Over 100 Ahmadi graves desecrated in Lahore
Eyewitnesses said 12 to 15 masked men, carrying weapons and excavation tools, had entered the graveyard in Model Town Q Block between 1:30am and 1:45am.
At least five of the men were reported to be carrying weapons, including 9mm pistols and a bigger gun.
The perpetrators removed and broke the tombstones of graves. They also told the caretakers that they were not supposed to write the Kalima or Bismillah on the tombstones because, “Ahmadis are infidels.”
“I was about to sleep for a while when I heard the sound of someone jumping inside the compound. When I was about to check who could be there, a number of men pounced on me, started beating me and took my gun,” said Muhammad Younis, a guard at the graveyard.
Younis told The Express Tribune that the attackers had a camera and took his picture after he was tied up. He said some of the attackers had climbed in from the rear wall of the graveyard and a few of them from the front.
The removal of tombstones began after everyone at the compound was tied up.
Around 20 people, including guests and families of the caretakers and guard, were locked up.
Three armed men stood guard outside the quarters where all caretakers were being kept.
On a mission?
Eyewitnesses who were locked in the quarters said they could hear that the attackers were receiving calls and were informing the person on the other line that they had started their mission.
The men were wearing black masks and were speaking Punjabi and Urdu. Their ‘leader’ had long hair, a beard and traces of Pashto in his accent.
They told the guard and others that they belonged to a banned organisation and the Taliban.
Younis only managed to make one phone call to the community’s head of security guards, Muhammad Asif. He was also locked up on arrival.
Eyewitnesses said the entire incident lasted for about 35 minutes. The perpetrators ran off in a hurry when a policeman, who is from the Ahmadi community and a guard at one of their worship places, arrived and fired in the air.
Asif said the attackers also took cell phones, wallets and money from three individuals.
No FIR was registered till the filing of this report, but members of the community said they will file one.
Community to take legal action
In July, 2012, Tufail Raza of the Khatme Nabuwat Lawyers Forum had approached the Liaquatabad Police Station in Lahore for the removal of Islamic inscriptions from tombstones at the graveyard. The graveyard had been established in 1980.
The police did not follow up on the application, but began pressurising the community to remove the text. In October, the Additional Sessions Judge of the Lahore Session Court had asked the police to act according to the law and had disposed of Tufail Raza’s petition.
Idrees Qureshi, the SHO of Liaquatabad Police Station, told The Express Tribune that the court order and application was with DSP Legal for his opinion on how to tackle the issue.
Qureshi said that more than 30 individuals from the Khatme Nabuwat organisation had visited the police station at least three times to ask for the removal of the tombstones.
When the SHO was contacted by The Express Tribune at 11:51am, he was not aware of the desecration incident. “I will send someone to look into this, when I get a call,” he had said.
Ahmed Munir, a member of the Ahmadi community who has been liaisoning with the police over the issue since July, said, “We cannot remove the Kalima ourselves, because it is against our faith, but we requested the police to look at the law and not interpret it the way the anti-Ahmadi elements asked them too.”
Saleemud Din, spokesperson of the Ahmadi community in Pakistan, had a question for the authorities, “this is not some obscure village in Hafizabad, this is Lahore and the neighborhood where the Sharif family lives, how is such an incident allowed to take place here?”
The community says they will take legal action against those who attacked the graveyard.
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Only one major sect/ethnic group is behind 90% of terrorism, no its not Ahamadis, Shia, Sufi, Hazara......
you know who they are, the people need to speak up or be considered part of them.
Pakistan could become next Yugoslavia one day if this is allowed to continue.
@Shahzaib: I hope you have the guts to say this in Gods Court!! InshAllah...the time will come when you will have to answer!! InshAllah Gods Justice will be served .. keep repeating what you say!! We will see who will overcome!
Mentally retarded and sick people can do such a thing. I can see the pieces of KALIMA on the ground and this MUST COME UNDER BLASHMEY
law must protect them... what country where even graveyards are not secure ...
End of the Prophet line is NOT the basics of Islam. This is an invention that came later as neither Prophet Muhammad salAllahoalaihiwasallam nor any of his companions ever believed this. The basics of Islam is the FIVE pillars of Islam. The Holy Prophet salAllahoalaihiwasallam never said anyone who denies his finality is not a muslim. All inventions of later Ulema, trying to foist their own interpretations on an already perfect religion.
Surprisingly there is no reaction from the Muslim government. Even from the intellectual society and media.
@THE: As the whole society is silent on the issue.
@Dr Muneeb: Agreed if government take any action.
@Asad(Isb): Because authority is not taking any action. Also, no voice raising from intellectual people and media as well.
