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Protesters wrest control of Ahmadi worship place in Chakwal
By Rana Tanveer
Published: December 12, 2016
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LAHORE: Scores of people participating in a procession organised in connection with Eid Miladun Nabi on Monday wrested control of an Ahmadi worship place in Chakwal.
The charged attackers are also looking for Ahmadis to harm them. The Ahmadis, who had locked the building from inside, were not conceding control of the structure till police managed to prevail on them.
The attackers have been raising slogans of their ‘victory’. Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya spokesperson Saleemudin told The Express Tribune that local clerics had been asking Ahmadis of Dalmial to handover control of Baitul Zikr to them.
After their demand fell on deaf ears, they had ventured towards the worship place armed with batons and weapons in connection with Eid Miladun Nabi festivities, he said. The JA spokesperson said they had started raising anti-Ahmadiyya slogans on reaching the site. He said around 40 Ahmadis had locked the worship place instead of vacating it.
Upon discovering this, the protesters started pelting stones at the building and resorted to aerial firing, Saleemuddin said. The JA spokesperson claimed that police were not able to control the demonstrators. He said police had been trying to get the Ahmadis to relinquish control of the site to curb tension.
DPO Munir Marth remained unavailable for comments.
Owing to Eid Miladun Nabi celebrations, the security of Ahmadi worship places is also tightened as during this month hate speeches by different Khatem-e-Nabuwat groups spew hatred against Ahmadis. Heavy contingents of police are deployed at their two major places of worship in Lahore at Garhi Shahu and Model Town. These both places of worship were attacked in 2010.
It is also pertinent to mention that since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced the naming of the QAU’s National Center of Physics after noble laureate Abdus Salam a new hate campaign was initiated against Ahmadis by right wing elements demanding the PM rescind the directive.
By Rana Tanveer
Published: December 12, 2016
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LAHORE: Scores of people participating in a procession organised in connection with Eid Miladun Nabi on Monday wrested control of an Ahmadi worship place in Chakwal.
The charged attackers are also looking for Ahmadis to harm them. The Ahmadis, who had locked the building from inside, were not conceding control of the structure till police managed to prevail on them.
The attackers have been raising slogans of their ‘victory’. Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya spokesperson Saleemudin told The Express Tribune that local clerics had been asking Ahmadis of Dalmial to handover control of Baitul Zikr to them.
After their demand fell on deaf ears, they had ventured towards the worship place armed with batons and weapons in connection with Eid Miladun Nabi festivities, he said. The JA spokesperson said they had started raising anti-Ahmadiyya slogans on reaching the site. He said around 40 Ahmadis had locked the worship place instead of vacating it.
Upon discovering this, the protesters started pelting stones at the building and resorted to aerial firing, Saleemuddin said. The JA spokesperson claimed that police were not able to control the demonstrators. He said police had been trying to get the Ahmadis to relinquish control of the site to curb tension.
DPO Munir Marth remained unavailable for comments.
Owing to Eid Miladun Nabi celebrations, the security of Ahmadi worship places is also tightened as during this month hate speeches by different Khatem-e-Nabuwat groups spew hatred against Ahmadis. Heavy contingents of police are deployed at their two major places of worship in Lahore at Garhi Shahu and Model Town. These both places of worship were attacked in 2010.
It is also pertinent to mention that since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced the naming of the QAU’s National Center of Physics after noble laureate Abdus Salam a new hate campaign was initiated against Ahmadis by right wing elements demanding the PM rescind the directive.
