Ahmadis panic over ‘hit list’
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AHMADIS PANIC OVER ‘HIT LIST’
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Terrified Ahmadis are seeking government protection after an extremist group circulated pamphlets branding them “fit to be killed.”
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The All Pakistan Students Khatam-e-Nabuwat Federation recently handed the pamphlets out in public areas in Faisalabad in Punjab province,
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inciting people to kill members of the minority Muslim sect, who believe Muhammad was not the last prophet.
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The pamphlets also included a hit-list containing the names of 32 businessmen, teachers and doctors along with their addresses.
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Law enforcement agencies say it’s a joint campaign by different terrorist organizations.
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“We need to identify these people among us who are bewitching us; their punishment is death
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. Killing them in an open market is jihad and virtuous. So awaken your conscience … and achieve the status of martyrdom,” the pamphlets read.
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Concerned Ahmadis have met with police commissioner and other officials to present them with the list and demand protection.
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“Fatwas declaring us Wajib ul qatal [fit to be killed] have been issued in the past but this is a direct threat. The targeted people are in dire danger,” said Saleem-ud-din, an Ahmadi spokesperson.
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He said security forces need to do more to help threatened minorities.
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“Our guards captured a suicide attacker in April outside a worship place in Lahore but police later freed him due to political pressure from hardliners,” he said adding that three Ahmadi businessmen were murdered in Faisalabad last year.
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The Asian Human Rights Commission also urged the government to prevent more Ahmadi killings in a statement on June 11.
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“Once the killings start it will be too late and the government will not be able to use the excuse that they had no time to prepare.
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Action must be taken against any person or group openly declaring their nefarious designs of mass killings,” it stated.
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According to its 2010 Ahmadi persecution report● 202 Ahmadis were killed for their faith
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●234 suffered violent attacks●22 places of worship were destroyed (These exclude 28 sealed, 15 unlawfully seized)
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●29 dead bodies were exhumed from common graveyards●51 families were denied burial
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