News about religious persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community http://www.thepersecution.org/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-gb Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT 5 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT webmaster@thepersecution.org (Web Master) (c) Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - All rights reserved. 144 51 http://www.thepersecution.org/ http://www.thepersecution.org/tporss.gif Is it not time for the learned ulema to re-examine their thesis that the blasphemy law can stop private citizens from killing suspects? Surely they do not wish their faith to be defamed. ... The argument for the repeal of the blasphemy law has never been fairly rebutted but if those who matter cannot withdraw it they can at least meet the objections to the existing legal provision that have been raised by courts and the advocates of 295-C themselves. - Daily Dawn, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0729.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0729.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT Indonesian police have clashed with about 200 people trying to attack a mosque used by a minority Islamic sect known as Ahmadiya. The mob hurled stones at the mosque in Manislor village in Kuningan district in West Java, prompting an hour-long confrontation with police, a local Ahmadiya official said. - Al Jazeera Net, Qatar http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/alj29.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/alj29.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT INDONESIAN police clashed with about 200 people on Thursday as the mob tried to attack a mosque in West Java belonging to a minority Islamic sect. The crowd hurled stones at an Ahmadiyah mosque in Manislor village in Kuningan district, leading to an hour-long conflict with police, said local general secretary of the Ahmadiyah sect, Nurahim. - The Straits Times, Singapore http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/st29.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/st29.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT The stand-off between locals and followers of the Ahmadiyah sect in Manis Lor village, Kuningan, West Java, is continuing. On Thursday, 300 Islamic activists from Kuningan, Ciamis and Indramayu districts gathered at the village to protest against the continued existence of the Ahmadiyah community. - Jakarta Globe, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg29a.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg29a.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT Sectarian tensions rippled through an Indonesian town Thursday, where groups squared off over the closing of a minority group's mosques. Groups of Muslims and Ahmadis threw rocks at each other in the West Javan village of Kuningan, with police standing guard between the two groups. - CNN, USA http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/cnn29.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/cnn29.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT Indonesian police clashed with about 200 people Thursday as the mob tried to attack a mosque in West Java belonging to a minority Islamic sect. The crowd hurled stones at an Ahmadiyah mosque in Manislor village in Kuningan district, leading to an hour-long conflict with police, said local general secretary of the Ahmadiyah sect, Nurahim. - Saigon Post, Vietnam http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/sp29.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/sp29.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT Repression of basic humanitarian rights will only lead to a chaotic backlash. The blasphemy laws have imparted irreparable damage to the social fabric of the country. Until immediate action is taken to stop abuse of the law, many more lives will be lost. - Dawn Blog, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0727.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0727.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:00 GMT After having failed on Monday to seal off mosques belonging to the Ahmadiyah sect in a village in Kuningan, West Java, police and public order officers followed through with the closures on Wednesday but met with strong resistance from sect members. - Jakarta Globe, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg29.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg29.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT The sealing of the mosque belonging to Jamaat Ahmadiyya in Manis Lor Village, Jalaksana Subdistrict, Kuningan Regency, West Java, is finally postponed after holding dialogue. However, some members of Jamaat Ahmadiyya are still worried if their house of worship will be closed. - TEMPO Interkatif, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/ti26b.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/ti26b.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT Hundreds of members belonging to Jamaat Ahmadiyya in Manis Lor village, Jalaksana Sub district, Kuningan regency are preparing to prevent the sealing of their Mosque by Kuningan Government, on Monday (26/7) today. - TEMPO Interkatif, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/ti26a.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/ti26a.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT Violent scenes erupted in Kuningan, West Java, early on Wednesday morning when police and local government security officers attempted to seal a mosque belonging to a branch of Islam considered deviant by mainstream Indonesian Muslims... 'It seems that people and the government do not realize that the right to worship, as stipulated in the Constitution, comes with the right to have a house of worship,' Setara's Bonar Tigor Naipospos said. - Jakarta Globe, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg28.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg28.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT The trend of employing violent means to suppress the religious freedom of minority groups is escalating, with local governments acting as the greatest violator, a report shows. - The Jakarta Post, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp27.