi and her 2 grand-daughters, Hira and Kainat, as they were left trapped in a burning building and subsequently died of smoke inhalation.

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By Fiyaz Mughal | July 29, 2014

At around 8pm on 27 July 2014, anti-Ahmadi extremists gathered at a pre-lanned meeting point at Kachi-pump in Gujranwala in the Punjab in Pakistan. They had gathered on the pretext that an Ahmadi young person had defaced a picture of the Khana Ka'bah, (the Sacred mosque in Mecca), on Facebook. That the allegation was and remains unfounded seems a minor detail in a land where mob rule prevails. The scene had been set and like mobs in an old Boris Karloff movie, they were set to find the caricatured other. Instead of flaming torches, the mob carried what they could find and set off with a murderous rage.

I use the term 'caricatured other' since Pakistan was founded by Quaid-e-Azam, (the founder of the nation - Mohammed Ali Jinnah), on the basis that the country would be a refuge for the persecuted and for minorities who wanted to practice their faith in peace. That vision, (now twisted and manipulated for political reasons against a minority that is helpless in the country), saw the one time Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto amend the constitution of the country to declare Ahmadis as non-Muslims.

Perspective: Tales of horror, from Gaza to Gujranwala | Murtaza Haider

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Pakistan has evolved into one of the world’s least tolerant places. Dozens are murdered on suspicion and rumours. While the world is getting more connected with the Internet, Pakistan is moving in the opposite direction.

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By Murtaza Haider | July 30, 2014

It was supposed to be a month of peace and tolerance. It turned out to be anything but.

A mob attacked homes belonging to Ahmadis in Gujranwala, causing the death of three innocent civilians. In the backdrop of religious chants and slogans, the youth ransacked private property and set alight homes belonging to Ahmadis.

The police, as usual, stood idle.

These scenes of extremism were no different from the ones in Ayodhya in 1992 when Hindu extremists destroyed the Babri Mosque, or from the recent scenes of wanton destruction of Palestinian homes in Gaza.

UK: Amnesty calls for probe into Pakistan Ahmadi attack

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"Those involved in the brutal attack are roaming free in the city while the Ahmadi people are still in hiding due to fear and the tense situation." -- Saleem ud Din

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By UCA News | July 31, 2014

Pakistan's government must investigate the deadly attack on the minority Ahmadi community in Punjab province, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Amnesty called on citizens to write Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, "urging them to investigate the mob violence."

The violent attack occurred on July 27 after an Ahmadi youth was accused of posting a blasphemous picture on the social networking site Facebook.

A 55-year-old woman and two young children were killed in the attack. One of the injured, a pregnant woman, later miscarried in the hospital.

USA: Washington restocks Israel with ammunition | AFP

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Two of the requested munitions came from a little-known stockpile of ammunition stored by the US military on the ground in Israel for emergency use by the Jewish state.

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By AFP | July 30, 2014

The United States confirmed it had restocked Israel's supplies of ammunition, hours after issuing a strong condemnation of an attack on a United Nations school in Gaza.

The Israeli military requested additional ammunition to restock its dwindling supplies on July 20, the Pentagon said. The US Defense Department approved the sale just three days later.

"The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to US national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement.

"This defense sale is consistent with those objectives."

Perspective: Muslim Leadership Must Act for World Peace

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If there is any hope for civilization, for an uplifting, ennobling and worthwhile human community to emerge from the current cacophony of strife, debasement, nihilism and fanaticism, Muslims must revert back to God for personal reformation and ensure universal justice for public peace.

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By Qasim Rashid | July 29, 2014

The ISIS menace, the atrocities of Syria, the chronic violence between Palestine and Israel, and the current siege on Gaza are a sign of spiritual entropy and political immorality. The political immorality is clear from ongoing civilian casualties. ISIS is killing innocent Christians, 700 Syrians have died in just the past few days, and some 75 percent of the near 1,100 Gazans killed are innocent civilians. The solution stems from reversing these destructive trends. We must garner a spiritual revival and a restoration of political morality.

What does that look like? To revive spirituality we need to focus on building better men and women, which in turn will build better institutions -- not vice versa.

Malaysia: Religious intolerance rising in M'sia - US report

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"The government reportedly has a secret list of “sects” banned as “deviant” interpretations of Islam which included over 50 groups."

In April 2013, an entire congregation of an Ahmadiyya mosque was
arrested for holding Friday prayers.

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By Malaysia Chronicle | July 30, 2014

The United States has expressed concern over growing religious intolerance in Malaysia as Islamic sects are being persecuted in public and in secret, along with abstruse laws aimed at blocking those wishing to leave Islam.

In the recently released ‘International Religious Freedom Report 2013’ the US noted that observers continued to express concern that "the secular civil and criminal court system had ceded jurisdictional control to syariah courts, particularly in areas of family law involving disputes between Muslims and non-Muslims."

The report also raised alarm that the Department of Islamic Development (Jakim), under the prime minister's purview, now had full power to determine what was proper Islamic teaching and hammer away at those who did not agree.

"The government reportedly has a secret list of “sects” banned as “deviant” interpretations of Islam which included over 50 groups," the report, submitted to the US congress, said.

It notes that among those publicly banned were Shia, Ahmadiyah and Al Arqam believers.

