AHMADIYYA PLACE OF WORSHIP IS DESTROYED BY A VIOLENT MOB IN THE PRESENCE OF POLICE
FIVE AHMADIS HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY ARRESTED
APRIL 11, 2021: WE REGRET TO REPORT AN INCIDENT OF AN ATTACK ON AHMADIYYA PLACE OF WORSHIP IN CHAK 604 TDA, DIST. MUZAFFARGARH WHERE A VIOLENT MOB HAS DESTROYED MIHRAB AND MINARETS OF A 35 YEAR OLD AHMADIYYA PLACE OF WORSHIP IN THE PRESENCE OF POLICE.
THIS IS THE SECOND SUCH INCIDENT IN THE RECENT PAST. LAST MONTH A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN THE POLICE, SUCCUMBING TO THE PRESSURE OF EXTREMISTS ELEMENTS, DESTROYED THE MINARETS OF AN AHMADIYYA PLACE OF WORSHIP IN GARMULAN VIRKAN, DIST. GUJRANWALA.
THESE INCIDENTS HAVE CLEARLY DISHONORED THE ORDERS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN (2014) IN REGARDS TO THE PROTECTION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP.
THE POLICE HAS ARRESTED FIVE LOCAL AHMADIS AND IS NOT ALLOWING ANYONE TO SEE THEM.
THE PRESS SECTION OF THE AHMADIYYA HEAD OFFICE IN RABWAH HAS ISSUED FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE:
Press Release
35 YEAR OLD AHMADIYYA PLACE OF WORSHIP ATTACKED BY VIOLENT MOB WITH THE HELP OF POLICE IN CHAK 604 TDA, DISTRICT MUZAFFARGARH.
On 11 April 2021, a violent mob with the help of a contingent of Police lead by DSP Allah Yar Saifi and SHO Munir Mohana attacked an Ahmadiyya place of worship in Chak 604 TDA Naseem Pulley, near Chowk Sarwar Shaheed district Muzaffargarh, in Punjab. This is the second such attack in two months just in Punjab province. Last month another place of worship, on 17 March, in Garmula Virkan, District Gujranwala was desecrated by a violent mob with the help of police.
In Muzaffargarh DSP allowed the mob to break the Ahmadiyya place of worship. The mob destroyed the minarets & mihrab of the building under the watchful protection of the police.
On top of that, police arrested five members of the Ahmadiyya community and registered the case.
The police raided the premises again at 2:00 AM & broke into the houses of members of the Ahmadiyya community to arrest more members. The police station Chowk Sarwar is not allowing anyone to see the arrested ones.
The spokesperson of Jama’at Ahmadiyya Pakistan said;
We are extremely worried about the well-being of the members of the community in police custody as well as those who are at home. The heavy-handedness of police in the destruction of the place of worship, as well as arrests, are unwarranted and wrong, should be stopped.
He urged that the government should take notice of this alarming situation, leave the members of the peaceful community alone, and stop this state-backed persecution of the members of the community. This is a gross violation of the human rights of the Ahmadiyya community and directly against the landmark 2014 judgment of Supreme Court chief justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani about the protection of places of worship.
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Before and after the incident
