It is not known if or when the five Pakistanis will be charged or tried. Families have reportedly been told there is a possibility they will be deported once they provide details about whom they converted.
Source/Credit: Libya Herald
By Libya Herald | January 16, 2103
Updated by Imran Jattala / Ahmadiyya Times
Tripoli: Five Pakistani members of the Ahmadi sect are being held on suspicion of trying to 'convert' Libyans. A Libyan, who is reported to have been converted, has also been arrested.
Pakistani officials indicate the arrests took place on New Year’s Eve in the Tripoli suburb or Gurgi. The five Pakistanis are reported as Abdus Sami, supposedly the head of the Ahmadiyya community in Libya and two sets of brothers, Haris and Jawad Ahmad, who are said to have come to Libya aound 2006, and two others named only as Noor and Imran.
The Libyan has been named as Muadh Al-Goul. Another Libyan is reportedly being sought.
Pakistani officials report that four of the five are being held at Abu Sleem prison and that consular access has been granted to them. The location of a fifth is unknown at present.
The movement was founded in the 19th century in India as an offshoot of Islam and regards itself as a reform movement. But it is seen as heretical by main mainstream Sunnis. Today, Pakistan is home to the world’s largest Ahmedi community, some two to three million, but they have been legally classified there as non-Muslim and have been the target of terrorist attacks.
It is not known if or when the five Pakistanis will be charged or tried. Families have reportedly been told there is a possibility they will be deported once they provide details about whom they converted.
And, to extract details, the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim community says, the Ahmadi detainees are being tortured in jails and treated inhumanely.
In his Friday Sermon delivered on January 4th, 2012, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, His Holiness Mirza Hadhrat Masroor Ahmad, mentioned the situation of the Ahmadi Muslims in Libya to the community at large.
His Holiness highlighted the deteriorating conditions for the community members in Libya and sought prayer by the worldwide followers for their Libyan brethren.
Hadhrat Ahmad said the situation for Ahmadis in Libya is very critical these days and there is no proper government in the country because each region is under the influence of certain organisations or tribal people.
His Holiness related that the police has captured Ahmadis on the incitement of religious leaders and Islamist organisations and in places it is said they are being tortured.
His Holiness said that Ahmadis are in great distress there, especially those who are not indigenous Libyans.
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