On the 8th of October 2024, at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference hosted by CAP Liberté de Conscience a side-event was held to discuss the challenges faced by Ahmadi refugees in Europe. The discussion was led by two speakers – Willy Fautré from Human Rights Without Frontiers and Nasim Malik, from Sweden who also General Secretary of the International Human Rights Committee (IHRC).
The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has condemned the Pakistani government’s relentless campaign of persecution against the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. In a scathing incident report, the IHRC has documented a series of horrific attacks on Ahmadi mosques and places of worship carried out with the direct involvement and support of Pakistani authorities.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has long faced systemic persecution and violence, particularly in Pakistan. Despite Pakistan being a signatory to international human rights instruments, the state has codified religious discrimination against Ahmadis into its constitution and legal frameworks, most notably through the Second Amendment of 1974, which declared Ahmadis as non-Muslims, and Ordinance XX of 1984, which criminalised their religious practices. As a result, Ahmadis in Pakistan live under constant threat of violence, imprisonment, and societal exclusion. The United Nations (UN), through its eligibility guidelines and various human rights bodies, has repeatedly affirmed that Ahmadis fleeing persecution in Pakistan qualify as refugees under international law.
With Human Rights Without Frontiers we are deeply concerned about the situation of the Ahmadis in Pakistan.
This year, the Ahmadiyya Community is enduring an alarming rise in violence and systemic persecution.
We notice a disturbing trend of targeted murders, desecration of mosques and graves.
This year, up to July alone, four Ahmadi Muslims were brutally murdered in religiously motivated attacks.
The International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) has expressed concern, about the increasing violence and intimidation against the Ahmadiyya community, in Pakistan. In a statement released by the IHRC mentioned that extremist groups armed with weapons are specifically targeting Ahmadis for what they have termed as “Operation Neat and Clean Pakistan.”
According to our information German authorities Issued warrants to take Mrs. Asifa Ahmad in custody due to the rejection of her asylum case. Mrs. Asifa came to Germany in January 2018 and her asylum case was rejected. German authorities are planning to deport Mrs Asifa Ahmad who belongs to the Ahmadiyya faith, in breach of national and international laws and conventions. The name and credentials of the individual who is scheduled for deportation are as below:
On September 7, 2024, leading Suni Muslim scholar Maulvi Manzoor Mengal repeatedly incited the audience to kill Ahmadis at the Khatnam-e-Nububat conference organized by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam at Minar-e-Pakistan Lahore. Maulvi Manzoor Mengal declared Ahmadi Muslims to be “apostates,” saying that “the apostate must be killed…. it is the responsibility of the government to kill him.”
