Pakistan: Jhelum Ahmadis' hardships; pregnant woman hid in wild bushes for 3 hours

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Mob looted homes however they could, and burnt everything else.they couldn't put in their pockets or carry on their shoulders. 

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By Web desk | November 25, 2015

Last Friday evening, when a violent mob shouting Allah-o Akbar set on fire an Ahmadi-owned business with workers inside and attacked adjacent homes where workers' families lived, the mob created a blockade to keep workers and their families from escaping the fire while they held rescuers outside at a distance.

Nearly 1,500 Ahmadis were displaced when men, women, and children were forced to make fast get-aways from the enraged mob lusting after their blood.

Mob looted homes however they could, and burnt everything else.they couldn't put in their pockets or carry on their shoulders.

A few harrowing details from the incident describe what people in social media learned from firsthand narrations coming from the scene of attack.

• 'In #Jehlum the mob was angry at alleged Quran burning but actually they were busy looting houses & property. Then they burnt everything'

• 'One Ahmadi pregnant woman had to hide from the enraged mob for 3 hours in wild bushes with her two toddler daughters, and it ws a cold night.'

• 'There were pickets on the GT Road stopping the cars and searching for the burqa clad Ahmadi women.'

• 'After escaping the violent mob, two Ahmadi boys had to hide and walk thru bushy hills till 3 in the morning'

• 'Mob was insistent on holding the Ahmadi women back, while the men tried to convince people to kill them but let their wives and kids go'

• 'The Jhelum factory was paying for the education of the person making videos and inciting people; one small example of the countless betrayals'

• In one instance, 'Parents who sent their kids to a female Ahmadi tutor were amongst those who burned down her home'

• By the way, 'the oldest boy* of the man accused of burning the Qurans is a 'Hafiz-e Quran.' [meaning the parents from very early age helped the child memorized the entire text of the Holy Quran out of reverence for the scriptures.']

* Actually, it's not the son but his nephews who are Hafiz-e Quran, it has been suggested. (verification pending)


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Collected from @humda83 and @TahirImran



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