Erfurt Mosque Controversy: Ahmadiyya spokesperson attacked

According to Police, a spokesperson for Germany’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community was attacked on Tuesday evening. The attacker who is thought to be a 40 to 45-year-old man shouted xenophobic slogans and praised the rightwing AFD party.

33-year-old Suleman Malik who is of Pakistani origin was racially abused and attacked on Tuesday at around 7PM between the city center and main Station in the town of Erfurt. The attacker mentioned AFD Leader of Thüringen and said: “You do not belong in our country,”. Malik is a spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany. The rightwing AFD party has objected to the community’s proposed construction of the mosque which will be “about the size of a two-family house,” .

Malik who has lived and worked in Erfurt for 17 years said “That was one of the worst attacks that I have ever experienced…..Hate speech is the cause of such attack”.

AFD Co-Founder Supports Construction of Efurt Mosque

On the other hand Co-founder of Germany’s right wing party, AFD is supporting the construction of the Mosque in the German city of Erfurt. He said Religious Freedom is a fundamental right in the german society. He believes that people of all faiths should have religious freedom and it is their right to build a place of worship.

Lucke showed his disappointment at the direction of the AfD which he believes is undermining fundamental rights granted by the German constitution.

Analysts say he made a significant move by coming to Erfurt. In Erfurt Lucke met with representatives of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community on the planned site for the mosque in Marbach. He was surprised by the offbeat location and small size of the proposed Mosque.

“I find it a bit embarrassing for us as Germans, that the Ahmadiyya community has to build [the Mosque] in a place, where the building can not be seen, A mosque should not have to be hidden” stated Lucke.

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Zubair Khan says:

September 15, 2016 at 8:23 AM

Yeh to ho ga. 4th Successor (ra) of AMJ once said German Ahmadiyya might also face stiff Opposition. May be it is begining. No problem we are ready to absorb every thing peacefully.

Anwar A.R.Mirza says:

October 3, 2016 at 3:41 AM

hr nabi ki mukhalfat hoti he , yahi sachai ki daleel chalti ai he ore chalti rehe gi,Mirza GHULAM AHMAD of Qadian was sent by Allah and with Allah's help and guidance his followers are growing day by day,and spreading the word of God and his Prophet,there will be trials and problems,as it happened with all the prophets sent ,and eventually prophets and his companions succeed ,the Ahmadyiat the real islam will prevail inshallah with the help of Almighty and nothing ,nothing can stop the true message of islam and peace. ANWAR MIRZA

Ghulam Sarwar says:

February 9, 2017 at 12:39 AM

I do not understand the purpose of the above comment. There should be no hatred on account of difference of faith or race, even for differing in politics, as long as a person or group is completely peaceful. True Muslims will (and should) always take good care of people of other faiths.
Problem is that at present the majority Muslims are being misled by their religious leaders. It is the common Muslims who need to be taught good lessons. There is no need to preach to non-Muslims. It is necessary to preach to the Muslims (even though preaching i.e. Tableegh is only to be done to non-Muslims.). The reason is that majority Muslims are worse than any non-Muslim. It is the Muslims who misunderstand things; who have spoiled the show.
Whether it works or not, I would rather go after the Muslims for preaching good things of Islam. (Wassalam).