Ohio, USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim community gives back during fasting

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“The last few weeks we have been distributing food boxes in the neighborhood. We invited all of our neighbors, invited the people in the housing close to us.”

Watch video here

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By Mary Gordon | July 30, 2014

DAYTON, Ohio — Dayton’s Muslim community comes together to give back and mark the end of Ramadan.

Ramadan is a holy month of fasting and it ended on Monday night. Tuesday, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Dayton marked Eid-ul-Fitr. It is a day to enjoy festivities with family and friends.

This year’s barbeque and celebration included neighbors of the Fazl-e-Umar Mosque on Randolph Street.

“The last few weeks we have been distributing food boxes in the neighborhood. We invited all of our neighbors, invited the people in the housing close to us,” said Choudhry Arshad, the president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

USA: Ahmadi Muslims celebrate Eid-ul- Fitr, a day of thanksgiving, reflection and fun in Glen Ellyn

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“Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Glen Ellyn chapter wants to convey the message of peace, love, understanding and harmony not to our membership only but to our fellow citizens throughout USA.”

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By Staff report | July 30, 2014

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Glen Ellyn Chapter celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on July 29th which marked the end of 30 day fasting in the month of Ramadhan. In Ramadhan Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. Through fasting they learn the lesson of being tolerant and patient. These qualities help to have a sympathetic heart for humanity.

“Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Glen Ellyn chapter wants to convey the message of peace, love, understanding and harmony not to our membership only but to our fellow citizens throughout USA”, said Imam Shamshad A Nasir of Baitul Jammay (Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque on Rt 53 in Glen Ellyn) in his Eid sermon to approximately 500 people.

“We want to thank God Almighty for His blessings and favor which He has bestowed upon us by enabling us to freely practice our religion in this country, while our brothers back in Pakistan are punished just because they have accepted the Promised Messiah whose advent has been prophesied in various Holy scriptures."

Amnesty International initiates Urgent Action appeal for Ahmadis killed in Gujranwala, Pakistan

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Ahmadis in Gujranwala are fearful of further attacks and say they have no confidence in the police’s ability to bring the perpetrators to justice.

8 months old Hira who died in Gujranwala fire of Ahmadi homes
(Photo: Twitter/Dr.Sadaf Shah ‏@SadafShahIsf )

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By Amnesty International | July 30, 2014

URGENT ACTION: AHMADIYYA COMMUNITY ATTACKED, THREE KILLED

A mob burned down the homes of a small Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan’s Punjab province on 27 July, after a resident was accused of blasphemy. Two children and their grandmother died of smoke inhalation and several others were seriously injured.

On the evening of 27 July, a local Muslim man accused a man from the Ahmadiyya religious community in Gujranwala district of posting blasphemous content on his Facebook page. The Ahmadiyya are a small religious community who consider themselves Muslim, but are regarded as heretics by many Muslims in Pakistan and suffer frequent violent attacks and officially-sanctioned discrimination.

UK: Bradford community's shock at murder of children in Pakistan

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President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association for Bradford North Dr Mohammed Iqbal said this week's Eid celebrations would be saddened by recent events which were a perseuction of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Pakistan.

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By Bradford Telegraph and Argus | July 30, 2014

SHOCKED members of a Bradford community have spoken of their grief following the brutal murder of compatriots in Pakistan.

The city's Ahmadiyya Muslim Association's Eid celebrations have been marred by the news that three people, including an eight-month-old baby and seven-year-old girl, were killed when their home in Gujranwala was torched by extremists.

President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association for Bradford North Dr Mohammed Iqbal said this week's Eid celebrations would be saddened by recent events which were a perseuction of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Pakistan.

All 45 Christian Institutions in Mosul Destroyed or Occupied By ISIS

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For nearly 2,000 years, Mosul had a thriving Christian community. But last month, when ISIS took over the city, it gave Christians an ultimatum -- 'stay and pay a tax or convert to Islam or be killed.'

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By Orthodox Christian News | July 30, 2014

(AINA) -- Since taking over Mosul on June 10, ISIS has destroyed, occupied, converted to mosques, converted to ISIS headquarters or shuttered all 45 Christian institutions in Mosul.

The following is the complete list of the Christian institutions in Mosul, grouped by denomination.

Syriac Catholic Church:

• Syrian Catholic Diocese - Maidan Neighborhood, Mosul
• The Old Church of the Immaculate - Maidan Neighborhood, Mosul (The church goes back to the eighth century AD)

Bermuda: Muslims mark end of fasting month with Eid festival

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"We, Ahmadi Muslims believe that the Messiah and Mahdi has come and it was he who founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian (India), enlightened the world with Islam’s true and original teachings." 

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By Belaid and Shabnam Jheengoor | July 30, 2014

This week, Muslims around the world are celebrating the religious festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadhan –– the holy month of fasting.

The happiness experienced on this occasion is far deeper than that derived from the wearing of new clothes, eating, visiting friends, receiving presents and generally having a good time.

No doubt these things do give some pleasure of a kind; but the delight of the soul refreshed generates an inner glow of happiness beyond description.

Blessing

This Divine blessing may vary in degree, according to the spiritual devotion exercised during the holy month and through the sheer Grace of God. Righteousness flourishes through self-purification and this is the intention and purpose of fasting in the manner prescribed by Islam.

