2005 Mong shootings

Mosque attack in Punjab, Pakistan January 2013 June 2021 2005 Mong shootings Pakistan - Punjab - Mandi Bahauddin.svg Location of Mandi Bahauddin District, Punjab, Pakistan Mong, Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, Pakistan Ahmadi Muslims Sectarian violence among Muslims (Persecution of Ahmadis) 7 October 2005 Shooting 8 20 On 7 October 2005, a shooting attack took place at an Ahmadi mosque in Mong, Punjab, Pakistan, in which eight worshippers were killed and twenty were wounded during Namaz service. The two gunmen and their getaway driver were never identified. Background The Ahmadiyya movement was started in 1889 and follows the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad who they believe was sent by God as a prophet and the Promised Messiah and Imam Mehdi prophesied in Islam "to end religious wars, condemn bloodshed and re-institute morality, justice and peace". It is estimated there are between three and four million Ahmadis in Pakistan.http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/pakistan.violence/index.html?hpt=T2 At least 80 killed in Lahore attacks CNN 2010-05-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20100530040702/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/pakistan.violence/index.html?hpt=T2 30 May 2010 live The Ahmadiyya Muslims have previously been targeted by Sunni groups, while they have also suffered discrimination in Pakistan in the past, most significantly during the Lahore riots of 1953.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/05/2010528923401784.html Deaths in Pakistan mosques raids 28 May 2010 Al Jazeera English 28 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100529163648/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/05/2010528923401784.html 29 May 2010 live They were declared non-Muslim in Pakistan in 1973 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and were legally banned from identifying themselves as such in 1984 during General Zia-ul-Haq's Islamisation as per Ordinance XX, despite Ahmadis calling themselves Muslim and following the rituals of Islam.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8714894.stm Lahore hospital comes under attack from gunmen 1 June 2010 BBC 2 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100602044305/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8714894.stm 2 June 2010 live In August 2005, authorities closed down the offices of 16 publications run by followers of the sect in a Punjab city for "propagation of offensive material".http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4317998.stm Eight die in Pakistan sect attack BBC News 7 October 2005 14 September 2010 At the time of the attack, Mong, a village of around 18,000 residents in Mandi Bahauddin District, had a community of 150 Ahmadis.2005-10-07 8 killed, 19 wounded at Pakistan mosque https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9618529 NBC News en Attack Three men riding on a motorcycle holding guns, came into Mong Rasul7 October 2022 This Week in History: 7-13 October https://www.alhakam.org/this-week-in-history-7-13-october/ Al Hakam en on Friday morning, during the second day of Ramadan. Two of the perpetrators, wearing black hoods and armed with automatic firearms,2008-04-08 At Least Six Dead In Pakistan Attack https://www.rferl.org/a/1061936.html Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty en went inside the mosque and started firing immediately on the crowd of around forty worshippers.Masood Salman 2005-10-07 8 Killed and 20 Wounded in Attack on Pakistan Mosque https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/international/asia/8-killed-and-20-wounded-in-attack-on-pakistan-mosque.html The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 The attackers managed to escape after the attack. The leading imam, Sadiq Hussain Sherazi, stated that he escaped death by playing dead upon hearing the gunshots. Two people were killed at the scene while six others died at hospitals the same day. Two critically injured people were transported to Lahore for treatment. Response District police chief Waqar Haider stated a search was ongoing in the area around Mong, but he declined to speculate on the gunmen's identities. According to what a witness told Ahmadi author Qasim Rahid, police showed up several hours after the killing and "made no effort" to find the killers.Rashid Qasim The Wrong Kind of Muslim 2013 AyHa Publishing 8 Amnesty International stated that: Police investigations of previous targeted killings of Ahmadis in Pakistan have been slow or have not taken place at all. In many cases the perpetrators have not been brought to justice. Amnesty International believes that the government's consistent failure to investigate attacks and killings of members of religious minorities fails to discourage further human rights abuses against such groups.http://www.thepersecution.org/ai/aius1110pk.html Pakistan: Killing of Ahmadis continues amid impunity The Persecution 13 September 2010 Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao stated: "We condemn this attack. Any act of violence in which innocent people are killed should be condemned." Human rights groups have stated that Ahmadis have constantly suffered persecution in Pakistan and Shahbaz Bhatti, head of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, said the government had failed to protect minorities. 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