Posted on 12/05/2024 5:26:37 AM PST by Cronos
In a troubling development, police in Sialkot carried out an illegal operation by demolishing the minarets of an Ahmadiyya place of worship in Kakhonwali on the night of November 25-26, 2024.
According to details, on October 25, Sajjad, a local individual, filed a complaint with the police, urging them to demolish the minarets of the Ahmadiyya place of worship. In response, the Ahmadis informed the police that the place of worship had been built in 1980, prior to the 1984 ordinance. In a ruling on April 10, 2023, in the case of Imran Hamid v. the State (Criminal Case No. 5151/B/2023), Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh of the Lahore High Court declared that places of worship built before 1984 cannot be demolished or altered. Local residents of Kakhonwali also informed the police that they had no issue with the mosque's minarets and questioned why the complainant, who did not even belong to their village, was raising this issue.
Despite this, on the night of November 25-26, 2024, the SHO of Police Station Phalora, District Sialkot, along with 35 police personnel, arrived with a laborer and proceeded to demolish the minarets, taking the debris with them.
In a separate incident on November 26, 2024, around 11 a.m., miscreants attacked the Ahmadiyya place of worship in Chak No. 27-JB, Faisalabad. Approximately 20 extremists arrived on motorcycles, broke the locks, and entered the place of worship, where they began to demolish the minarets. Some of them climbed onto the roof and destroyed the minarets and the dome. These extremists were also armed. While the attack was underway, local residents gathered and attempted to stop them. When the locals tried to intervene, the attackers identified themselves as law enforcement officers. After carrying out their destructive actions, the attackers fled the scene.
In response to these incidents, Amir Mahmood, the spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan, condemned the illegal actions of the police in Kakhonwali, Sialkot, and the attack on the place of worship in Faisalabad. He expressed concern that the police were violating the clear decision of the Lahore High Court. He questioned under what legal authority the police were defiling the Ahmadiyya places of worship simply to appease extremist elements, especially when the court had explicitly stated that places of worship built before 1984 could not be demolished or altered.
The spokesperson further stated that whether it is the police destroying Ahmadiyya places of worship or extremists attacking them and demolishing minarets, both actions tarnish Pakistan's reputation internationally. He added that such lawless elements were causing harm to Pakistan's global standing. He urged the government to take effective measures to protect Ahmadiyya places of worship and ensure the safety of law-abiding Ahmadis in the country. Furthermore, he called for an end to hate campaigns against Ahmadis.
It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed as both the Promised Mahdi (Guided One) and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times and bring about, by peaceful means, the final triumph of Islam
Contrary to mainstream Islamic belief, Ahmadi Muslims believe that Jesus was crucified and survived the four hours on the cross. He was later revived from a swoon in the tomb.Ahmadis believe that Jesus died in Kashmir of old age whilst seeking the Lost Tribes of Israel. Jesus' remains are believed to be entombed in the Roza Bal shrine in Kashmir under the name Yuz Asaf.
quote “and bring about, by peaceful means, the final triumph of Islam”
LMAO
that would be the ONLY peaceful thing Islam ever did then!
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
Did Ahmad have golden plates or rocks in his turban?
Good question.
Ahmad just declared himself the Mahdi i.e. the Messiah.
This is the same stance that the Mormon founder, the Seventh Day Adventist founder, the Jehovah’s witness founder etc. used and also the same kind of novelty that was used in creating dispensationalism
He’s interesting.
The Ahmadi belief in a peaceful Mahdi is opposite the belief of the Twelvers. The Twelvers believe they must create a world situation so dramatic and deadly that the Mahdi will rise up out of that well he has been hiding in and kill everyone that will not convert to Islam.
There are a lot of twelvers in high places in Iran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelver_Shi%27ism
The Ahmadi Mahdi is the founder - Ahmad, who died in the late 1800s.
And they are a branch of Sunni, while the 12ers are a branch of Shia
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