Extremists vandalise a mosque of Ahmadi Sect at Karachi (Pakistan)

Ahmadi Sect is considered non-Muslim in Pakistan

Karachi (Pakistan) – Unknown miscreants attacked a mosque belonging to Ahmadi Sect, destroying its minarets on 25th July 2023. Muslims in Pakistan do not consider Ahmadi Muslims as Muslims, leading to attacks on them.

Amir Mohammad, the spokesperson of Ahmadi Sect, informed that it was not the first time such an incident has occurred. Two mosques of the Ahmadi Sect in Karachi were attacked two months ago. In Punjab Province, the extremists had challenged the Police that they would attack and demolish the mosque if it was not done by the Police; therefore, the Police demolished the mosque. Pakistan Government has failed in providing protection to prayer houses of the Ahmadi Sect.

Tariq Nawaz, a Police Officer, said about the damage to the mosque in Karachi that a complaint was received, and an inquiry was going on before registering a case.

#Pakistan : One can only imagine the condition of non-Muslims in Pakistan if #Ahmadi Muslims are being treated like this. Clearly, country’s leadership cannot be trusted to punish the perpetrators as this violence cannot occur without the support of the state!@NilofarAyoubi pic.twitter.com/XcffT5Wq7I

— Petter Brett (@BrettPetter) July 25, 2023

In 1974, Pakistan’s Parliament declared the followers of the Ahmadi community as non-Muslims, and they have been banned to consider themselves Muslims. They have been banned even from going to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage. There are more than ten lakh people belonging to Ahmadi Sect in Pakistan.

Who are Ahmadiyya (Ahmadi) Muslims ?

Ahmadiyya is one out of the approximate 73 Sects of Islam. It was founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Prophet Mohammad is the last prophet of Islam, but Ahmad used to consider himself a prophet. He used to consider himself as a ‘Messiah (A person incarnated for the upliftment of the world)’; therefore, Muslims consider Ahmadiyya Sectarians as ‘kafir (non-Muslims, those who do not believe in Islam)’