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An Ahmadi Mosque in Punjab province, in south-eastern Pakistan, was partially destroyed on October 25, the latest casualty in Pakistan’s campaign against the tiny Muslim minority. Assistant Commissioner of Hasilpur, Mohammad Tayyab led the Friday operation which saw the destruction of the Mosque’s Mihrab. He was accompanied by the Police officers and officials from Bladia, the local development authority. A spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan, Saleemuddin, confirmed the incident saying the Local Government & Community Development authority “destroyed parts of the building without notice”. He added that members of the Ahmadi community who filmed the illegal demolition...

Muslim Sect's Proposal for Extensive Center Unsettles Small Frederick County Town...Nestled near the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains on the rural outskirts of Frederick, and many of them are praying that this hamlet of 5,500 will be able to stop a proposed development. A Silver Spring-based Muslim sect has proposed buying the town's largest farm to build a retreat and Islamic worship center that would host up to 10,000 people annually for a national religious convention. Under the proposal, the 224-acre farm's colonial-era house...would be converted into living space for an imam and other clergy from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community...