An Ahmadi doctor has been murdered in Gujarat city of Pakistan. He was in his dental clinic when two unidentified gunmen riding a bike shot him. It is suspected that he was murdered because he belonged to the Ahmadiyya community. Hatred towards the Ahmadi community is common in the neighboring country and violent incidents often occur against this community.
On the murder of Dr Zakour Ahmadi, Pakistan’s political organization Jamaat-e-Ahmadiya condemned the incident. The organization said that last month two other Ahmadiyya people were also killed in Punjab because of their community.
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Ahmadiyya community is being targeted
Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan leader Aamir Mahmood said that the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan granting bail to an accused from the Ahmadiyya community has further intensified the hate campaign against the Ahmadiyya community. He said that people of the community are being targeted.
He asked, “Supreme Court judges are also being targeted in this hate campaign. The identity of those running these campaigns is not a secret. Why is the government not taking any action against them?”
Pakistanis do not consider Ahmadiyya as Muslims
The Ahmadiyya community faces a lot of oppression and discrimination in Pakistan. In 1974, the Parliament of Pakistan declared the Ahmadis as non-Muslims. A year later, the Ahmadi community was banned from calling themselves Muslims and propagating their community. Ahmadiyya people are also banned from going to Saudi Arabia for Hajj pilgrimage.
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According to official figures, Ahmadis constitute only 0.09% of the population of Pakistan, which is predominantly Muslim at 96.47%. Minority communities in conservative, Muslim-majority Pakistan often complain of persecution by extremists.
Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan official said that those instigating these hate campaigns and violence against the Ahmadiyya community should be brought to justice so that these faith-based killings can be stopped.