Pakistan Police Demolish Ahmadi Places of Worship
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan (JAP) on Monday said that police in Pakistan’s Punjab province have demolished the minarets of two 70-year-old places of worship of the Ahmadiyya community, allegedly under pressure from religious fundamentalists. This act of demolition took place in Khanewal and Gujranwala. “In both Khanewal and Gujranwala, the police, under pressure from religious fundamentalists, demolished the minarets of the Ahmadiyya places of worship and covered the sacred inscriptions with cement,” senior JAP official Aamir Mehmood told PTI.
What is the court’s decision?
Aamir Mahmood said that both the places of worship were built in the 1950s. Mahmood said that Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh of Lahore High Court had clearly stated in his decision given on 31 August 2023 that it is illegal to damage the places of worship of the Ahmadiyya community built before 1984. The court clearly ruled that the law enacted in 1984 does not apply to such places of worship, and any act of vandalism or damage would be illegal.
What did the police say?
Claiming blatant violation of the court order, Mehmood said, “We showed the Lahore High Court order to the police, but it was ignored. The police claimed that they were under immense pressure from religious elements.” JAP condemned the police action, calling it illegal and an abuse of rights.
Ahmadiyya community is being harassed
In Pakistan, religious fundamentalists are reportedly intensifying their hate campaign against people of the Ahmadiyya community, leading to increased harassment of them at workplaces, their dismissal from jobs and public calls to boycott Ahmadiyya shopkeepers. is being done. (Language)
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