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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Sep 15 2008 - Market Watch - GEO TV Broadcast Linked to Murder
Religious broadcast by GEO TV linked to Murder of two Ahmadi Muslim Leaders
Market Watch
Last update: 11:01 p.m. EDT Sept. 15, 2008
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TORONTO, Sept 15, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is joined by international journalists and human rights organizations to denounce the brutal murders of two eminent Ahmadi leaders by religious extremists in Pakistan.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned inflammatory broadcast and link to murders in Pakistan. "IFJ is horrified to learn that two people belonging to a minority religious sect in Pakistan were murdered shortly after a broadcaster on one of the country's main television channels urged viewers to kill "blasphemers" and "apostates" as a religious duty"(1).
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan also condemned the killings and called for an end to hate preaching through the media. "The government must ensure that the killers of the Ahmadi citizens are brought to justice and that nobody is allowed to use the media, especially the electronic one, to preach communal hatred and fratricide. The TV channel also has a duty to reign in irresponsible comperes. Failure to do so will confirm its complicity in a heinous crime"(2).
The highly offensive program that was aired in Asia, Europe and North America (Aalim Online - GEO TV - September 7, 2008) attempted to ridicule the holy founder of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and openly declared holders of Ahmadiyya Muslim belief as "wajib-ul-qatl" (deserving of death). It is no surprise that such venomous broadcast led to murder of innocent Ahmadis.
However, as with prior murders of Ahmadi Muslims, no concrete action has been taken by authorities in Pakistan and in this case by the GEO TV (broadcaster of the offensive program Aalim Online). The host of the violence-preaching program is unrepentant and continues to broadcast on air. The DVDs of the violence-preaching program are being distributed in Pakistan and the program can be viewed on the Internet.
On September 7, 2008, "Aalim Online", aired on GEO TV, incited religious hatred and violence against the members of the Ahmadiyya Community. The host of the program, Aamir Liaqat Hussain (former Federal Minister of Religious Affairs), and his two guest panelists, Maulana Mohammad Ameen and Dr. Saeed Inayatulla, referred to members of the Ahmadiyya Community as "kafir" (infidel) and maintained that anyone who holds beliefs as Ahmadi Muslims is "wajib-ul-qatl" (deserving of death). Guest panelists referred to the extermination of the members of the Ahmadiyya Community as incumbent upon all Muslims.
Subsequent to the program, religious zealots murdered two eminent members of the Ahmadiyya Community. On September 8, 2008, Dr. Abdul Mannan Siddiqi was shot multiple times and killed by extremists who barged into his medical clinic while he was attending to his patients. Similarly, the next day, Saith Muhammad Yusuf was shot and killed, also while at his workplace. Both men were leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan.
GEO TV is available through satellite television and over the Internet. In Canada, it is also available to cable subscribers.
"Through programs such as Aalim Online, the message of hate is arriving in the peaceful country of Canada. The so called clerics are capable of poisoning the calm waters of this great nation," said Naseem Mahdi, Senior Vice President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. "Every member of the civil society should condemn the barbaric acts of violence against Ahmadi Muslims and be ever vigilant not to allow the message of hate to enter Canada," he added.
In 1974, the Pakistan Constitution was amended to declare the Ahmadiyya Community as non-Muslim. Also, the Ahmadiyya Community is condemned by religious extremists for its peaceful interpretation of jihad (holy struggle) and its disassociation with war and retaliation. In 1984, the peaceful self-representation and practice of Islam by the members of the Ahmadiyya Community was made criminal, and in some cases, subject to the death penalty. The United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights and numerous human rights organizations have all called for the repeal of all criminal laws, which prohibit the religious freedom of the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan.
"By spreading lies about Ahmadis and their beliefs, and calling for their killing, religious extremists incite hatred and violence, and commit terrorism, thereby defiling the true, peaceful and loving message of Islam," said Mr. Lal Khan Malik, President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada.
The International Community and media are urged to take notice of the ever-increasing persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
(1)
http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-condemns-inflammatory-broadcast-and
-link-to-murders-in-pakistan
(2)
http://www.hrcp-web.org/hrcpDetail_2.cfm?catId=180&catName=Press%20Releases
SOURCE Ahmadiyya Muslim Community/Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam
Click Here for Original Article
TORONTO, Sept 15, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is joined by international journalists and human rights organizations to denounce the brutal murders of two eminent Ahmadi leaders by religious extremists in Pakistan.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned inflammatory broadcast and link to murders in Pakistan. "IFJ is horrified to learn that two people belonging to a minority religious sect in Pakistan were murdered shortly after a broadcaster on one of the country's main television channels urged viewers to kill "blasphemers" and "apostates" as a religious duty"(1).
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan also condemned the killings and called for an end to hate preaching through the media. "The government must ensure that the killers of the Ahmadi citizens are brought to justice and that nobody is allowed to use the media, especially the electronic one, to preach communal hatred and fratricide. The TV channel also has a duty to reign in irresponsible comperes. Failure to do so will confirm its complicity in a heinous crime"(2).
The highly offensive program that was aired in Asia, Europe and North America (Aalim Online - GEO TV - September 7, 2008) attempted to ridicule the holy founder of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and openly declared holders of Ahmadiyya Muslim belief as "wajib-ul-qatl" (deserving of death). It is no surprise that such venomous broadcast led to murder of innocent Ahmadis.
However, as with prior murders of Ahmadi Muslims, no concrete action has been taken by authorities in Pakistan and in this case by the GEO TV (broadcaster of the offensive program Aalim Online). The host of the violence-preaching program is unrepentant and continues to broadcast on air. The DVDs of the violence-preaching program are being distributed in Pakistan and the program can be viewed on the Internet.
On September 7, 2008, "Aalim Online", aired on GEO TV, incited religious hatred and violence against the members of the Ahmadiyya Community. The host of the program, Aamir Liaqat Hussain (former Federal Minister of Religious Affairs), and his two guest panelists, Maulana Mohammad Ameen and Dr. Saeed Inayatulla, referred to members of the Ahmadiyya Community as "kafir" (infidel) and maintained that anyone who holds beliefs as Ahmadi Muslims is "wajib-ul-qatl" (deserving of death). Guest panelists referred to the extermination of the members of the Ahmadiyya Community as incumbent upon all Muslims.
Subsequent to the program, religious zealots murdered two eminent members of the Ahmadiyya Community. On September 8, 2008, Dr. Abdul Mannan Siddiqi was shot multiple times and killed by extremists who barged into his medical clinic while he was attending to his patients. Similarly, the next day, Saith Muhammad Yusuf was shot and killed, also while at his workplace. Both men were leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan.
GEO TV is available through satellite television and over the Internet. In Canada, it is also available to cable subscribers.
"Through programs such as Aalim Online, the message of hate is arriving in the peaceful country of Canada. The so called clerics are capable of poisoning the calm waters of this great nation," said Naseem Mahdi, Senior Vice President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. "Every member of the civil society should condemn the barbaric acts of violence against Ahmadi Muslims and be ever vigilant not to allow the message of hate to enter Canada," he added.
In 1974, the Pakistan Constitution was amended to declare the Ahmadiyya Community as non-Muslim. Also, the Ahmadiyya Community is condemned by religious extremists for its peaceful interpretation of jihad (holy struggle) and its disassociation with war and retaliation. In 1984, the peaceful self-representation and practice of Islam by the members of the Ahmadiyya Community was made criminal, and in some cases, subject to the death penalty. The United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights and numerous human rights organizations have all called for the repeal of all criminal laws, which prohibit the religious freedom of the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan.
"By spreading lies about Ahmadis and their beliefs, and calling for their killing, religious extremists incite hatred and violence, and commit terrorism, thereby defiling the true, peaceful and loving message of Islam," said Mr. Lal Khan Malik, President of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada.
The International Community and media are urged to take notice of the ever-increasing persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
(1)
http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-condemns-inflammatory-broadcast-and
-link-to-murders-in-pakistan
(2)
http://www.hrcp-web.org/hrcpDetail_2.cfm?catId=180&catName=Press%20Releases
SOURCE Ahmadiyya Muslim Community/Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam
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