Extremist elements continued pressuring Ahmedis in August and the maximum number of cases against the minority community were reported from Rahim Yar Khan, claimed a report issued by the Ahmedia Jamaat on Friday.The report claimed that nine cases were reported in Rahim Yar Khan, one in Nawabshah, two in Rabwa and one in Jehlum. Two Ahmedis were ostracised in a bicycle market in Rahim Yar Khan because of a Tablighi Jamaat campaign against them, the report alleged.
In another incident in the same district, clerics of Sehjah village spread rumours about Ahmedis forcibly taking Muslims to Rabwa and brainwashing them with their ‘dogma’, it added. The clerics also demanded dismantling Ahmedi mosques in the area, the report claimed, adding that the situation in the village had become tense.
| Extremists in the district also told Ahmedis to remove the name Muhammad from their names or be punished. |
In another incident in Rahim Yar Khan, hooligans published the picture of the founder of the Ahmedia Jamaat along with abuses on the back of the print, the report claimed said. “People openly hold conferences in the area abusing Ahmedis,” it alleged. If a police officer decided a case in favour of an Ahmedi, he or she was considered an Ahmedi, the report alleged. “Ahmedis in Rahim Yar Khan have decreased the number of community and religious programmes. They have also decreased the number of mosques,” it added.