Prerna Katiyar. Rate Story. Font Size Abc Small. Abc Medium. Abc Large. While the annual jalsa was cancelled this year, the devout still kept their date with Qadian.
They were forced to flee their native land — Sialkot in Pakistan — due to religious persecution at the hands of orthodox Muslim sects. An Ahmadi — an adherent of the Ahmadiyya sect — she calls herself a law-abiding Muslim. There are an estimated 10 million Ahmadis around the world, living in more than countries. Of this, about 40 lakh live in Pakistan and 1. Ahmadis from Pakistan have steadily moved to the West, fleeing persecution, seeking refuge in countries such as the UK, Germany and Canada.
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Your Reason has been Reported to the admin. Fill in your details: Will be displayed Will not be displayed Will be displayed. In March , for example, the Ahmadiyya Regional Jalsa was brought to a halt by the district authorities in Shalshiri village, Ponchogarh District, on security grounds, despite taking place in an area with a large Ahmadi population.
The local community, though it approached the district authorities twice to secure permission, were reportedly not allowed to go ahead with their gathering. Ahmadi community leaders have highlighted that, while the community has struggled against a backdrop of continued violence, few of these incidents are reported in national media.
Discrimination against the community has become part of daily life for its members. This is reflected in the fact that many of the attacks carried out against the community are not perpetrated by isolated extremist cells but by crowds of locals, in many cases mobilized by preachers or politicians.
In February , the destruction of a venue scheduled to host the centenary celebrations of the Ahmadi community in Bangladesh, for instance, was carried out by a mob reportedly numbering as many as 20, people. Ahmadi leaders complained that police failed to adequately protect the site from attack. Indeed, extremist movements within the country have at times enjoyed clear signs of wider support among some Bangladeshis.
On 6 April , for instance, demonstrations staged by the group Hefazat-e-Islam saw at least half a million supporters take to the streets in Dhaka with a series of demands that included the hanging of atheist bloggers, the imposition of an anti-blasphemy law with the death penalty and the designation of Ahmadis as 'non-Muslims'.
More recently, a suicide bombing of an Ahmadi congregation in Bagmara on 25 December left three worshippers injured, with ISIS claiming responsibility for the attack.
An attack in May saw three assailants armed with machetes attack an Ahmadi place in Khanpur in northern Bangladesh, leaving a cleric seriously injured. To mark the anniversary, several anti-Ahmadi organizations in Pakistan held conferences on Saturday night where speakers called for renewed efforts to isolate Ahmadis from public life, including banning them from working in government or military jobs.
Ahmadi organizations such as Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya advised their members to stay away from public places. The laws, which carry a potential death sentence for insulting Islam, have been frequently invoked against Ahmadis and other religious minorities in Pakistan; although formal criminal prosecutions are rare, social discrimination and harassment of Ahmadis is widespread.
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