@Shahzaib: Oh really! How can you be so sure?
This country is inviting Act Of God. People who don't speak up are equally responsible in these anti human activities.Humanity comes first but I guess this element is vanishing rapidly in Pakistan society if not already.
@Kanwal: All the people who are silent are also guilty of this crime.
The situation in Pakistan is like time of "jahlia" before Islam in Saudi Arebia. Even the Chief Minister of punjab has no courage to speak against this kind of action. Where is "Khan" and "Q".
Dont misinform about ahmadiyya beliefs. Ahmadis believe in Muhammad SAW as last law bearing prophet and believe in Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as Imam Mehdi and messiah foretold by Muhammad SAW. Muslims are awaiting for Imam but ahmadis believes he hasalready come in the person of MIrza Ghulam Ahmad.@Mena:
Qadianeo ki qabro k kutby torany ka waqia fake hay..q k Paksistani lawa k mutabiq koi ger muslim Kalma Sharif ya Darod Shrif use ni kr sakta..lekn qadyani jan bhoj kr apni qbaro pr katby banwa kr un pr kalma aur darood Shrf likhty hain.Lahore High court ny es hwaly sy unhy aisa karny sy rooka hay lekin un logo ny ek sazish k teht khud hi qabro ky katby toor kr issu bana dia hay.
@Arslan Arshad: because Jesus according to the Quran never died my friend, he is still alive, and will only return, not return from the dead.
The Holy Quran clearly says, "do not break your religion into sects", so I only follow what the Quran says, I am not Sunni, Shia, Barelvi, Ahmadi, nothing....just Muslim.
Question for you, why do Ahmadis call themselves Ahmadis? Why not call themselves Muslims? Why is it always a Ahmadiyya Mosque? why not a Muslim mosque.
I am an ex-Ahmadi, and I dont believe in Ahmadiyat anymore, but I respect all Ahmadis and am very angry at this criminal act, its non Islamic and not these criminals, but the religious party or parties behind them need to be arrested.
Thank you
These animals are uneducated Pashtun and Punjabis, what do they know about religion, they are criminals, see the story, they took wallets and cell phones before they left, so some religious party has hired these goons to make trouble, but the goons could not help themselves to some robbery as they were used to it, its obvious is'nt it?
Find out the religious party who opposes these kalimas on graves and you will find out who did this.
Btw I am so embaressed to admit to anyone I am a Muslim or a Pakistani in the US, I usually just say I am from Punjab or Lahore, this way I dont have to say Pakistan and they think its some country.
I am angry at ordinary Muslims for not doing anything, they dont march on streets or raise voice against Taliban and all the BS, so i think soon, they will all be under Taliban, they will deserve it.
Today entire Lahore should go to this graveyard and help rebuild with their hands, to show the Taliban they are not welcome.
@Shah: because you few are silent, and silence means you accept it....
what a shame, what is hindus start destroying Muslim graves in India, or Christians start destroying Muslim graves in western countries, but they are more decent than these animals who call themselves Muslim, they are cowards and I am ashamed to be a Pakistani again today because of these filthy people.
Is it not enough we call people who recite the Kalima kafir, now we have to attack their graves? What kind of sick people do this.
Where are the Sharif Bradran, maybe they should beg Taliban to leave them alone, because they are sunni and should only attack non-Muslim.
What a sad pathetic story, these TALIBAN CRIMINALS SHOULD BE HANGED IN THE STREETS.
This grisly act is absolutely shameful.The acts of naked barbarianism and intolerance practised by anyone anywhere in the world are shameful for the entire mankind.Everyone wanting to change such sick behaviours ..needs to sincerely rise against inhumanity wherever it takes place.
Religion is opium for masses said Marx and I think it is true.
@Shahzaib: Are you God to decide who rests in peace or not? How can YOU claim to know what one is going through in the after life?
In Pakistan one doesnt have a right to practice ones religion even after death. So sad that the constitution of Pakistan encourages this. And this leads to Muslims turning into terrorists.
On the day of judgement Allah will not ask the president of Pakistan or any other so called Maulvi or Mullah of their opinion on who is a Muslim or who is not. Instead he will punish those who try to be GOD in this world. something to ponder upon.
Very Very Sad News,, Non-Ahamdies (72 Sects out of 73) are still waiting for the same Jesus who brought Bible (Christianity) and are expecting that he will come and will be a Muslim Prophet now and will deny that the book (Bible) he brought 3000 years ago was wrong?!? And by the way when/If JESUS comes back from the dead wouldn’t he be called a prophet which will also go against the seal of the Prophet law as you understood it?!?!? Every Muslim today needs to do what our beloved Prophet Mohammed (SAW) was taught to do by the angel (IQRA = READ). Quran is there for all of us, but we don’t want to open this book instead we listen to the so called Mullans.
