Ahmadiyya Times | News Staff |
Source: Compiled from multiple sources
By Ahmadiyya Times staff | July 2, 2010
An Ahmadi Muslim man was arrested in Faisalabad, Pakistan and booked on anti-Ahmadiyya charges, an Urdu newspaper reported on July 1.
It was alleged by one Iftikhar Ahmad, a resident of Amin Park, that suspect Asghar Ali was promoting his faith by distributing newspapers full of ‘objectionable materials,’ a bureau report stated.
According to the report published in Daily Pakistan, the Batala Colony police confiscated certain newspapers containing ‘unacceptable materials’ from the accused.
The area police charged the accused under section 298-C of the Pakistan Penal Code and booked him into custody to continue the investigation.
The sources familiar with the arrest believe that the newspaper confiscated from the accused is Daily Al-Fazl, published from Rabwah [Chanab Nagr], Pakistan for the benefit of the Ahmadiyya membership with faith-based news and articles.
Daily Al-Fazl, an Ahmadiyya Community newspaper, is often accused of printing Islamic teachings, an act illegal for the members of the Ahmadiyya Community.
Section 298-C of the Pakistan Penal Code forbids the members of the Ahmadiyya Community from “behaving as Muslims behave, calling themselves Muslims, proselytizing, or "in any manner whatsoever" outraging the religious feelings of Muslims.” [Blasphemy law in Pakistan, Wikipedia]
The other parts of the PPC section 298 deal with minorities of Pakistan in general and the statute has been long used to settle personal scores and make property grabs by the extremists.
Violation of any part of section 298 makes the accused liable to receive a three years prison term and fine.
--Ahmadiyya Times staff
--@Kunri
Links to original sources here: [Daily Pakistan | Wikipedia | Al-Islam | Al-Fazl Daily]
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