How can Mubarak Sani have a “right to religion” when the Qur’an directs Muslims to “fight them until persecution is no more and religion is all for Allah” (8:39)? “Pakistan: Islamist mobs descend into Supreme Court premises, demand Chief Justice’s resignation for saying Ahmadiyya man booked for blasphemy has ‘right to religion,’” OpIndia, August 20, […]
Pakistan: Muslim leader offers $36,000 to anyone who beheads Supreme Court Chief Justice for supporting Ahmadis
This is why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reform, or sincere and trustworthy reformers. Those who actually stand against Islamic orthodoxy, or who are perceived as doing so, are putting their lives in danger. “Pakistan arrests radical Islamist leader for placing bounty on chief justice,” by Ayaz Gul, Voice of America, July 29, 2024: […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Muslims murder Ahmadi dentist
As far as the jihadis are concerned, better to have bad teeth than an Ahmadi dentist. “Gunmen kill Ahmadi minority doctor in Pakistan,” by Ayaz Gul, Voice of America, July 27, 2024: ISLAMABAD — Unknown attackers in central Pakistan shot and killed a member of the minority Ahmadi community Saturday amid an uptick in violence, against what […]
Pakistan: Ahmadi murdered in ‘suspected sectarian target killing’ at dental clinic
“Kill them wherever you find them” — Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, cf. 9:5. “Ahmadi person killed in suspected sectarian target killing in Punjab,” SATP, July 29, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A dispenser belonging to the minority Ahmadiyya community was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in a suspected sectarian target killing at a […]
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Sunni Muslims demolish minarets on three Ahmadi mosques
It’s extremely curious: while this is going on, U.S. Ahmadi spokesmen including Qasim Rashid, Harris Zafar and Kashif Chaudry carry water for the same forces that persecute them in Pakistan, and defame and smear those who speak out against the persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan. “In Another Attack On Ahmadis, Radical Islamists Demolish Minarets […]
Canada: Coast-to-coast campaign allows ‘opportunity to ask questions about Islam directly from Muslims’
In Canada, one is only allowed to present Islam as a religion of peace. No other dialogue is permitted, without being branded as “Islamophobia” speech. Canada even has an “Islamophobia czar” to make certain of that. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association is traveling all over Canada inviting people to ask them questions about Islam. I […]
Ramadan in Pakistan: Police destroy minarets and dome of local Ahmadiyya mosque
Ahmadis are considered heretics; they aren’t even allowed by law to call themselves Muslims in Pakistan. So while Bitter Winter is shocked that this sort of thing would happen in Ramadan, from the point of view of the perpetrators it’s actually a quintessential Ramadan, purifying the community as one is supposed to purify one’s soul […]
Pakistan: To become lawyers, Ahmadis have to sign statement renouncing their faith
This effectively prevents Ahmadis from becoming lawyers, so that when other Ahmadis encounter legal difficulties, they have to rely on lawyers who are immediately unsympathetic to them. “Pakistan: To Join Bar, Ahmadi Lawyers Are Asked to Deny Their Faith,” by Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter, March 21, 2023: …Saudi Arabia, which is an Islamic absolute monarchy, […]
Bangladesh: After prayers, Muslim mob attacks Ahmadiyya community, torching houses and vandalizing properties
Why do we see mob attacks of this kind so often after Islamic prayer? Because that prayer all too often inculcates hatred for the unbeliever and impresses upon the believers the imperative to act as the executors of the wrath of Allah (cf. Qur’an 9:14-15). “Bangladesh: Islamists attack Ahmadiyya community, torch houses, vandalise properties. Here […]
Pakistan: Encouraged by the police, Sunni Muslims attack Ahmadi mosques
In the U.S., meanwhile, Ahmadi spokesmen such as Qasim Rashid, Harris Zafar and Kashif Chaudry carry water for the same forces that persecute them in Pakistan. After Punjab, demolishing the minarets of Ahmadi places of worship started in Karachi. Today, a group of people demolished the minarets of an Ahmadi place of worship in Saddar. […]