Inna Lilahi wa inna ilahi rajhuun. Surely the perpetrators of this dastardly and sinful act and their sponsors will die one day and they will be answerable to Allah, the creator of us all. This barbaric act is being committed in the name of Islam! This is shameful and very sadden in deed. This is not the type of Islam preached and practiced by the holy prophet Muhammad (saw), otherwise, he would have not seen anyone who would embrace Islam. Even if this Taliban and their collaborators believe that their own brand of Islam is the accepted one, why can't they leave others to practice Islam the way they understand? After all the holy Quran chapter 2 vs 257 says " There is no compulsion in religion as verily the right path has become distinct from the wrong path.." Let Allah judge who is on that RIGHT PATH and those on the wrong one, instead of arrogating that power to themselves. The whole blame is on the government of Pakistan who enact and enforcing the infamous blasphemous law, until that law is abrogated there can not be peace in Pakistan. Those in power of governance today should reflect on what befell those that initiated the law (Ali Buhtto and Zia ul-Haq), they died like dogs. The same fate is awaiting those in power and encouraging the enforcement the blasphemous law today.Is Pakistan holier than other Muslim countries? PAKISTAN be warned!
In Pakistan one doesnt have a right to practice ones religion even after death. So sad that the constitution of Pakistan encourages this. And this leads to Muslims turning into terrorists.
On the day of judgement Allah will ask the president of Pakistan or any other so called Maulvi or Mullah of their opinion on who is a Muslim or who is not. Instead he will punish those who try to be GOD in this world. something to ponder upon.
Inna Lilahi wa inna ilahi rajoon. The perpetrators of this dastardly and sinful act and their sponsors will surely die in one day and will be answerable to Allah, the creator of us all. It is very sadden that this barbaric act of desecrating the graves of the dead ones is being committed in the name of ISLAM! This is not the type of Islam preached and practiced by the holy prophet Muhammad (saw), otherwise he would not have seen anyone who would embrace Islam.
Even if this Taliban and their collaborators believe that their own brand of Islam is the accepted one. Why can't they leave others to practice Islam the way they understand it? After all, the holy Quran chapter 2 vs 257 says "There is no compulsion in religion.Verily the right path has become distinct from the wrong path...."So they should let Allah judge who is on that RIGHT PATH and those on the wrong one, instead of arrogantly assuming that power. The whole blame is on the government of Pakistan who enact and enforcing infamous blasphemous law that give 'license' to the mullahs to be carrying this nefarious act in the name of Islam. Is the Pakistan holier than other Muslim countries? Let me remind those in government of Pakistan today, in case they have forgotten, to reflect on what become of those who initiated the blasphemous law in Pakistan ( Ali Buhtto and Zia ul-Haq),they met their dooms and died like dogs. Be warn! You too will meet your dooms in the same manner. Allah will deal with you as He dealt with Hashabul - Fil.
Where is 'Khadim e Aala' has he been informed of the incident? What an Islamic state where Quranic inscriptions have been desecrated lying on the ground in the vandalized graveyard, Let the dead Ahmadis rest in peace!
Aslamoalekum The Mullas who were against creation of Pakistan came to Pakistan to cut her roots.Pakistan was created so that Islam of Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (SAW) will be practiced and all human beings will live and practice their religion freely. In the last 65 years these anti Pakistan Mullas have become so strong that the Government is unable to control their activities. These Mullas are imposing their own Islam. Over 1400 years ago Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (SAW) and his followers were treated by the Kuffar as, now a days, Ahmadi Muslims are being treated. These Mullas who are killing innocent Ahmadi Muslims and desecrated their graves will have to die. I am sure they will face the punishment from Allah Taala. My Motherland Pakistan has already come under the revenge of Allah Taala. These Mullas are adding fuel to the fire and calling for the curse and AZABE AZEEM from Allah Taala. In foreign countries non Muslims are asking us, IS THIS THE ISLAM YOU WANT US TO JOIN ? May Allah Taala save our Motherland Pakistan. Ameen. Mubashar A. Nasir USA .
Ahmadiya Muslim teaches us "love for all hatred for none" and also it says that when u enter a grave please do say salaam to the dead and also do pray for them. I don believe that a true muslim can ever do this kind of creuality upon anyone, so i pray to Allah to make them face the justice.
