Ahmadi doctor killed in Pakistan
From the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Spain they have reported in a statement on the brutal murder of Dr. Tahir Ahmad, a 31 year old Ahmadi doctor.
The doctor was on his way with his family to celebrate Friday's service at the private residence of a member of the Ahmadiyya community in Murh Balochan, Nankana, in Pakistan.
"When he was leaving the house after the service, accompanied by his father and two of his uncles, he was shot by a teenager," the report says.
Fatal attack on a house of Ahmadi in Murh Balochan, district Nankana Sahib. An Ahmadi Dr Tahir Ahmed age 31 died as a result while his father is in critical condition fighting for his life. Two other members of the same family who gathered for prayer are injured. pic.twitter.com/50vcTfx56I
— Saleem ud Din (@SaleemudDinAA) November 20, 2020
Dr. Tahir died on the spot, and the other three companions were seriously injured. Dr Tahir's father, Tariq Ahmad, is still in critical condition at the hospital. The other two seriously injured are in hospital.
This is the fifth Ahmadi Muslim to die from persecution for his faith this year, and the fourth in just four months. Anti-Ahmadiyya groups in Pakistan have intensified their perverse hate campaign against the Ahmadis because of religious differences within their beliefs.
The Ahmadis, under Pakistani law, are helpless and completely deprived of their civic rights, freedom of religion and practice. "The public, particularly young people, is openly encouraged to kill the Ahmadis to gain a place in paradise," the statement said.
The Ahmadiyya community has appealed to the international community in the hope that it will take a firm stand against these horrible acts of barbarism.
Furthermore, they are asking the neighbouring countries to put pressure on the government of Pakistan to guarantee the security of the Ahmadiyya citizens, "who are law-abiding and peace-loving, and who deserve to receive the same rights and protection as any other citizen of Pakistan," the communiqué concludes.
