The minarets of the Jamaat Ahmadiyya Ibadatgah located in Moti Bazar, Wazirabad, was demolished by the Punjab Police. Jamaat Ahmadiyya has said that the Punjab police has demolished the minaret of the Ibadatgah without any legal justification.
The Supreme Court in a landmark judgment on minorities’ rights issued in 2014, had asked the government to form a special task force for the protection of worship places of minorities..
A 13-year-old boy was beaten up by an Imam Masjid because he reportedly took a leave for a day.
Lahore police on Tuesday arrested the imam of a mosque for allegedly torturing a 13-year-old boy.
As per reports, Assistant Superintendent of Police Kahna Circle Shoaib Memon and his team went to arrest the imam identified as Tariq.
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According to a statement issued by Lahore’s Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) office, the police took notice of the incident and released orders to instantly arrest the mosque’s imam.
CCPO Ghulam Muhammad Dogar said that the Model Town police has already started an investigation into the matter to serve justice.
“No incident of torture against children will be tolerated,” said Dogar.
The first government-funded mosque in the Greek capital, Athens, has opened after 14 years of wrangling and bureaucratic delays.
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Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from different countries live in Athens but the city has not had a formal mosque since the Ottomans were forced to leave nearly 200 years ago.
Plans to construct a mosque in Athens began in 1890 yet it took decades for them to materialise due to opposition from a predominantly Christian Orthodox population and nationalists, sluggish bureaucracy but most recently a decade-long financial crisis.
Amid a coronavirus outbreak, only a limited number of worshippers, wearing masks and sitting at a distance from each other due to COVID-19 restrictions, attended prayers.
“It is a historic moment for the Muslim community living in Athens, we have been waiting for this mosque for so long,” said Heider Ashir, a member of the mosque’s governing council. “Thanks to God, finally, we have a mosque that is open and we can pray here freely.”
But other Muslims were unhappy with the mosque’s appearance. A grey, rectangular structure with no dome or minaret, has no resemblance to other graceful, ornate mosques in Europe.
“It does not at all look like a place of worship, it is a small, square, miserable building,” said Naim El Ghandour, head of the Muslim Association of Greece. “We thank them very much for the offer, but we will fight to reach it to the level that we deserve.”
Bad news for those who wanted to have their wedding photoshoots done at Badshahi Masjid because the mosque’s management has banned wedding photography there. People who have already booked the spot for photography are safe, but no further bookings will be entertained.
As per mosque’s caretaker Abdul Khabeer Azaad, the ban was put in order after photographers took pictures of brides and grooms in inappropriate poses that were against the ethics of a mosque. It also disturbed the people praying there.
Meanwhile, people had mixed reactions to the ban.