@Shahzaib: who did you know they are in peace or not, when did allah subhan gave his commands to you. i think MY WAY OR HIGHWAY is your islam
Inna lillahe wa inna alaihe rajeoon. My father and two uncles are buried in this graveyard. May Allah punish the perpetrators of this crime, their handlers, supporters and silent onlookers of society. Ameen
this is very shameful act ...what is Shabaz Sharif kadime ala doing modelk town is his home and he cant protect ahamdis muslims there shame on him this is his governance pathatic no vote 4 PMLN.....No muslim can do such a shamefull act because every Muslim believes that one day he will die and will burried in graveyard. ALLAH will punish them as ALLAH knows who is on right path.
very shamful act by pakistani muslims
Those Molvies who tell to do all that are they going to go in jannat ?
In Pakistan those who are not seriously condemned theis Taliban. They are also with them and their silence is helping them.
Everybody wants to feel shameful now .. ! what about the destruction of BAQI in medina sharif .. why is there no protest against the blatant disrespect shown to the ahlulbat and sahaba e karams graves .. there are even dicussions to demolish the "Sabz Gumbad of the prophet .
This incident happened in the vicinity of Mian Brothers homes. Do they have soft corner for such people. I remember when on 29th may 2011 ahmadyya place of worship in model town was attacked, some seriously injured were sent to Ittefaq Hospital, They were refused treatment on orders of the worthy " khadim e Alaa. Later on they went to Jinnah Hospital. "Agar qaum kay khadim aisay hongay to khuddam bhi aisay hi hongay." Innalilah
@Asghar Mahmood: "No muslim can do such a shamefull act because every Muslim believes that one day he will die and will burried in graveyard"
There is a logical fallacy called 'No true Scotsman. Your argument is based on the exact same fallacy. DO read up on it.
Where is KHADIM-E-AALA...? He ought to come forward to evidence his distance from the desecration of Ahmadi graves and other hate campaignsagainst Ahmadis.or he is equally responsible for these anti Islamic activities against Ahmadis. The people who have desecrated the graves of Ahmadis are alien to the teachings of Quran and Sunnah of the Holy Prophet S.A.W..... these people should be introduced to the noble character of the Holy prophet S.A.W!!!
@Asad(Isb): "To every one, this was done by a group of 15 people. How can you blame Pakistan and Islam for this?"
No one is blaming Islam. Pakistan is being blamed because of its anti ahmadiya laws and because it has turned a blind eye to ongoing and escalating levels of oppression against Ahmadis (and Hindus and Shias). Yes in India too we have had some shameful acts of intolerance. But then civil society, media, judiciary partnered to improve communal harmony and fortunately in the last 11 years we have not had any communal event. Also from day 1 the constitution has not discriminated against people regardless of their belief system or absence thereof.
@Dr Muneeb: "Most people are directly blaming PAKISTAN for this incident. the act of 15 people is not the real face of Pakistan and Muslims"
This is a direct result of ZAB's law in 1974 declaring Ahmadis as non-Muslim and further laws by Zia making their plight worse. In Pakistan - a preacher can come on TV and call Ahmadis wajib-ul-qatl and - a police actually desecrates their worship place because it had a dome - though the place was built before the 1974 law and - Lahore bar bans sale of Shezan juice because the company is owned by Ahmadis
None of this results in any adverse consequences for the oppressors. There is not the same level of outrage through electronic media or social media unlike the case of Palestinians or ROhingyas.
So you tell me is the oppression of Ahmadis limited to just the 15 people who entered this graveyard?
What did they they achieve by doing this? Doesn't make sense!
Quran's verse 5:32.
"...whosoever killeth a human being... it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind..."
And they claim to be muslims themselves? Which Islam do they practice?
Shame on you Pakistani Fanatics, who are even not sparing the dead; what kind of Islam is this? Who will punish these culprits? The Government and the administrative machinery appear to be helpless and under the pressure of fanatic and ignorant Mullahs. Please follow the true teaching of Islam.
@Mena: Please talk to an Ahamdi and hear what they have to say before making any statements. Non-Ahamdies (72 Sects out of 73) are still waiting for the same Jesus who brought Bible (Christianity) and are expecting that he will come and will be a Muslim Prophet now and will deny that the book (Bible) he brought 3000 years ago was wrong?!? And by the way when/If JESUS comes back from the dead wouldn’t he be called a prophet which will also go against the seal of the Prophet law as you understood it?!?!? Every Muslim today needs to do what our beloved Prophet Mohammed (SAW) was taught to do by the angel (IQRA = READ). Quran is there for all of us, but we don’t want to open this book instead we listen to the so called Mullans.
hey guys please calm and quite do not try to do any violence and promote this issue world wide bcoz this is useless these people mission is that the Muslim create violence and start to destroy their own shops and building on the road and fight each other and these all things create a bad impression of Muslim and Islam as well as Pakistan in front of all the countries.. Basically in my opinion they are not human being they are money men who wants money and they want to destroy Pakistan completely so we just be calm and don't take them seriously.
again sad news..may you rest in peace our loved ones.now we can't move our dead ones to abroad.otherwise we surely done it..