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp27.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT Indonesia has seen a deficit in terms of constitutional democracy and freedom of religion such as sectarian conflict in Ambon and Poso. In other cases, hard-line groups have committed violence against minorities, both the internal and the outsiders, in which women have fallen victims. - The Jakarta Post, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp26.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp26.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT Further information through eyewitness accounts, personal narratives, media reports, op-eds etc on the carnage in two Ahmadiyya mosques in Lahore. Agitation in different Punjabi towns against Ahmadiyya commumnity and its members. Jamaat Islami threatens to start another Khatame Nabuwwat movement. http://www.thepersecution.org/nr/2010/june.html http://www.thepersecution.org/nr/2010/june.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:30:00 GMT Arrests under Section 295-C of the PPC for allegations of blasphemy illustrates the dangers inherent in a law that lends itself to misuse. The blasphemy law is rightly criticised for the manner in which it can be abused. We must also note that it helps foster a societal mindset of jungle justice where individuals feel that it is right to take the law into their own hands. The blasphemy law must be repealed. - Daily Dawn, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0721.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0721.html Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:30:00 GMT Khatmey Nabuat is a radical Jihadist group formed under the leadership of Moulana Mumtazi and Mufti Noor Hussain Noorani in 1995. It came into open activities, mostly targeting Ahmadiyas since 1996. Dozens of Ahmadiya mosques were demolished and burnt by the members of Khatmey Nabuat. It claims to declare Ahmadiyas as 'non Muslims'. The then Islamist Coalition government in Bangladesh banned religious publications of Ahmadiyas in 2002 at the demand of Khatmey Nabuat. - Weekly Blitz, Bangladesh http://www.thepersecution.org/world/bangladesh/10/07/blitz21.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/bangladesh/10/07/blitz21.html Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:30:00 GMT A spate of recent terror attacks suggests this might be Pakistan’s only way of battling its inner demons. On May 28, armed militants attacked two mosques of the Ahmadiya community in Lahore. Ninety-seven people died and dozens were wounded. - Global Post, USA http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/gp0718.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/gp0718.html Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:05:00 GMT The Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) have picked up a doctor in connection with the May 31 attack on the Jinnah Hospital after 'a thorough surveillance lasting over a month and a half' on July 10, officials in the agency have told The Express Tribune. - The Express Tribune, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/et0717.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/et0717.html Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT The footage was recorded from a camera placed outside 'Darul Zikr', the Ahmadi prayer house. The footage shows two heavily-armed terrorists enter the place of worship at the time of prayers and shooting at worshippers. - Daily Dawn, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0716.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0716.html Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT The fairly modest establishment played witness to the birth of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), a hard-line organization notorious for its violent attacks on those it deems offensive to Islamic values and virtues. Inside the compound another sign reads, 'Do not tire or become exhausted in the struggle to eradicate Ahmadiyah'. - The Jakarta Post, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp16b.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp16b.html Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT Analysts believe the FPI will eventually break apart into several autonomous splinter cells ... The organization is now breaking up into smaller groups widely associated with thugs, operating independently from each other. - The Jakarta Post, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp16a.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp16a.html Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT Police officials take bribes to file false blasphemy charges against Ahmadis, Christians, Hindus, and occasionally Muslims. - Illume Magazine, USA http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/il0715.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/il0715.html Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT Why on earth would one turn to a group like the Majlis Khatm-i-Nabuwat to ask them their opinion of these attacks? Their poisonous ideology is already well known, what useful contribution did the anchor believe these people would make to people's understanding of the attacks? - The Express Tribune, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/et0714.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/et0714.html Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT Hundreds of people from various Islamic organizations rallied at the Simpang Lima Tarogong, Garut, West Java, on Wednesday (14/7). They demanded the agency to clean the area from the Ahmadiyah congregation. Ratusan warga dari berbagai ormas Islam berunjuk rasa di Simpang Lima Tarogong, Garut, Jawa Barat, Rabu (14/7). Mereka menuntut pembersihan instansi di daerah itu dari jemaah Ahmadiyah. - Liputan TV, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/lt14.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/lt14.