Pakistan: Sunni Muslim stabs Ahmadi to death because of his faith

The targeting of Ahmadis in Pakistan and elsewhere is as brutal as the persecution of infidels and apostates, because they are considered heretics in mainstream Islam, as is every Muslim group that doesn’t follow normative Islamic doctrine.

Yet despite the long history of persecution they have endured, Ahmadis routinely ally with Sunni groups and proselytize in the West, claiming that Islam is a religion of peace.

“Pakistani Man from Minority Ahmadi Community Stabbed to Death Over Faith: Police,” News 18, May 18, 2022:

A 35-year-old Pakistani man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community has been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic over his faith in the country’s Punjab province, the police said on Wednesday.

Pakistan’s Parliament in 1974 declared the Ahmadi community as non-Muslims. A decade later, they were banned from calling themselves Muslims. They are banned from preaching and from travelling to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage.

The latest incident took place in Okara district, some 130 km from here, on Tuesday. Abdul Salam, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to death by “religious fanatic” Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his faith, senior police officer Muhammad Saddique told PTI.

“When Salam was returning from his agricultural land, Raza attacked him with a knife. Salam died on the spot with multiple wounds on his body. Raza managed to flee after raising religious slogans,” the officer said. A case has been registered under murder and terrorism charges against the suspect.

The police officer said that the alleged killer was a seminary student and had no other apparent reason to kill Salam except his faith……