Easy solution is to declare Pakistan a secular country and remove reference to Islam from the constitution. When laws are equal the society will fall in place.
this will not let Ahmadis down We are the loins of Allah. Inshallah finally we will succeed.this is the time for us to to pray to allah and shiw to thre world that you cannot destroy Ahmadiyyat with such cheap and filthy acts
@Umair Ahmad: Umair sahib when some thugs commit these crimes why do you blame this on the whole Pakistani population. It's time we are not apologetic and condemn these crimes as much as possible. Are you telling me there are no crimes in USA
@Dr Muneeb: "Most people are directly blaming PAKISTAN for this incident. the act of 15 people is not the real face of Pakistan and Muslims,"
Dr Saheb do you really think that it is the act of 15 or so people.? . Yes. may be 15 persons were personally involved in desecrating the graves of Ahmedis but don't you think that many many more do endorse their views and willing to behave in similar way. Unless a very good number of sympathizers exist in the society similar acts can not be carried out. If such acts are not opposed publicly in streets the mute spectators too are responsible for implied encouragement.
@Mena:
"There will be no prophets" is not the basic teachings of Islam. The basic teaching of Islam is "There is no God but Allah and Mohammad (PBUH) is his messenger".
By the way find out from all the learned divines whether they are waiting for Prophet Jesus to re-appear in the future. Their way out is that he will be an "old Prophet"....Now an old prophet is coming. Wake up dude. Change yourself instead of trying to change the fundamentals of Islam.
You people disgust me! Debating politics/idealogy and fighting with these low class desperate Indians when you can ACTUALLY HELP MR AKRAM fix his murdered relative's graves! Shame on you!!!!!
Here is a chance to stop moaning and start helping. I came across this on a page called ''Lovers of Promised Messiah and Mahdi'', an Ahmadi page, as a comment on the picture of the desecrations:
Murad Akram My younger brother (18) and uncle were murdered and buried in this graveyard! inalilahi wainailaihi rajiun :-( - they couldn't live in peace and now they can't die in peace. Can someone please go and fix their graves :-( I am thousands of miles away and it's killing me to see this picture - Oh Allah help us all as we are heading in the wrong direction (Aameen) 2 hours ago · Unlike · 1
Murad Akram My brother's name = Sheraz Akram and my sweet uncle = Mohammad Aslam Naeem :-( 2 hours ago · Like
The Government needs to change its medication dude. The current prescription is no good anymore.
@Shah: Shah jee, I will blame the 150 million people living in the country because this is how they are. Do you even remember how a mob of people killed those two brothers in Sialkot? Or the people burned Lahore because of the cartoons published in the Danish newspaper? Or Karachi was destroyed by a mob of lunatics due to a crass and rubbish movie made over YouTube? Or how the entire nation rejoiced when Salman Taseer got murderer and Mumtaz Qadri was showered with rose petals? Please, do not be an apologist Shah jee and make some sense. With your name, I am gathering that you too might be one of those dime a dozen Syeds we find in Pakistan.
And that news about the razing of Mohammed's grave was published right here in ET. Do Google it.
This is no where near Humanity. Even if we forget about religion for a minute these were the graves of Human Beings and do not deserved to be vandalised in this way.
@Fed Up Indian: Even that is forbidden as they recently forced some Hindus to bury their dead.they must allow Hindus to emigrate to their countries of choice and save themselves and their womenfolk who are forcibly married.No chance for minorities.They are doomed.
This action is totallly against the teaching of Islam and sunnah and these people should be charged for hate crime.
can we get any justice ?
So the non-Ahmadi Muslims do not see the signs of hypocrisy in their religious leaders who at one end advocate the message of peace publicly but on other end send miscreants at night to cause oppression to the minorities in their area. They are such good reflections of the disbelievers at the time of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H).
Please people think whom you are following. Be brave like Prophet's companions to accept the truth publicly.
So the non-Ahmadi Muslims do not see the signs of hypocrisy in their religious leaders who at one end advocate the message of peace publicly but on other end send miscreants at night to cause oppression to the minorities in their area. They are such good reflections of the disbelievers at the time of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H).
Please people think whom you are following. Be brave like Prophet's companions to accept the truth publicly.