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT The National Police should no longer tolerate religious hard-liners such as the Islamic Defenders Front, which are using violence and intimidation under the guise of piety, a number of rights groups - including Muslim organizations - said on Wednesday. - Jakarta Globe, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg14.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg14.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT Samsu said in reference to a recent incident of violence by members of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) that police had not received enough support from the public, including from other Islamic organizations, to take action against the group. The recent months have seen a series of attacks by the FPI and clashes among religious and ethnic groups. - The Jakarta Post, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp14.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp14.html Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT In the latest attack on the rights of minority religions, hundreds of public order officers in Bogor on Monday demolished the foundations for a planned mosque for worshippers from the Ahmadiyah sect. - Jakarta Globe, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg13.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jg13.html Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:00: GMT In another incident, a mosque that once acted as a house of worship for Ahmadiyah followers in Bogor was demolished by police on Monday. The authorities argued that if they did not tear it down, several Islamic groups had threatened to close the mosque by force. - The Jakarta Post, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp13.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp13.html Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:00: GMT Religious propagation is mostly conducted discretely rather than openly, and this allowed the leaders of different religions to remain courteous with one another as they meet in the interfaith dialogues. Leaders of mainstream Islamic organizations were also able to distance themselves from the violent behavior by the likes of the FPI. - The Huffington Post, USA http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/hp13.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/hp13.html Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:00: GMT To some, the basic structure is embodied in the fundamental rights guaranteed by a constitution... Well, if it was the fundamental rights (Articles 8 to 28), then the basic structure was changed within four hours of its promulgation on Aug 14, 1973 when a presidential order declared that the state of emergency imposed in 1971 would continue for an unspecified period and that 10 of the guaranteed fundamental rights stood non-justiciable... - Daily Dawn, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0711.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0711.html Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:00: GMT It is now evident that the Punjab government led by the PML-N and the army, which is spearheading counter-terrorism operations, are on a warpath. At a recent meeting at the General Headquarters (GHQ), senior intelligence officers conveyed their serious concern to the Punjab government over its failure to act against terrorists based in the province on the basis of information provided to it. - Daily Dawn, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0708.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dawn0708.html Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT According to Waqar Gilani, in 1973 the then president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Abdul Qayyum, declared Ahmadis to be non-Muslims. In the same year, a Saudi Arabian conference also agreed to oust Ahmadis from the circle of Islam. In 1974 they were declared non-Muslims by the Pakistani Parliament. In 1984, Gen. Zia-ul-Haq promulgated a martial law ordinance containing blasphemy laws that undercut the activities of religious minorities generally, but struck at Ahmadis in particular. - Jakarta Globe, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/jg0708.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/jg0708.html Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT The unfounded but patronized religious intolerance of the Pakistani government has encouraged extremist clerics to define their own obscurantist version of Islam. Their version allows no tolerance for divergent views; killing any non-Muslim or heretic is their favorite slogan. Christians, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists are their obvious targets, but any Muslims who do not see the world through their eyes are not spared. - Duluth News Tribune, Canada http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dnt0708.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dnt0708.html Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT An authority to adjudicate constitutional complaints will open the Constitutional Court's door for those wanting to contest rights-breaching regulations, including discriminative bylaws adopted in regions, an expert says. - The Jakarta Post, Indonesia http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp07.html http://www.thepersecution.org/world/indonesia/10/07/jp07.html Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT The Lahore Police on Monday claimed to have arrested six terrorists involved in the attacks on the worship places of Ahmedis and recovered large quantities of explosives and weapons from their possession. - Daily Times, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dtp0706a.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dtp0706a.html Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT The inquiry that was ordered by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to identify the security loopholes and the reasons behind the terrorist attacks on the worship places of Ahmedis has become long overdue and does not seem to be coming out of the works anytime soon. - Daily Times, Pakistan http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dtp0706b.html http://www.thepersecution.org/news/10/dtp0706b.html Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT