Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) Muslim community—[Interruption.] - Speech Link
2: Siobhain McDonagh (LAB - Mitcham and Morden) I have the privilege of being chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the Ahmadiyya Muslim community - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) and denounce the teachings of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community and its founder is a profound breach of - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) The Ahmadiyya Muslim community’s roots run deep in Pakistan, as has been mentioned. - Speech Link
Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to ensure the safety and religious freedom of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
Protecting and promoting freedom of religion or belief remains central to the UK government's human rights engagement in Pakistan. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for South Asia and Minister responsible for Human Rights, raised the treatment of Ahmadi Muslims with then-Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada on 27 June. On 14 December 2022, Lord Ahmad also discussed the need to promote respect for all religions with then-Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. In May, the UK Political Counsellor visited Rabwah to discuss the challenges faced by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.
Report Aug. 30 2023
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: This highlights the strong demand from the UK community for further expansion of opportunities to support
Jul. 27 2023
Source Page: Understanding extremism in Scotland: stakeholder perceptions and viewsFound: The murder of Asad Shah, an Ahmadiyya Muslim shopkeeper who was attacked in Glasgow in 2016 by a Sunni
Jul. 27 2023
Source Page: Understanding extremism in Scotland: evidence reviewFound: More recently, the GTD also includes the murder of Asad Shah, an Ahmadiyya Muslim shopkeeper who was
Jul. 13 2023
Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2022Found: In Algeria , some Christian groups and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community reported difficulties in practising
Found: The Community Policy Forum , a think tank that explores the issues facing Muslim communities in the
Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she has made an assessment of the threat posed by potential hate preachers supporting the persecution of and attacks on the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the UK; and whether her Department holds data on the number of visas refused due to the individual supporting the persecution of Ahmadiyyas.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Government is committed to tackling those who spread views that promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society, particularly minority groups. We assess all evidence of those that support for or justify violence and will not tolerate those who spread divisive and harmful narratives.
We are aware of hate preachers and wider organisations in the UK who spread such harmful and inflammatory narratives against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Such narratives have called for the boycott and even death of Ahmadi Muslims. We are continuing to work with law enforcement agencies and multi-agency partners to ensure this is appropriately tackled and that we continue to increase our understanding of this threat.
Information on the reasons why visas have been refused is not available without a manual search of individual records.
Mentions:
1: Jonathan Lord (CON - Woking) In my constituency of Woking, we have a very diverse community, including a very large Muslim community - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Gentleman use that phrase and I think he will find that it is the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community that coined - Speech Link
3: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Most of the Jewish population in Scotland lives there, we have a large and growing Muslim community and - Speech Link
4: Janet Daby (LAB - Lewisham East) Education rightly takes place at school, and also in the wider community. - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Pakistan about the murder of an Ahmadi doctor, Mr Rashid Ahmed, on 19 February in Gutriala, Gujarat; when they last raised the topic of attacks on Ahmadis with that government; and what response they received.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The murder of Mr Rasheed Ahmad in Gujarat on 19 February is the latest incident in a worsening trend of persecution and targeting of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Pakistan. I [Lord Ahmad] raised the treatment of Ahmadi Muslims with Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, on 30 January. On 9 January, Minister of State for Development Andrew Mitchell raised this issue with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The British High Commission in Islamabad continues to engage at a senior level with government representatives and civil society; the UK Political Counsellor discussed the matter with Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi, on 20 February.