They came with guns in a graveyard, Maybe they expected the dead to put up a fight! Bigot Mullahs worst creation under the sky
very pathtic... May allah guide us.. this is not islam...but FASAD
Allah Will must Destroy to Them who did this stupid activity. They claimed as Muslim but they actually Kafars who doing this kind of activities with Graves and Masjids. Lanat of Allah upon these Muslims. AHMADIES are true Muslims.
very pathtic. Islam strongly forbids such actions.
@iLiberal:
you cant reply because you dont have an answer.
15 people attacked and 15 crores people are being blamed. We Pakistanis ouselves are fed up of terrorists. Why do you blame 15 crores for what 15 people have commited.
Pakistan is fighting against terrorist from in and outside..making a comment that we all are terrorists and intolerant is stupid.
Secondly I dont know from which Saudi times you heard that they are destroying the grave...must be a cheap masala news...doesnt matter..now think and write an answer.
@VINOD:
Please dont mix topics....can you explain me why Ramdad is being supported by your government although he is most wanted in Pakistan.
Dont mix up the facts just to prove your point. Pakistan and world has problems with lunatics and terrorists not with anyone who has beard and read namaz.
Keeping that in mind Pakistan is fighting against them even the Nato head today accepted it. But we still have a mass number of people who want us to be targeted...there are nations who are happy that we are being slaughtered like that. Now i ask a simple question ...are you goin to stand with the terrorist or against...because if you are against them then you are at OUR SIDE, you may like it or not...
@Asad(lsb) who writes "To every one, this was done by a group of 15 people. How can you blame Pakistan and Islam for this? PLEASE!!!"
Lal Masjid was done by 50 people.
Mumbai was done by 10 people.
1971 was done by 100,000 people.
How many people were involved in targeted killings over a period of 20-30 years, in Karachi?
How many people were involved in the war in South waziristan?
How many people are involved in suicide bombings?
How many were involved in the attack on Sri Lankan team?
AND
How many people are QUIET?
It would be great now if a group of Pure Pakistanis, i-e Punjabi Sunni Muslims decided to restore the damaged tombstones and pay their respects with flowers and an apology. To show solidarity with Ahmedis and reject the actions of these morons.
It would be greater still if religious groups or preachers in the public eye such as Junaid Jamshed made such a gesture, which I feel is their foremost responsibility in these times.
@Shah: "I think you read it wrong in the Saudi Times." Only you read it right!
@Asad(Isb): It is the mndset of Pakistan and Islam which breeds these savages.
Pakistan has become a state of shame, portraying the incorrect meaning of Jihad as terrorism. God is the only one who has complete power over unseen and beyond unseen. Isn't this a kind of shirk judging someone's loyalty with God. I mean one must have knowledge of unseen by giving these statements or fatwa like this and this is the response you see above.
one should understand the sensitivity and literacy of our country before giving statements like. "wajibul qatal" and all.
I am a Pakistani living in the US for last 10 year. There were times when Americans would listen to our point of view. Now they don't even want to have anything to do with Pakistani affairs. Now most of my American friends say, "Pakistanis are liar, cheats and are a JOKE". Come on so called Muslims of Pakistan!!! By persecuting minorities, you are not impressing anyone; you are rather bringing shame to not only your self but your fellow citizen. It is becoming hard by the going day to identify ourselves as Pakistanis. We are isolating ourselves on world stage by committing these shameful crimes against Hindus, Shias, Ahmedis, Christian missionaries. FOR GOD'S SAKE STOP!!!!
@VINOD: By God.. what are you saying...
@Asad(Isb): Very well said Asad.. the indian trolls have only one agenda and objective when they get up in the morning... try to malign Pakistan... just ignore them.... they just want attention....
@Shah: atleast in india people are free to call them hindus muslim sikh etc unlike pak where govt decide wheather ahmadis, muslim or not ? and people like u donot raise noise.....
@Shahzaib:
With due respect, Laanat ho tum pe aur tum jaisi soch rakhne waalon pe .. Khuda ghaarat karey aise jaahil musalmaanon ko
My younger brother (18) and uncle were murdered and buried in this graveyard! inalilahi wainailaihi rajiun :-( - they couldn't live in peace and now they can't die in peace. Can someone please go and fix their graves :-( I am thousands of miles away and it's killing me to see this picture - Oh Allah help us all as we are heading in the wrong direction (Aameen)
This is beyond disgusting.. seems like these "holy pious Muslims" have pushed all boundaries of inhumanity. No words..
@komal S I'm not one to call a Muslim a non-Muslim but you can't ignore the fact that there is a fundamental difference. Why do they even have the Kalima on tombstones when they don't even go by the Kalima. For them, Mohammad (pbuh) isn't the last Prophet- so why?