For Pakistani minority sect, a tentative Eid celebration

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The Ahmadis consider themselves Muslims, but the state disagrees. A series of attacks, including on three women and children this weekend, has the community downcast. One family quietly celebrates the end of Ramadan.

An Ahmadi child prays at the burial of two sisters killed in Gujranwala

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By Taha Siddiqui | July 29, 2014

KARACHI, PAKISTAN -- A handwritten sign hangs on Naeem Sohail's door, wishing passersby Eid Mubarak, a happy end to Ramadan. Underneath, there is a modest notice that henna services are available here.

No one has taken up Mr. Sohail’s daughter on her offer to apply the traditional decorative patterns on the hands of women celebrating Eid. The family wonders if it’s because they are Ahmadis, a minority sect that considers itself Muslim, but that the Pakistani state says is heretical.

Celebrations among Ahmadis – typically quieter than the traditional boisterous visits between Muslim family and friends across town – are even more muted this year. On Sunday, three Admadis, an infant, her young sister, and their grandmother, were killed after a mob attacked and burned their homes in retaliation for a Facebook post by an Ahmadi teen they considered blasphemous.

Australia: Casey Multifaith Network welcomes Imam S. Wadood Janud

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He also added that he can be contacted by a member of any faith about any matters related to Islam and/or contemporary issues at any time of the day.

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By Naureen Choudhry | July 21, 2014

On  Monday 21 July 2014 at the City of Casey Council chambers, the President of the Casey Multi-faith Network Mr. Jim Reiher, Vice President Stephanie Saunders and Acting Treasurer Pam Mamouney OAM welcomed Imam S. Wadood Janud, the first Imam appointed at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association in Langwarrin.

Mayor of City of Casey Geoff Ablett and Vice Mayor Amanda Stapledon along with Councillors Mick Morland and Rafal Kaplon also welcomed him and had the opportunity to make introductions. Imam Janud was accompanied by a delegation of two members: Mr. Rehmat Samiullah (Secretary of External Affairs of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association) and Mr. Aziz Bhatti.

Perspective: ​Attack on Ahmadis in Gujranwala​ | Dr. Bilal Rana

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For me, an Ahmadi Muslim, these senseless attacks only awakes the memory of the early Meccan Muslims whose properties were looted and literally set ablaze, while defenseless families remained inside.

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By Dr. Bilal Rana | July 30, 2014

This week a mob ransacked and set fire to 8 Ahmadi homes in Gujranwala. An elderly woman, and her two granddaughters,  ages 8 months and 7 years, died amidst the flames. Another lady in her final trimester suffered a miscarriage. 8 others are being treated for injuries and burns, most of whom are women and children. Police, even with reinforcements, did nothing to stop the mob. The mob, in turn, forced the fire brigade to turn around and pelted approaching ambulances with stones.

This was the horrific scene in a country where the second amendment to the Pakistani Constitution prohibits Ahmadis from associating in any way with Islam and Ordinance XX goes on to criminalize all such actions under law. Thus, the Ahmadiyya Community faces state-facilitated and institutionalized persecution on a regular basis.

Perspective: Riot in Gujranwala | Editorial -- The Express Tribune

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The Ahmadis, on the basis of their beliefs, have faced ruthless brutality for years. Specific laws have been in place for decades that target them in various ways.

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By  Editorial | July 28, 2014

For one Ahmadi family, Sunday, July 27, brought deep sorrow and the unending pain of death, with three people perishing in a mob attack. Two of three who died were children after a house in Gujranwala was set alight by an angry crowd. The fire killed a 30-year-old woman, as well as an eight-month-old, and a five-year-old child, who all died of smoke suffocation. Seven others were injured and are being treated in hospital.

Like the many other blasphemy-related incidents that have preceded this one, the details are somewhat unclear. It seems that the incident was triggered by a picture allegedly placed on the social media website, Facebook, by an Ahmadi. This triggered an angry reaction from those living in the area, with local clerics playing a role in inciting passions, and what was witnessed was the kind of frenzy we have seen before in such incidents: a hunt began for the alleged blasphemer and the house of a local doctor where Ahmadis had gathered was set ablaze. There are claims of firing from within the house, but without a proper investigation, the truth is hard to ascertain. What we can say is that three people, including two small children, are dead and the ruthless persecution of a minority community continues.

Perspective: Minority Persecution in Pakistan

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What solidarity? What harmony? When the members of a minority group are not safe from the hands of their fellow citizens, even in their holiest month of the year.

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By Usman Javed | July 29, 2014

An act of violence due to religious hatred is no new news in Pakistan, but an atrocity in the last days of the holy month of Ramadan, is a shameful act indeed.  On the evening of July 27th , Ahmadi houses were set on fire by an Islamist mob in People’s Colony of Gujranwala.  While the police watched, three people (one fifty five year old women and two minors) suffocated to death while four others were critically injured. One of the injured was a pregnant women who endured a miscarriage due to the injuries suffered during the fire.

Houses looted and burned, lives lost, infant’s dead. And all of this, a day before the blessed festival of Eid. The day of Eid has come and gone, and Muslims all over the country celebrated the exalted day in the Islamic Calendar, wishing each other warm greetings of “Eid Mubarak” with three hugs. Gestures meant to represent solidarity, brotherhood, and harmony amongst each other.

