CategoryReligious Persecution

Who Speaks for America’s Muslims? And why Americans Must Know

By Kashif Chaudhry
In Op-eds, Religious Persecution
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Originally published in The Huffington Post My uncle passed away in Pakistan last week.  But because of serious threats for my criticism of religious extremism in my motherland, I was unable to travel back for his funeral. For fellow Americans, I am a Muslim, a physician and a human rights activist. But to the State of Pakistan – and the mainstream Sunni clergy –...

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What America means to Muslims who fled persecution

By Musa Lughmani
In Letters, Religious Persecution
1 Min read
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Originally published in The Baltimore Sun In 1974, the Pakistani government declared Ahmadi Muslims, a minority sect of Islam, as non-Muslims. Ever since, Ahmadi Muslims have been victims of mosque burnings, massacres, targeted killings and other atrocities. Ahmadis in Pakistan are banned from reading the Quran, banned from calling their places of worship “mosques” and banned from...

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