Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Continues During Ramadhan
Majlis Sultan-ul-Qalam, USA
Sep 13, 2008 - Anti-Ahmadi assailants murdered two Ahmadi officials in Sindh on September 8th and 9th, respectively.  The first, Dr. Abdul Mannan Siddiqui, a 46-year-old prominent physician and U.S. citizen, was gunned down in Mirpur Khas at the hosital he worked at.  The second, Sate Muhammad Yusuf, a 70-year-old farmer from Nawab Shah, was gunned down on his way back from work.  Both murders come just days after a popular international television program, GEO TV's Aalim Online, aired a special program celebrating the thirty-fourth anniversary of the constitutional amendment in Pakistan declarating Ahmadis to be non-Muslim.  The program's host, Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain, and guests, two Muslim clerics, repeatedly leveled hate-filled attacks on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and branded all Ahmadis as wajib-ul-qatl, or "worthy of death."  

Majlis Sultan-ul-Qalam, USA has undertaken an urgent campaign to inform local, regional, national and international media outlets, including television and print media, about the horrific murders and the equally disturbing hate speech fueled by GEO TV's Aalim Online.  This page serves as a repository of the work related to the campaign.      

Latest Updates	Videos
Images of Dr Abdul Mannan Siddiqui Shaheed    Reply to Geo TV's Rehan Ibrahim - by Sofia Khalil    Sep 27 2008 - Dawn - In the Name of Faith    Sep 21 2008 - Dawn - Op Ed by Kunwar Idris    Action: File a Complaint to FCC    Sep 17 2008 - GEO TV Responds to Killings    Sep 17 2008 - Reply to GEO TV's Response Above    Urdu Poem About Martyrdom by Mohammad Z Khan       Listen to the Poem	">Excerpt from a 1986 Friday Sermon       ">by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh)    &feature=related">Martyrdom of Dr Abdul Mannan Siddiqui (MTA Video)    ">BBC Report on Killings in Sindh and Aalm Online Program    &feature=related">Altaf Hussain, Head of MQM, Condemns Ahmadi Killings       &feature=related">(ARY News &feature=related">Report)    Aalim Online, the inciteful television program, Sep 7 2008       Part 1     Part 2 , Part 3      ABC Channel 2 News - Baltimore, MD    ">Reply to Allegations of Alim Online (You Tube)
Official AMC Press Releases	How You Can Help
Press Release AMC UK Sep 9 2008    Press Release AMC UK Sep 9 2008 B       Press Release AMC USA Sep 10 2008     Press Release Sep 10 2008    For an official AMC USA position or a statement for the media,    please contact Imam Zaki Kauser, at zakikauser@yahoo.com.	You Can Help...    By posting comments on the online news stories;    By writing letters to editors and opinion-editorials;    By meeting local media representatives and educating them       about the tragedy;    By expressing your view in a short video;    By answering questions raised by       GEO TV's Aalim Online program in video format;    By calling the FCC's attention to GEO TV's hate-filled       programming in America;    By reaching out to Pakistani news media within Amerca;    By not letting the tragedy die!     Email Addresses of Pakistani Columnists    Sample Letter and Addresses to Send to in Pakistan    File a Complaint Against GEO with FCC
International Newspaper Coverage	Pakistani Newspaper Coverage
Sep 15 2008 - Market Watch - GEO TV Linked to Murder    Sep 13 2008 PR Newswire    Sep 13 2008 Bizjournals    Sep 13 2008 IBtimes    Sep 13 2008 Sys Con Media NJ    Sep 13 2008 - Buffalo News    Sep 13 2008 - Charlotte Ovbserver    Sep 12 2008 - ABC Channel 2 News Baltimore    Sep 12 2008 - Baltimore Examiner    Sep 12 2008 - LexisNexis  News    Sep 10 2008 - Yonkers Tribune    Sep 10 2008 - MarketWatch USA    Sep 10 2008 - PunjabNewsline.com - Punjab, India    Sep 10 2008 - Asian Human Rights Commission	Sep 23 2008 - Pakistan Christian Post    Sep 15 2008 - Alfazal - Martyrdom of Shaikh Saeed Ahmad    Sep 13 2008 - Daily Times - IFJ Condemns Broadcast      Sep 10 2008 - Daily Times (English) - News About Murder    Sep 10 2008 - Daily Times (English) - MQM Kicks Out Amir    Sep 09 2008 - Daily Ummat (Urdu) - News About Murder 1 ,       News 2 , News 3    Sep 09 2008 - Daily Nawae Waqt (Urdu) - News About Murder    Sep 09 2008 - Daily Jang (Urdu) - News About Murder    Sep 09 2008 - Daily Jurrat (Urdu) - News About Murder 1 ,       News 2    Sep 09 2008 - Daily Express (Urdu) - News About Murder    Sep 09 2008 Daily Express Covers Nabawut Conference    Sep 09 2008 Daily Dawn (English) News Story    Sep 08 2008 - MQM Condemns Killing of Ahmadi Doctor
