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Several Arrested In Ahmadi Sect Investigation In The UK

Several Arrested In Ahmadi Sect Investigation In The UK

Rediff.com29 Apr 2026

UK police have made several arrests as part of an investigation into serious offences alleged to have involved members of an Ahmadi sect in north-west England.

UK Police Investigate Ahmadi Sect, Make Several Arrests

UK Police Investigate Ahmadi Sect, Make Several Arrests

Rediff.com29 Apr 2026

UK police have made several arrests as part of an investigation into serious offences alleged to have involved members of an Ahmadi sect in north-west England.

Who are Ahmadis? Why are they under attack in Pak?

Who are Ahmadis? Why are they under attack in Pak?

Rediff.com28 May 2010

Founded by Ghulam Ahmad, who was born in 1838, the Ahmadi sect has a number of unique views including that Ahmad himself was a prophet and that Jesus died aged 120 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Ahmadis are worse than Jews, says Pakistan Taliban

Ahmadis are worse than Jews, says Pakistan Taliban

Rediff.com28 May 2010

Claiming responsibility for the audacious attack that left at least 30 dead -- on two mosques of the Ahmadis sect in Lahore, the Punajb Taliban vowed to intensify attacks against the sect whom they describe as "worst infidels than Jews".

80 killed in Lahore terror siege

80 killed in Lahore terror siege

Rediff.com28 May 2010

At least 30 people have been killed and scores injured in the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Lahore, said a state run rescue service spokesman.

Pak: Mob kills woman, 2 minor girls over 'blasphemous' Facebook post

Pak: Mob kills woman, 2 minor girls over 'blasphemous' Facebook post

Rediff.com28 Jul 2014

A woman and her two minor granddaughters were killed when an angry mob set alight several houses, shops in Pakistan's Punjab province belonging to the minority Ahmadi sect in riots that followed the alleged posting of blasphemous content on Facebook.

The greatest threat to our democracy post 1975

The greatest threat to our democracy post 1975

Rediff.com19 Feb 2020

'Refusing to implement the CAA-NRC, as some states have done via resolutions in state assemblies, is a violation of the Constitution; an attempt to alter the fundamental structure of our democracy and a recipe for anarchy,' argues Vivek Gumaste.