Rabwah Times

In Rabwah, every house has a story to tell

RABWAH: The tombstones in Rabwah’s graveyards tell a macabre tale. The graves of the men killed in the attacks on Ahmadi places of worship in Lahore – retired army officers and young factory workers among them – rest with the dozens killed due to the persecution of the Ahmadiyya community. The graveyards have been defiled in the past as locals have released animals in the graveyards or trod on the graves. Other tombstones in a row show how entire families …

Local Ahmadi leader shot dead in Nawabshah

Hatred against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Pakistan continues to spread and leads to such tragic incidents It is with great sadness that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat hereby confirms that on 11 July 2011, a well-known and respected Ahmadi lawyer, Mr Malik Mabroor Ahmad (50), was martyred in Nawab Shah, Sindh. At approximately 8.15pm local time, Malik Mabroor Ahmad was shot point blank near his office by an unidentified gunman. Upon hearing the gunfire, the brother of the deceased, Malik …

Prince Edward visits Ahmadiyya Mosque in London

The Earl of Wessex greeted by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, world Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at HRH, the Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward today paid a visit to the Fazl Mosque in South West London. The Fazl Mosque, commonly known as the ‘London Mosque’ is owned by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and is London’s oldest mosque. Prince Edward arrived at 11.20am and was greeted by a delegation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, led by its Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, …

London Mosque to get a Royal Visit

The London Mosque – the capital’s first purpose-built mosque – opened in 1926, is to host a Royal visitor. HRH The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, will visit the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Putney on Thursday July 7 – to inspect its garden and flower displays. The mosque, known as Fazl Mosque, is one of the venues selected to be inspected by The London Gardens Society of which The Earl is Patron. It is where the worldwide Head – or …

Chiniot: Factory’s explosive ties with Terrorists

The blast at Yameen factory in Chiniot on 2nd June wasn’t anything out of the ordinary and could have easily passed off as an accident but the timing of this blast made it very peculiar, as on the same day officers from the FIA were paying a visit to the factory. The factory used to manufacture explosives which were later used in mountain blasting. But according to confidential sources recent investigations carried out by the FIA have shown that the …

Niazis : The Neighbours from Hell

The Niazi family which has been living illegally on a piece of land forcibly taken from Ahmadis and turned into a colony for “Muslims”, to be specific followers of the Khatm-e-Nabuwat movement who for years have been openly involved in the persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan and more recently in Faisalabad. The family has left a trail that is loaded with mischief & misery along with death threats and senseless beatings of minors belonging to Ahmadiyya Community. In a previous …

Radicals distribute Jihadi fliers against Ahmadis in Faisalabad

All-Pakistan Students Khatm-e-Nubuwat Federation are handing out Pamphlets labelling members of the Ahmadiyya community “Wajibul Qatl” (‘liable to be murdered’), and inciting people to attack followers of the faith, are being openly and widely distributed in Punjab’s hub Faisalabad, Not only that the weekly Khatm-e-Nabuwat magazine website states that anyone who commits the “crime” of leaving “Islam” should be killed. But the shocking fact is that the leaflet contains a list of names of Ahmadi industrialists, doctors and businesses. The …

US condemns Jang Group & Geo TV for inciting Violence

In a leaked US  Diplomat cable the US has condemned GeoTv and its owner Jang Media Group for airing stories that encourage violence, the cable dated 11/26/2008 highlights how the network specifically targeted the Ahmadiyya Community which resulted in the murder of two prominent Ahmadi leaders after Geo Tv Network aired the program “Aaalim Online” on September 7, 2008. In the program guests used the phrase “Wajib ul Qatal” or “Duty to Kill” for those who believed in Ahmadiyyat.The cable …