Letters Written By MSQ Members	Other Resources
Sep 19 2008 - Finger Lake Times    Sep 18 2008 - "Save Islam from clutches of medieval-minded mullahs" - Imam Shamshad Nasir, printed in San Bernardino Sun    Sep 17 2008 - "Doctor Killed by Fatwa" - Faheem Younus, printed in Baltimore Examiner    Sep 11 2008 - "Geo TV's Aalim Online Abets Terror" - Dr.     Sohail Hussain, printed in Yale Daily News         Sep 15 2008, "Pakistan Not Embodying Pledge of Moderate    Muslim Community," by Saad Ahmad, printed in Oshkosh    Northwestern    Letter to Dawn - Qasim Rashid    Letters to Pakistani and US Papers - Anees Ahmad    Letters of Protest Over the Murders	Alim Online Sep 7 2008 Unofficial English Transcript    Sep 16 2008 - APPNA Condemns Killing of Doctor    Sep 12 2008 Intl Federation of Journalists    Sep 11 2008 HRCP Statement    Dr Abdul Mannan Siddiqui's Shahadat    Pakistanis Die. Pakistanis Cry. Yet Again    Story of Our Shaheed (A Personal Account)    Letter to President of Pakistan Page 1   ,  Page 2    Letter About Sahar Aftar Timings Case Page 1   ,  Page 2    Article from Amir Liaqat Hussain in Daily Jang    Sep 10 2008 - Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Canada     Press Release MQM Sep 9 2008
Timeline of Events
September 1st, 2008 Sheikh Saeed Ahmad, an Ahmadi shop keeper, isshot and severely injured at his shop in Karachi on the eve of Ramadhan. September 5th, 2008 A police case is lodged against several Ahmadi shop owners in Rabwah for displaying and selling the timing chart for Ramadhan. The timing chart is alleged to  to have injured the feelings of Muslims and to be an act of "posing as Muslims," offenses punishable under Pakistan's criminal penal code. Some of theindividuals prosecuted had already passed away years earlier. A ten year old boy is included among the suspects. September 7th, 2008 Throughout Pakistan, Muslims celebrate the 34th anniversary of Pakistan's Second Amendment to the Constitution declaring Ahmadis to be non-Muslim. Mullahs across the country organize public gatherings and render inflammatory comments about Ahmadis, their elders, and their beliefs. They urge the general public to punish Ahmadis for their beliefs and declare that it is compulsory for Ahmadi heretics to be killed as punishment. A television program, Aalim Online, is broadcast on the GEO Television Channel, which is seen in a number of countries, including Pakistan, America, and the United Kingdom. The program includes both a panel discussion and telephone conference that are intended to provoke anit-Ahmadi sentiments and inspire religious violence.  During the broadcast the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (peace be upon him), is spoken of in the most vile and grotesque language. The program's host, Dr. Amir Liaquat Hussain, and guests, two Muslim clerics, repeatedly brand Ahmadis as wajib-ul-qatl, or "worthy of death."  September 8th, 2008 Dr Abdul Mannan Siddiqui, a physician by profession, and owner of Fazle Umar Medical Center in Mirpur Khaas, is killed in hospital while he is attending to his patients. He suffered severe bullet injuries and died on the spot. Three others, including a private guard Muhammad Arif, Ghulam Husain, am attendant of a patient, and a woman, Husna Narejo, sustained bullet injuries. Dr Siddiqui also was the district president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and a prominent member of the civil society. The assailants came into the building disguised as patients.  They remain at large. September 9th, 2008 Sate Muhammad Yusuf, a 70-year-old businessman and the President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Nawab Shah, Sindh is murdered whilst at work. He is shot three times, including a fatal shot to his heart. Motahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a regional political party in Sindh, strongly condemns the burtal killings of Ahmadis and also the irresponsible broadcast of GEO TV's Aalim Online that served to incite the general public against minorities. It also severed its ties with the program's host, Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain. September 11th, 2008 Dr. Amir Liaquat Hussain, host of GEO TV's Aalim Online, says in an article in Jang that he is proud of his program and would air it again if given the opportunity.  September 13th, 2008 Shaikh Saeed Ahmad who was critically injured on Sep 1st, succumbed to injuries and passed away in Karachi. He became the 3rd Ahmadi Martyr in this Holy Month of Ramadhan.