UK: Thousands of Ahmadiyya Muslims celebrate Eid at Baithul Futuh Mosque in Morden

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London has become the centre of the Ahmadiyya community, with thousands of members fleeing Asian, African and Arab countries where they have faced persecution for their beliefs.

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By Louisa Clarence-Smith | July 30, 2014

Thousands of Ahmadiyya Muslims are expected to descend on the Baithul Futuh Mosque in Morden as Eid al-Fitr celebrations get underway today.

Heavy traffic has been reported between Rose Hill in Sutton and the mosque in London Road, Morden, as up to 15,000 worshippers travel to the mosque to mark the end of Ramadan.

The Eid celebrations are expected to include a message of peace from the movement's leader, His Holiness Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, four days after three Ahmadis were reportedly murdered for their beliefs in a mob attack in Pakistan.

Perspective: Social Media Is Deadly in Pakistan

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In 2011, then Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani asserted that there would be no changes to the controversial blasphemy law, even after another politician and former governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer was killed for denouncing the strict legal code.

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By Gideon Resnick | July 29, 2014

Pakistan’s blasphemy laws aren’t going anywhere, and innocent people are getting caught in the mix. A grandmother and her young granddaughters are the latest victims, reportedly killed in a mob attack sparked by a Facebook post.

On Sunday evening, a grandmother and her two young granddaughters (seven-years-old and eight-months old) were burned to death in their homes during a mob attack on their village. A picture posted on Facebook reportedly sparked the attack.

The city of Gujranwala is primarily populated by the Ahmadi Muslim sect, a minority religion that differs with tenets of Islam, including the belief in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. As Pakistani law dictates, Ahmadi members are not permitted to identify themselves as Muslim and have been subjected to violent persecution for blasphemy in the past.

Canada Denounces Religiously Motivated Attacks on Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan

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“This is only the latest event in a long series of violent, religiously motivated attacks against the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan."

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By Media Relations Office | July 28, 2014

Andrew Bennett, Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, today issued the following statement:

“It is with sorrow that I have learned of the death of Hira, seven years old, Kainaat, eight months old, and their grandmother, Bushra Bibi, all Ahmadiyya Muslims, who fell victim to an attack by a local mob in the area of Kachi-Pump in Gujranwala, Pakistan. They and other members of the local Ahmadi community were attacked simply because of their Ahmadiyya Muslim faith.

“My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the deceased mourning this heart-breaking tragedy. This attack is all the more tragic in that it came at the close of the holy month of Ramadan as families were preparing to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr.

Pakistan: Anti-Ahmadi conference in Punjab town of Jarranwala planned on city-owned school grounds

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The conference is organized by the infamous Majlis Tehreek-e Khatm-e Nubuwwat  (MTKN) group and the banners show that the event is being sponsored by several civic, professional, and business leaders.

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By Staff report | July 30, 2014

More anti-Ahmadī rhetoric by a known Pakistani extremist group has recently picked up speed in Jarranwala, a medium-size town in central part of the Punjab province in Pakistan.

Coming on the heel of attacks in Gujranwala, where Ahmadis' properties were set ablaze by an enraged Islamist mob and three females were burnt to death, riling up anti-Ahmadi sentiment again sends shockwaves of fear for local Ahmadis in Jarranwala.

According to local reports, many public walls are plastered with hundreds of banners announcing an anti-Ahmadi conference, “To Eradicate Ahmadiyya Apostasy Activities,” to be held on August 23rd.

The conference is organized by the infamous Majlis Tehreek-e Khatm-e Nubuwwat  (MTKN) group and the banners show that the event is being sponsored by several civic, professional, and business leaders. The conference will be hosted at a city-owned school ground, it is stated on the banners.

USA: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Chino celebrates Eid

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Outside the mens’ gathering room, brightly colored balloons with “Eid Mubarak” printed on them were tied with ribbons to Snickers and Twix bars. Small children chittered excitedly, pointing to the one that they wanted.

Photo: Grace Wong / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

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By Grace Wong |  July 30, 2014

CHINO -- Imam Mohammed Zafarullah’s singsong voice resonated through the gathering room at the Chino mosque Tuesday morning. Occasionally, the congregation would respond in a deep murmer. Then, at the direction of Zafarullah, the men would kneel and bow with their foreheads pressed to the yellow and green carpet.

“God is the greatest,” they would say in Arabic while raising their hands to their ears.

Hundreds of people flooded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community mosque to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a prominent holiday of the Muslim faith that concludes the end of Ramadan, a month-long fast.

UK: Khalifa of Islam delivers Darsul-Quran on final Day of Ramadan

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The Khalifa also commented on the latest incident of persecution of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community wherein 2 days earlier 3 Ahmadi Muslims were martyred in Gujranwala, Pakistan.

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By Press Release | July 29, 2013

Later today, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad will lead Eid prayers

On 29 July 2014, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, addressed members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from the Fazl Mosque in London on the final day of this year’s month of Ramadan.

His Holiness delivered a commentary of the final four chapters of the Holy Quran (Darsul Quran) before leading the assembled Ahmadi Muslims and viewers across the world in a collective prayer.

USA: Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr at Glen Ellyn mosque

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Ramadan is a month where Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. Through fasting, participants learn lessons of tolerance and patience and it helps them understand how those who have no food feel.

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By Safiya Merchant | July 29, 2014

Muslim families celebrated Eid al-Fitr -- a holiday marking the end of Ramadan -- Tuesday with food and activities at a Glen Ellyn mosque.

The religious service for the day began at 10:30 a.m. at the mosque near the intersection of Route 53 and McCarron Road. There also were activities, including a moon walk for kids, and refreshments.

An awards ceremony was to be held to recognize students who have graduated or earned special academic achievements, as well as those who finished reading the Quran during the month of Ramadan, according to Samrah Ahmad, the media assistant for Imam Shamshad Nasir.

New Zealand: Religious Leaders Seek Social Peace through Religion

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“It is time that each of the major faiths ponder over these issues, consider what is the true purpose of religion and find a common answer to today’s issues.”

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By Press release | July 29, 2014

The heads of religious communities and political leaders across New Zealand will be congregating in Auckland to consider what role religion could play in today’s world and whether religion continued to be a force for good.

‘Social Peace & Religion’ is the theme set for the 2014 Peace Conference as religious leaders representing their respective faiths will present their views at this year’s conference organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand.

The purpose of the symposium is to encourage healthy discussion between religions on a chosen topic. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community began this conference in New Zealand eight years ago to help breed mutual understanding within communities and to encourage the message of peace.

Perspective: Why are so many people obsessed with Muslim women's wardrobes?

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"As a former model, I know all about the objectification of women by all cultures, this is not unique to one group of people or one faith group.

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By Shaista Aziz | July 26, 2014

It's dangerous to target a minority of women for the way they dress, argues Shaista Aziz

If someone asked you to list the most sinister developments of our time, I guess a few of us would say the atom bomb, warfare, the HIV virus, global hunger and terrorism.

But what dear readers is even more sinister than disease, destruction and death? Come on, have a guess. Go on, I dare you, don't go all politically correct on me now. Why, of course! It's the burka and niqab, the full face veil that some Muslim women wear. Don't pretend you didn't want to add that to the list.

Last week, imam Taj Hargey, based in my home city of Oxford, launched a stinging attack on the burka in the Daily Mail, declaring it one of the most "sinister developments of our time". Hargey's article was accompanied by lots of dusky looking women covered in niqabs, the burkas were few and far between, but hey, let's not get stuck on semantics when attacking Muslim women for their choice of clothing.

UK: Caring Huddersfield Ahmadi Muslim women share festive goodwill of Eid with massive charity drive

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“We decided to hold the drive to help our youth to understand that they are part of humanity and not just to focus on their own needs.”

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By Chloe Glover | July 29, 2014

Caring Huddersfield women will ensure that all Muslims get to share the Eid celebrations, thanks to a massive charity drive.

Ladies from the Huddersfield South Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association in have collected hundreds of gifts over the last few weeks to give to the less privileged in Pakistan.

Clothes and other special goods of all shapes, sizes and colours were gathered in the Baitus Samad mosque in Fitzwilliam Street, along with donations to help cover postage costs.

They were flown over to poor regions in the country, where they will be distributed to those in need, especially brides in poor families, in time for Eid-ul-Fitr, which the group will celebrate on July 30 .

President of the group, Khalida Maryam said: “Eid is a time for celebration, enjoyment and time with the family.

Israel: Soldiers leave their sperm to family before going to Gaza

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The “New Family” organization is currently in charge of issuing biological wills. Upon request, representatives of the organization meet with soldiers and their family members to start the process.

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By Walla News | July 28, 2014

Many Israeli soldiers going to fight in Gaza have been signing biological wills, legal documents allowing family members to use the soldiers’ sperm for fertilization in case of death or severe injury on the battlefield.

Sperm can be taken from the body of the deceased for up to 48 hours after death and can be kept in cooled containers for a long time.

The “New Family” organization is currently in charge of issuing biological wills. Upon request, representatives of the organization meet with soldiers and their family members to start the process.

The organization has reported on a sharp increase in requests since the fighting in Gaza began earlier this month. So far, the organization has issued approximately 500 contracts.

Perspective: Ahmadis, seared to the wall | Rabia Mehmood

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In the case of Ahmadis, the police mostly does end up hurting an already persecuted community as there is no legal cover - hence, the complicity.

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By Rabia Mehmood | July 29, 2014

“Saaday vuss di gal nayi”

"It is not something that we can control”, was what the SHO of the local police station said to the Ahmadi men, watching the burning down of their fellow community members’ homes in Gujranwala the night of July 27.

Arshad Mahmood, one of the eye witnesses of the arson from the Ahmadi community of Gujranwala had reached the neighborhood where a mob of some 250 men had gathered to intimidate Ahmadi residents.

Attack on Ahmadis

Mahmood told me the mob was pelting stones at Ahmadi homes and beating down doors with batons. When the violent mob – which included some neighbors from the street of Peoples’ Colony where the incident took place – dragged a motor cycle out of one of the houses and set it on fire, the police voiced their helplessness.

California, USA: New Imam makes smooth transition at Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

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“The lesson is that we can help those people who are suffering. Once you feel hungry from this fasting month, you realize how important it is to be provided food and water.”

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By Grace Wong | July 28, 2014

CHINO -- Surrounded by hundreds of books with jewel-toned covers and gold lettering, Imam Mohammed Zafarullah quietly types away on his laptop. With Tuesday being Eid al-Fitr, one of the biggest celebrations of the Muslim faith, he is busy preparing his sermon that he will give before the feast begins.