Those who persecute the believing men and the believing women and then repent not, for them is surely the punishment of Hell, and for them is the punishment of burning. ~ The Holy Quran, Al-Buruj, [85:11]
How shameful!!!!! How can someone humilate a dead. May allah have mercy on them and show them the right path.
@salim "is not Allah sufficient for His Servant? (39:37) Kya allah tumharay liye kaafi nahi. Pray to Allah and he is the only one who can protect us from these evil people and their evil intentions.
Why would these fools want to do bad PR for their own religion. If someone is using 'your' Kalima on his grave stone, it should be a matter of pride for you and your religion. But basically you only believe in hate.
Who is to punish these people?
@Shah: Shah jee, you have made absolutely no sense so I am a little unsure as to how to reply to you.
what is Shabaz Sharif kadime ala doing modelk town is his home and he cant protect ahamdis muslims there shame on him this is his governance pathatic no vote 4 PMLN
I think, all such crimes are taking place in Pakistan because a majority of the people there is too scared to face the Taliban and their supporters. The Government and the administrative machinery appear to be conniving with the culprits, or how else would one explain the inability of the state to identify these persons and prosecute them? It is indeed shameful for a country that boasts of being an Islamic country.
@Shah:
It is true that Saudi has been trying to destroy all the objects related to prophet Mohammed. They have already demolished and burnt the ground with kerosene at the mausoleum of Khadija. Also, they have destroyed the cave where Mohammed took refuge after fleeing from the Meccan armies.
No muslim can do such a shamefull act because every Muslim believes that one day he will die and will burried in graveyard. ALLAH will punish them as ALLAH knows who is on right path.
PML N is the ally of these fanatics
@Kanwal: Allah is always with us We all should Seek help from Him and be steadfast
Sharam karo Shariff bratheran. Yeh thumari hukumat mein thumaray shehr mein ho raha hey. Sharam sey doob maroy agr sharam ati hey thumein.
@Shahzaib: Are you with them in the graves to report this?Its a matter between God & them now,we are not God to make judgements.
Molvis and supporters of jihadis..u r proving indeed that u are worst people here.!
The only option for Ahmedis seems to be leaving this God forsaken country, and we all "Muslims " will see it handed over to the taliban.
@iLiberal: In fact really sad state of affairs. Wonder what people want to achieve by attributing indiscriminate killing of innocent people to few selected sects. Please have a pity on already-insecure nation.
@Shah: You ask "WE CHOOSE TO STAND AGAINST THEM. WHY IS WORLD TARGETING US." Because you still believe that there are good terrorists also and you not only support them you call them strategic assets and you launch them to create death and destruction in other countries. When will you understand this simple truth?
O Allah, we make you a shield against the enemy and seek refuge in you from their evil designs
To every one, this was done by a group of 15 people. How can you blame Pakistan and Islam for this? PLEASE!!!
and then you wonder why everybody hates you
@Mena: The point you are making is the crux of the issue. why is it difficult to let Ahmedi;s be whoever they want to be. Allah did not give you guys right to decide who is a muslim or not. The point is educated people like yourself see this is a difficult bridge to cross, no wonder these kind of thugs get license to attack. This is not a pakistani issue alone even in India the muslims here do not see Ahmedi as a muslim. It is time religious folks start a narrative that brings together people of different faith, instead of segregating them based on their degree of purity as perceived by the self-appointed guardians of the religion.
Inna Lillahe wainna alaihe rajeon...... Allah is always with sabereen, now it is in the hand of Allah the Almighty.
In Germany there were miscreants who at the behest of radical rightist politicians occasionally desecrated the graves of Jews.........they are regarded as the scum and shame of the society.
Absolutely disgraceful- for some people even humanity is a distant notion. Outrageous !
@ Amit (India)
Just like an idiot like you cannot represent entire India (which I am sure, doesn't) similarly people responsible for this do not represent the entire nation.
And by way, wipe your own jockey before pointing at us next time. Greetings!
The work of a few criminals is being blamed on the whole nation. It's criminal to blame it on the whole society and blaming PAKISTAN for everything that's done by a handful of thugs. Why don't you demand the arrest of the criminals instead of blaming the whole society?
Isnt breaking tomb stones with kalima or bismillah an act of blasphemy, according to Pakistani laws??
This is very sad and these so called Muslim have done this cruel action against Islam.Once the Holy Prophet s.a.w.s. was sitting with his followers and he saw passing a janaza.As he saw this he stood up to show respect to the dead people.Some one told him this (dead person) was a jews.Then the Holy Prophet s.a.w.s.replied if he is not a human being? The Holy Prophet s.a.w.s. teach us we should respect all dead people and after the death all human being should be respected as human being not like Muslim Jews etc.But our so called Muslim are far from this sunnet of the Holy Prophet s.a.w.s.
