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29 Ahmadi graves desecrated in Dunyapur

A case has been registered by the Police for the desecration of 29 graves belonging to Ahmadiyya community members. The incident happened on Saturday night in the Dunyapur, District Lodhran Punjab. Ahmadiyya community’s spokesperson Saleemuddin said that plaques of a large number of graves were broken while 29 other graves were dug up. The local representatives of the Ahmadiyya community approached the Police and submitted an application for legal action to be taken against the perpetrators but no action has …

Ahmadi student expelled from COMSATS

Rabia Saleem, a female student of the Ahmadi religious sect in the final year of studies at the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Lahore, Pakistan, has been expelled on allegations of blasphemy. Saleem was accused of blasphemy by the student wing of the banned Islamist organization known as Tahaffuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwwat (TKN). Saleem lived at a student hostel in Lahore, and allegedly removed a banner displayed by TKN condemning the Ahmadi community. A guard observed her removing the poster. He then …

80 year old woman killed during break-in

Robbers murdered a 80-year-old woman and took away gold ornaments, cash and other valuables in three strike here the other day. As per detail, the incident occurred in Mohallah Nasirabad of Rabwah where unidentified intruders killed a 80-year-old woman Amatul Majeed. She was alone in the house when the culprits stormed the house.

Intolerance in the curriculum

There have been several shocking incidents over the past week or so that go only to highlight the kind of intolerance we are facing in our society and the manner in which this is spreading. Worst of all the spirit of hatred has also seeped into classrooms, and is being used to poison the minds of children. This process will of course lead to the emergence, even before our watching eyes, of yet another generation persuaded that it is acceptable …

Kashmir: Ahmadi Father & Son abducted by armed men

Dr. Shah Muhammad Javaid a senior surgeon and vice president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Kotli was abducted by armed men on Sunday night along with his 11 year old son Fahad . They were returning to their home in Sadiqabad, Kotli from his inlaws’ house with was a five minute walk from their home . Dr Shah’s car was discovered at 7:00am on 31st October by Motorway Police near Deena, Jehlum more than 100 kilometres away from his home meanwhile …

History of Rabwah

It was in the August of 1947 that Pakistan got its independence, and the 2nd head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the time His Holiness Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad worked side by side with Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan. And at times when Jinnah had given up on the idea of Pakistan he forced him to rejoin politics and work for the cause of Muslims in the Indian subcontinent. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947 most of …

Nusrat Girls Highschool: Risking lives for education

Over 2,500 Students of Nusrat Girls High school Rabwah risk their lives every day for the sake of education. Nusrat Girls High school the oldest educational institution established in 1949 was declared not only unsafe but dangerous by the authorities in 1997. A decade has passed since the building was declared dangerous but so far no action has been taken by Punjab’s Education Department to renovate the now decaying building. Teachers have also expressed their grave concerns over the fragile …

Rabwah braces for another Khatm e Nabuwat conference

Rabwah once again braces itself for yet another Khatm e Nabuwat conference which is set to take place at Madrassa Arabia on 13th and 14th October, Both the Madrassa Arabia & the adjoining Khatme Nabuwat Mosque have been built on illegally occupied land. For years, the Khatm-e-Nabuwat conference has been used to spread hate against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan. Khatm-e-Nabuwat and its leaders are guilty of proposing plans to evict Ahmadis from their own town. A similar conference …

Ahmadi teacher gunned down in Sheikhupura

Dilawar Hussain, 42 a teacher at a local Government primary school was gunned down after two unknown assailants entered the school where he was teaching and started firing at him.He was seriously injured as he was shot in the neck and the stomach, He died while he was being taken to the hospital. Soon after he converted to Ahmadiyyat local clerics issued a Fatwa (religious decree) against him declaring him to be an apostate and worthy to be killed. Mr …

Extremist religious groups threaten Ahmadi Muslim students

Malice, hatred and discrimination against Ahmadi Muslim students is growing in Pakistan as part of a wider scheme to cripple Ahmadis educationally, economically and socially. Ahmadis were declared a non Muslim minority in Pakistan by the amendment in the Constitution and they cannot perform their religious duties in open places, nor can they declare themselves Muslims. And even then, they cannot enjoy the rights of the minorities as guaranteed in the Constitution of Pakistan. A campaign against Ahmadi students, particularly …

Summer afternoons on the Chenab

Chenab is a major river that forms in upper Himalayas and flows throw Kashmir and into the plains of Punjab, Pakistan. The river essentially separates Rabwah and Chiniot. But are connected by the two bridges in place, the earlier one was constructed by the British and is over a century old. It was constructed in Stocktontees, England by a British firm Head Wrightson & Co in 1877. The bridge also came under attack during the Indo-Pak war of 1965 but …

Jamia Ahmadiyya students take top spot in Intermediate Exams

On Saturday 10th September  The Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Faisalabad announced results for Intermediate Examinations 2011. The top 3 positions in Arts Group among boys were all bagged by 3 bright students of Jamia Ahmadiyya Rabwah, Raja Athar Qudoos a 6th year student at Jamia Ahmadiyya came first after securing 931 marks, Syed Anwaar Ahmad Shah took 921 marks and came second while Hafiz Ata ul Haleem a 5th year student at Jamia Ahmadiyya came third after securing …