Zafarullah came to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Chino earlier this month and so far, the transition has been smooth.

“Everyone has been very cooperative with me. The only thing that has been difficult for me is knowing everyone’s name,” Zafarullah said with a chuckle. “Other than that, there is no problem. The weather here is very nice compared to Texas. Very excellent.”

Perspective: Saudi Crocodile Tears Over Gaza

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The carnage in Gaza at least gives the world clear sight of the protagonists. The wonder of it is that all are American allies, three have US bases on their soil and a fourth is a member of Nato.

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By David Hearst | July 28, 2014

It is tough work being the Saudi ambassador to the UK. First, you have to stir yourself into action to deny the undeniable: The Israeli attack on Gaza comes with Saudi backing. That, in itself, is demeaning. But no sooner has your wrath been righteously expressed, than a colleague contradicts you. Worse still, he's the boss' brother. What is a prince to do?

In his reply to my column, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud wrote: "To think that Saudi Arabia, which has committed itself to supporting and protecting the rights of all Palestinians to self-determination and sovereignty would knowingly support the Israeli action is quite frankly a grotesque insult." He then admits "dealings" between the Kingdom and Israel but claims those "limited to bring about a plan for peace." Then he says:

Perspective: Attack on Ahmadis | Daily Dawn Editorial

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The administrative approach to this latest incident of members of a minority community being targeted inspires little hope that the perpetrators of the violence will ever be held accountable.

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By Editorial | July 29, 2014

The latest attack on Ahmadis, in Gujranwala, came complete with the usual features. A group of people, angered by an alleged act of blasphemy, identified a few Ahmadi homes to vent their ire on.

Once again, reports say the police were unable to fathom the urgency of the situation; controlling religion-based mob violence is apparently not a subject they are well versed in. Or there may have been simply a lack of will to intervene.

Whatever the case, the police failed to come to the rescue of a community that is all too often persecuted. With this attitude, it is unsurprising that, apart from the police, no other administrative arm of government was there. Many houses were set on fire and at least three lives were lost because of suffocation.

USA: Hindu American Foundation Leaders Strongly Condemn Murder Of Ahmadiyya Children In Pakistan

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“It is abhorrent and entirely unacceptable that the Ahmadiyya Muslim community is being repeatedly subjected to such barbaric acts and systematic persecution in Pakistan.” -- Samir Kalra, Esq.

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By Statement | July 28, 2014

Washington, D.C. -- Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) strongly condemned the burning to death of two Ahmadiyya Muslim children, a seven year-old girl and her baby sister, along with their grandmother on Sunday night in Gujranwala, Pakistan.

The girls and their grandmother died when a rioting mob burned down several Ahmadiyya homes in the city, after an Ahmadiyya man was accused of allegedly posting a blasphemous picture of the Kaaba (cube-shaped structure at the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia that Muslims consider sacred) on Facebook.

USA: Kenner is home to new mosque, open 24 hours a day

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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is an advocate for universal human rights, championing the empowerment and education of women. Its members are thought to be some of the most law-abiding, educated, and engaged Muslims in the world.

Imam Noman Rana (2nd-Left) with members of the Ahmadiyya Community
Photo: Twitter / @tahirsoofiahmed

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By Triness Kuhn | July 28, 2014

Kenner is the site for the newly designed Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Center that opened at 2113 38th St. in 2013. Also known as a mosque, the center is open 24 hours, welcomes people of all cultural and religious backgrounds, and serves as the community's cultural, social and religious center.

The mosque also features spaces for prayer, conference rooms, several lounges and a library.

Founded in 1889, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the largest organized Muslim Community in the world under the leadership of a Khalifa, spanning more than 200 countries, exceeding tens of millions in membership, with more than 15,000 mosques, 500 schools, and 30 hospitals.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA was established in 1920. The New Orleans chapter was formed in 1924. After extensive damage from Hurricane Isaac, the local community center, built in 1970, had to be demolished.

Pakistan: Human Rights Commission slams Ahmadis’ killing in Gujranwala

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There are many others who are so blinded by their hate and intolerance that they feel justified in cold-blooded murder, even of children, as was reported from Gujranwala.

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By Online News | July 29, 2014

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has slammed the mob attack and killing of four members of the Ahmadi community in Gujranwala and burning of five houses as “brutalisation and barbarism stooping to new lows”.

In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is shocked and disgusted at the killing of four citizens belonging to the Ahmadi faith in Gujranwala after a blasphemy allegation. Four other Ahmadis were reported to be hospitalised in a critical condition. As things stand in the country now, particularly in Punjab, a blasphemy charge, however unfounded, makes such cold-blooded killings somehow less repulsive.

Perspective: Speak up for Gujranwala

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The anti-Ahmadi bias runs too deep and is interwoven with the political, economic and religious interests of groups that are extremely powerful and totally unwilling to concede any ground on this issue.

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By Mir Nisar Ahmad | July 28, 2014

Innocent people have been killed in our own backyard

Last night Gunjranwala was Gaza. Seven-year-old Hira, her sister Kainat and 55-year-old Bashiran bibi were burned alive after a violent mob set fire to their homes and then openly celebrated the barbarity. The mob was retaliating against an alleged blasphemous post on Facebook and considered it well within its right to burn alive three innocent people not even directly involved in the incident.

Just as the long standing and well entrenched pro-Israeli bias in the Western media and governments is hard to shake and allows the IDF to kill and destroy with impunity, the victims in Gujranwala were Ahmadis who face an apartheid like state backed persecution in Pakistan. The constitution of the land declares them non-Muslim although the group claims to be within the fold of Islam. Ahmadis are prohibited from preaching their religion or posing as Muslims, an offence that carries a three-year jail term under the Pakistan Penal Code. Ahmadis can, however, also be booked under the more draconian provisions of the said penal code that prescribe the death penalty for blasphemy. Any expression of faith by an Ahmadi can potentially be construed as blasphemy and provide a pretext for mobs to ransack Ahmadi homes and burn their inhabitants alive.

India: Eid Ul Fitar celebrated in Qadian, Maulana Mohammad Inam Ghori leads prayers

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After Eid sermon Imam Ghori raised his hands for joint silent prayers and thereafter people hugged and expressed their happy Eid wishes for each other. 

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By Staff Report | July 29, 2014

Eid Ul Fitar celebrated in Qadian, Maulana Mohammad Inam Ghori led the Eid Namaz in Masjid Aqsa

Qadian -- Eid Ul Fitar was celebrated here in Qadian today. Maulana Mohammad Inam Ghori, Chief Secretary Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, India, led the Eid prayers in Masjid Aqsa.

Thousands of Muslims man and women were gathered to offer Eid prayers and listened to the Eid sermon delivered by Maulana Mohammad Inaam Ghori.

Maulana Ghori highlighted the importance of countless lessons learned from fasting during the month of Ramadan. Chief Secretary said Eid-ul-Fitr is a joyous day and it is celebrated to give thanks for the blessings of Ramadan.

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA condemns terrorist attack on children in Pakistan

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This unprovoked attack is yet another example of how the authorities in Pakistan are aiding the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, permitting extremists to continue attacks with impunity.

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By Bill Conrad | July 28, 2014

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA condemns in the strongest terms the July 27, 2014 terrorist attack on Ahmadi Muslims in Gujranwala, which is in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The targeted attack resulted in the deaths of Bashiran Bibi (55), and her granddaughters Hira (7) and Kainat (8 months). A pregnant Ahmadi Muslim was injured and later miscarried her unborn child.

In this targeted attack extremists set approximately 10 homes ablaze. Local police were present but did not act to stop the act of terrorism, nor did they clear a path for the fire department to put out the blaze. The victims died of smoke inhalation and suffocation. This unprovoked attack is yet another example of how the authorities in Pakistan are aiding the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, permitting extremists to continue attacks with impunity.

Perspective: Eight hundred dead Palestinians. But Israel has impunity | Robert Fisk

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And apart from impunity, the word stupidity comes to mind. I will forget here the corrupt Arabs and the killers of Isis and the wholesale mass murders of Iraq and Syria. Perhaps their indifference to “Palestine” is to be expected.

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By Robert Fisk | July 26, 2014

There’s something very odd about our reactions to these two outrageous death tolls

Impunity is the word that comes to mind. Eight hundred dead Palestinians. Eight hundred. That’s infinitely more than twice the total dead of flight MH17 over Ukraine. And if you refer only to the “innocent” dead – ie no Hamas fighters, young sympathisers or corrupt Hamas officials, with whom the Israelis will, in due course, have to talk – then the women and children and elderly who have been slaughtered in Gaza are still well over the total number of MH17 victims.

And there’s something very odd, isn’t there, about our reactions to these two outrageous death tolls. In Gaza, we plead for a ceasefire but let them bury their dead in the sweltering slums of Gaza and cannot even open a humanitarian route for the wounded. For the passengers on MH17, we demand – immediately – proper burial and care for the relatives of the dead. We curse those who left bodies lying in the fields of eastern Ukraine – as many bodies have been lying, for a shorter time, perhaps, but under an equally oven-like sky, in Gaza.

Pakistan: Ahmedis burned to death

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We are sadly accustomed to seeing and hearing news of Ahmedis being targeted and murdered by fanatical extremists. We are used to living in a country where it is routine to hear clerics scream and rage about how it is justified to kill the infidel Ahmedis.

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By Daily Times | July 29, 2014

Just when we thought we had seen every kind of apathy and savagery in Pakistan, we reach new lows and demonstrate, once again, just how inhumane we can be. A woman and two minor children belonging to the minority Ahmedi community have been killed in Arafat Colony, Gujranwala by an angry mob. The reason cited to be behind this shameful incident was alleged blasphemy by an Ahmedi man, Saqib, who was accused of sharing a ‘blasphemous’ picture on Facebook. This was enough to enrage the crowds and make them gather around the house of a doctor in the colony who they were told was protecting the accused. The angry mob torched the house and others, resulting in these unfortunate deaths. About 12 other people were injured. So far, no one has been arrested for this barbaric act. What was even more disturbing was the news coverage of the incident showing video footage of the mob rejoicing, dancing and celebrating after setting the houses ablaze. What has this society become?

Perspective: Behind the odd progressive divide between senators, intellectuals on Gaza

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Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., a co-sponsor of the resolution, was absolutely right when he said, “The United States Senate is in Israel’s camp.”

