Pakistan Supreme Court removed so-called controversial paragraphs from Mubarak Sani judgment after pressure from Islamists. After the previous judgment, fanatics in Pakistan had rioted against Supreme Court Chief Justice.
The protesting Islamists are demanding CJP Faez Isa’s resignation. On 19th August, a large number of protesters from various religious groups breached Islamabad's highly secured, Red Zone earlier today, storming the Supreme Court entrance gates to protest the Pakistan apex court verdict in the Mubarak Sani case.
While animal sacrifice is a routine practice in Pakistan during Eid, the Ahmadis are restrained from practising their Islamic rites since they are recognised as non-Muslims in Pakistan.
The controversy escalated in February 2023 when the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board labelled the Ahmadiyya Muslim community as infidels, citing the fatwa of Jamait ul Ulema.
Notably, Pakistan, for which Ahmadiyya Muslims voted in uniformity in the 1940s, does not recognize Ahmadiyyas as Muslims and bars them from such identification.
Minority Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan have been stopped from organising Qurbani and offering Namaz, even from within their houses, during the Islamic festival of Bakrid
Shops and goods belonging to Ahmadiyyas were also destroyed. Two journalists, Kamruzzaman Tutul (SA TV’s Panchagarh Correspondent) and Shamsuddin Chowdhury Kalam (Daily Karatoa) were also injured during the attack.
In the video of the incident, it can be seen that three masked men are standing atop the Ahmadi structure and smashing the pillars and minarets with hammers