Religious Persecution: FIR registered against desecration of tombstones
An FIR was registered in the early hours of Tuesday against the vandalism of over 100 tombstones at an Ahmadi graveyard.
The FIR # 1096/12 was registered for trespassing on burial places, dacoity, criminal intimidation and trespassing for assault or wrongful restraint. Between 1:30am and 1:45am on Monday morning, 12 to 15 men carrying guns and digging tools entered the graveyard in Model Town, Q Block and smashed tombstones, according to witnesses. The vandals told the caretakers that Ahmadis, being non-Muslims, were not allowed to write the Kalma or Bismillah on their tombstones. The armed men tied up around 20 people – including visitors and families of the caretakers and the guard – and locked them up in the living quarters of the graveyard before desecrating the tombstones. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) also condemned the incident and demanded the alleged vandals be brought to book.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 5th, 2012.
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@Almighty Allah
Where do we go to register an F.I.R aganist the government , or against the millions of
decent people who watch the mayhem of fellow-citizens without being ruffled or
agitated ?