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By David Palumbo-Liu | July 23, 2014

Senate progressives join unanimous resolution backing Israel, but the reaction has been different elsewhere on left

Very recently, former U.S. national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski had this to say about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brutal attack on and now invasion of Gaza: “He is isolating Israel. He’s endangering its longer-range future. And I think we ought to make it very clear that this is a course of action which we thoroughly disapprove and which we do not support and which may compel us and the rest of the international community to take some steps of legitimizing Palestinian aspirations perhaps in the U.N.”

Pakistan: Mob attack over alleged blasphemy resulted in three Ahmadis killed in Gujranwala

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According to police and eyewitnesses, there were seven to eight houses of the Ahmadi community in the vicinity. However, following the violence all Ahmadi families in the area managed to flee.

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By Agencies | Iqbal Mirza | July 28, 2014

GUJRANWALA: Three female members of the Ahmadi community, including two minors, were killed late Sunday and eight others were severely injured when an angry mob attacked and burnt five houses, a storage building and several vehicles over alleged blasphemy.

Those killed in the attack include a 55-year-old woman Bashiran, a minor girl Kainat and 7-year-old girl Hira.

The victims were rushed to the district headquarters hospital and the condition of few wounded was reported as critical.

Perspective: The world is sick of Israel and its insanities | Gideon Levy

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Now Israel is discovering that it’s no longer the center of attention as it always was before, and that the fate of its kidnapping victims no longer stops the world in its tracks, not even in the United States.

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By Gideon Levy | June 26, 2014

Israel is discovering that it’s no longer the center of attention as it always was before.

What a cruel world: Three yeshiva students were kidnapped, and the world isn’t interested; three mothers are crying out, and the world doesn’t answer. It’s all because the entire world is against us; it’s anti-Semitic and hates Israel. The Anti-Defamation League is already preparing a report. But the truth is, that’s just the way things are: When you openly thumb your nose at the world for years on end, eventually, it thumbs its nose back.

The three mothers went all the way to Geneva. One of them went abroad for the first time in her life to go to the United Nations Human Rights Council. But the world, and the council, went on their merry ways. It’s the irony of fate: About two years ago, Israel officially suspended cooperation with that council; together with the Marshall Islands, Palau and the U.S., it opposed the council’s very establishment. But now, in its distress and the mothers’ distress, it has turned to the council, which is indeed hostile to Israel and spends more time on it than on any other country. Suddenly, Israel needs the world. It even needs the UN, which all of a sudden isn’t the worthless body Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion once termed it.

UK: Statement of His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad Following Attacks on Ahmadis in Gujranwala, Pakistan

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"To kill and to violently oppose is not an act of Islam but it is the act of those people who do not believe in God and do not even possess the most basic human values or decency."

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By Press Release | July 28, 2014

On 27 July 2014, Ahmadi Muslims in Kachi-Pump in Gujranwala were attacked by local extremists in a sectarian attack. During the attack, 3 Ahmadi Muslims, including a 7 year old girl and her 8 month old baby sister were martyred.  

In response to this brutal and merciless attack, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has said:

“This attack was an act of the most extreme cruelty and brutality, whereby innocent people who were sitting peacefully in their own homes were attacked and left for dead.

It has been falsely claimed that this attack was provoked by a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This allegation is completely untrue and without any foundation whatsoever. If those who perpetrated this attack truly felt that 1 person had provoked them then they should have sought his arrest but instead they chose to burn alive an elderly lady and her two granddaughters. In truth, this was an entirely unprovoked assault on all forms of human decency which led to the death of 3 people including 2 very young children.

UK: National Ahmadi Muslim Leadership Condemns Slaughter of Innocent Ahmadis in Pakistan

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The Ahmadis are specifically targeted because of their belief in their founder as the Promised Messiah,a belief that extremist clerics say  makes Ahmadis liable to be killed.

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By Media Release | July 28, 2014

 Blasphemy Allegation Leads to Slaughter of the Innocents in Pakistan

A frenzied mob of extremists in Pakistan has murdered three people after setting fire to eight houses in the town of Gujranwala in Punjab.

An eight-month old baby and seven year old child were murdered along with their grandmother who was in her fifties.  A pregnant woman who suffered severe smoke inhalation lost her unborn child and remains in critical condition.

Murder of Ahmadi Muslims is commonplace in Pakistan, where hate-filled sermons from extremist religious clerics goad worshipers to attack minorities.

Eye on Truth: It Turns Out Hamas Didn’t Kidnap and Kill the 3 Israeli Teens After All

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Non-plagiarizing BuzzFeed writer Sheera Frenkel was among the first to suggest that it was unlikely that Hamas was behind the deaths of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrach.

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By Katie Zavadski | July 23, 2014

When the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, kidnapped in the West Bank, were found late last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words. "Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay," he said, initiating a campaign that eventually escalated into the present conflict in the region.

But now, officials admit the kidnappings were not Hamas's handiwork after all.

Non-plagiarizing BuzzFeed writer Sheera Frenkel was among the first to suggest that it was unlikely that Hamas was behind the deaths of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrach. Citing Palestinian sources and experts the field, Frenkel reported that kidnapping three Israeli teens would be a foolish move for Hamas. International experts told her it was likely the work of a local group, acting without concern for the repercussions: