by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Sep 26, 2024 | HRC 57, news
We are deeply concerned about the arrest in Jordan in late July of six members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a new religious movement founded 25 years ago.
They were just distributing in public in Amman flyers which simply described traditions related to the appearance of Imam Mahdi.
They were detained in unhuman conditions, mice and rats infesting their cells. They were released on bail after about three weeks of detention. But they were forced to pledge a payment of 70,000 US Dollars, should they ever publicly express or propagate again their religion.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Sep 11, 2024 | HRC 57, news
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light is a small community in Jordan that faces ongoing challenges, including harassment from authorities, threats of violence, and exclusion from society due to their divergent beliefs from traditional Muslim views. Their beliefs include that the real Kaaba is in Petra, Jordan rather than Mecca, that prophets made mistakes, that fixed prayer times are unnecessary, and that alcohol can be consumed moderately. They also accept LGBTQ people in their community.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Aug 14, 2024 | news
At the upcoming 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council, scheduled for September 9 to October 11, 2024, international human rights organizations are set to voice grave concerns over the persecution of members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light in Jordan. The written statement, that will be submitted by the Coordination des Associations et des Particuliers pour la Liberté de Conscience, a non-governmental organization with special consultative status, highlights a troubling pattern of arrests, detentions, and harassment targeting this religious minority.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 20, 2024 | news, UN UPR
Since their implantation in Egypt in 2012, members of a new religious movement in Islam, self-named “The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light,” have been the victims of state repression, social hostility, death threats by extremist imams for being considered heretics.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jun 26, 2024 | CAP LC United Nations, news, UN OHCHR
In a step towards addressing minority concerns the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues has called upon civil society organizations worldwide. The appeal is for contributions to a report focusing on the role of NGOs in advocating for and safeguarding minority rights set to be presented at the UN General Assembly in 2024.
