Pakistan: Government kneels down to JuD calls, asks Ahmadis to stop praying

January 28, 2012 in Home, News

By: Imran Jattala | Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times

The government officials have advised the members of the Rawalpindi Ahmadiyya community to stop praying at the Satellite Town Ahmadiyya center, Ewan-e Touheed.

Anti Ahmadi banner, Satellite Town

Known terrorist, joined by the extremists and militants elements of Pakistan demand that Ahmadis should cease their all worship activities at the Satellite Town Ahmadiyya center.

The Satellite Town area has been inundated with anti-Ahmadiyya signs and banners in advance of the massive rally called by the militants groups to force-stop Ahmadis from their worship activities.

The government officials say that in order to avoid unpleasant situation in Rawalpindi during anti-Ahmadiyya rally on the 29th January, Ahmadis should not offer Namaz and Juma prayers [Ahmadi Muslim acts of worship] at their center.

“The state has decided which side it is going to take,” said a representative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community disappointedly about the deteriorating safety conditions for Ahmadi members in Rawalpindi a major town near Pakistan’s capital Islamabad..

Ahmadis say this is an old tactic used against them in Pakistan to pressurize them. “This is to make us yield while the militants are given a free hand to break the law.”

“How we being peaceful and law abiding can stop praying to Allah?,” the community represented asked. “How can we bend down in front of militants and compromise on our duty to Almighty?”

The move by the government clearly shows how the helpless authorities are controlled by the militants that they are passing the militants’ demands to the Ahmadiyya community.

These are the same demands mullahs have been making for days, say the Ahmadis, and now the government is towing into their demands.

“This shows lack of control,” the Ahmadiyya representative said highlighting the government’s impotence.

The Ahmadiyya community demanded the government “to do its duty and provide the security to perform their religious duties.”

“This is our uncompromisable right,” the community asserted.

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  • Yusuf

    The first rule of national stability politically is equality.  Equality before the law, equal rights and accountability for all. This leads to a stability via assured security. Equality breeds satisfaction with institutions which in turn breeds an atmosphere of mutual co-operation. These institutions become valued. They are then further advocated. True patriotism is born. 

    Why did Europe go through hundreds of years of backwardness  and volatility? One reason is because they allowed  the clerical class, who were corrupt and wholly ignorant to dictate. Separation of church and state brought revolution. But the clerical class did not let the power slip from their hands easily. Now Pakistan MUST take THIS step and remove religion from politics and politics from religion. Both spheres must be separate.    

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  • Mansoor Ahmad

    What the Mullahs are doing in Pakistan in the name of Islam is not the teachings of Islam. Ahmadees believe on Holy prophet (SM) and the teaching of Islam. It proves over more than 123 years that Ahmadiyya Muslims are true and no one can destroy it because it guided and protected by Allah Himself.
    Mansoor Ahmad
    London