Mr. Faizal Naqvi(Shia writer on ET), you don't speak now when Hindus temple, or Ahmadi graves are desecrated. And then you expect sympathy when Shias are killed?
Ashamed to be a Pakistani. The dead are with Allah and only Allah can put these illiterate fanatics to their fates. and InshaAllah He will.
Pathetic.... Really pathetic No one can understand that which Islam these idiots are following. This is our behaviour which gives West a chance to demolish the peaceful face of our religion Islam. May Allah enable them to understand and follow the right teachings of Islam
Holy Prophet S A W once stood up in respect of a Jew funeral but to day the so called his followers in Pakistan mock his teachings and no one dare to speak up against itWhere are the Noons,the Khans the Qaafs and the Bhuttos( perhaps they are all part of it).Most people are directly blaming PAKISTAN for this incident. the act of 15 people is not the real face of Pakistan and Muslims, if we think with a cool mind, we will realize that these people are also fighting against the other Pakistanis and people of other sects..... So please consider the both sides of the picture....
@Khanum:
Yes and that is precisely the problem.
Shame on us, the so called champions of Islam! This country has become unlivable for any person, community who dares to have views different than the thekedars of Islam.
Sick people
Bulldozing hindu temples, arson attacks on churches, killing shia Muslims, ruining graves of Ahmadis....why we let people do such things? why don't we raise our voice? WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FOR BEING QUIET!!!
What ever efforts elsewhere done to raise the real noble teachings of Islam, the shameful acts back home by these extremists damage all such efforts. God may enable them to understand and act upon the real teachings of Islam. Amin
@iLiberal:
I think you read it wrong in the Saudi Times.
Secondly I dont understand the world. Its like the whole nation has to pay the price for few maniacs....pretty sad that rather than standing together with people under trouble. You want to laugh at them to get properity.
Expected more from so called Civilized people.
@amit (India):
so you trying to say that india is save from violence. I dont get it. What is wrong with peopel from both sides. You really wanna have a dicussion over here what kind of violence have been commited in India.
Tell me one thing. We Pakistan right now have a situation with Terrorist because WE CHOOSE TO STAND AGAINST THEM. WHY IS WORLD TARGETING US. We have lost soliders, civilians Infrastructure and economy. AND STILL world says we are not doing enough.
ARE YOU really understanding the situation. or you are like other Indians who just come here to bash without thinking for a solution for global problem.
I hope your intellectual level is strong enough to acutally try to curtail problems rather than proving that India is better in this regard because i can give you 50000 examples quoted from Human rights against India
@Fed Up Indian:
Hindus burn there dead in this regard could be usefull but i find this comment not really helping and actually out of context. But you are right that there is no respect for dead and for alive and these terrorist our making lives of everyone insecure. It doesnt matter the person is muslim or not. Pakistanis have tried their level best to give this message to the world that we ourselves are not secured from these maniacs...i hope one day the world will understand rather than targetin our people and army.....and please dont start discussion says its all Armies fault as they are also in huge problem and are trying their level best to bring the situation under control.
Is Pakistan Islamic state?
Where are we heading? Killing because you are from different sect. " they were not supposed to write the Kalima or Bismillah on the tombstones" but were they suppose to break the tombstones and throw them like this.... This kind if mentality makes me laugh despite of anger.
Desecration of Ahmadiyya graves,Demolishing Hindu Temple ,everyday killing of being shia time to redesign new flag for Pakistan,no space for white part.
For all of you, they are NOT resting in peace!!!
Churches burnt, temples demolished, processions bombed and now the dead as well. And then Pakistan lectures the west on tolerance and raises issues of Muslims being oppressed elsewhere. I think world leaders should spend a week in Pakistan to see 'true' tolerance at display.
this is the pakistan we live in...ashamed of being a pakistani...is this islam? now it explains why muslims become atheists.
No respect for the living, no respect for the dead. Pathetic. It's a good thing that Hindus cremate their dead, at least they don't have any graves that can be desecrated.
Sad and pathetic. No wonder Islam is considered as a violent and intolerant religion now. Bad enough we are killing Ahmedis and Shias in this country, now we cannot even let them rest in peace. Its an embarrassment now being a Pakistani Muslim man, possibly one of the most uncivilized nation in the world. I read in recent times that the Saudis are planning to demolish the grave of Mohammed. Let's see how the Pakistani Muslim lot behaves, if that ever takes place.
HOW SHAMEFUL?? This is not what Islam teaches us to do!!!!!
What a mess we are in now. I feel so helpless and hopeless at times.