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A 35-year-old Pakistani man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community has been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic over his faith in the country’s Punjab province, the police said on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s Parliament in 1974 declared the Ahmadi community as non-Muslims. A decade later, they were banned from calling themselves Muslims. They are banned from preaching and from travelling to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage.
The latest incident took place in Okara district, some 130 km from here, on Tuesday. Abdul Salam, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to death by “religious fanatic” Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his faith, senior police officer Muhammad Saddique told PTI.
“When Salam was returning from his agricultural land, Raza attacked him with a knife. Salam died on the spot with multiple wounds on his body. Raza managed to flee after raising religious slogans,” the officer said. A case has been registered under murder and terrorism charges against the suspect.
The police officer said that the alleged killer was a seminary student and had no other apparent reason to kill Salam except his faith……
A 35-year-old Pakistani man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community has been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic over his faith in the country’s Punjab province, the police said on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s Parliament in 1974 declared the Ahmadi community as non-Muslims. A decade later, they were banned from calling themselves Muslims. They are banned from preaching and from travelling to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage.
The latest incident took place in Okara district, some 130 km from here, on Tuesday. Abdul Salam, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to death by “religious fanatic” Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his faith, senior police officer Muhammad Saddique told PTI.
“When Salam was returning from his agricultural land, Raza attacked him with a knife. Salam died on the spot with multiple wounds on his body. Raza managed to flee after raising religious slogans,” the officer said. A case has been registered under murder and terrorism charges against the suspect.
The police officer said that the alleged killer was a seminary student and had no other apparent reason to kill Salam except his faith……
