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Deadly attack on mosques in Pakistani city of Lahore; muslim on muslim attack
Topic Started: May 28 2010, 01:30 PM (76 Views)
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Gunmen have attacked two mosques of the minority Ahmadi Islamic sect in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 42 people, officials say.

It is feared the death toll may rise, as both mosques were packed for Friday midday prayers at the time of the attacks, and gunfire continues.

Police are reported to have entered one of the buildings, while a stand-off continues at the second.

Lahore has been the scene of a string of brazen militant attacks.

Gunmen are reported to be holding worshippers as hostages inside the mosque in the heavily built-up Garhi Shahu area.

'Indiscriminate' firing
Police say they have taken control of the other mosque, in the nearby Model Town area, after a two-hour gunfight.

One militant was killed and two others have been arrested, police say.

WHO ARE THE AHMADIS?

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A minority Islamic sect founded in 1889, Ahmadis believe their own founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who died in 1908, was a prophet
This is anathema to most Muslims who believe the last prophet was Muhammad, who died in 632
Most Ahmadi followers live in the Indian subcontinent
Ahmadis have been the subject of sectarian attacks and persecution in Pakistan and elsewhere
In 1974 the Pakistani government declared the sect non-Muslim
A dozen ambulances have taken the dead and injured to hospitals.

Eyewitnesses told the BBC the gunmen launched simultaneous attacks on the two mosques.

A number of gunmen were reported to have opened fire indiscriminately in the Model Town mosque.

They were said to be armed with AK-47 rifles, shotguns, grenades and possibly other explosive devices.

TV footage showed one attacker atop a minaret, firing an assault rifle and throwing grenades as police engaged in a fierce gunfight with militants below.

Punjab police chief Tariq Salim Dogar said fighting was continuing at the Garhi Shahu mosque.

Mr Dogar said: "Our immediate priority is to reach the injured and take them to hospital, and to capture the terrorists if they are still inside the mosque."


The attacks come after at least 45 people were killed in March when two suicide bombers attacked a crowded residential area.

Sectarian attacks have been carried out by various militant groups in Punjab province, and across Pakistan in the past.

While the Ahmadis consider themselves Muslim and follow all Islamic rituals, they were declared non-Muslim in Pakistan in 1973, and in 1984 they were legally barred from proselytising or identifying themselves as Muslims.

The group has in the past been targeted by radical Sunni groups - who consider the Ahmadis infidels.

Members of the community have often been mobbed, or gunned down in targeted attacks, says the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad.



But this is the first time their places of worship have suffered daring and well-coordinated attacks that bear the mark of Taliban militants, our correspondent adds.

link: bbc news

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seems like the Ahmadi Islamic sect seems more progressive. so much so that pakistan has tried to prevent them from being called muslim.
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any links m8
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sorry blind git sometimes o and impatient
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I look forward to the day when all immigration and travel from Pakistan comes to an end. And Somalia.
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And some muslims try to say that there is no death penalty for apostasy in islam..... the qadianis or ahmadiyyas are considered apostates. or heretics at best.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/worshippers-slaughtered-in-deadly-final-warning-1986188.html

Here's the story in the Independant.

Shocking isnt it .... all these people are guilty of, if guilt is the right word, is wanting to live a PEACEFUL life.

If this isnt proof enough of how the Islam religion has been twisted and wrecked beyond belief then I dont know what else there is to show it. Because the Quran does state that those who use the religion FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES, and who use it AGAINST EACH OTHER - they are the infidels and they are the ones who should be persecuted.

Muhammed must be turning in his grave to see the death and destruction being played out against those who want to practise the peaceful religion ... all in HIS name.

And people wonder why we want these murderous twisted individuals off our streets?
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Take a guess which Muslims wanted to build a Mosque in Walsall and why a group of Muslims are against it saying there are already too many.
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They can't even live in peace with each other,

so what chance is there?
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So some peacuful muslims wanted to live a peacful life, then some violent muslims attacked them in the name of there peacful religion??

Haha. Idiots or what...
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