AN ahmadi muslim perspective

Police free Russian cult kids who reportedly never saw sun
At least 57 members of an Islamist sect, including children, have been discovered living underground in the Republic of Tatarstan, according to Russian police.

Many of them have never even seen the sun, authorities said.

The sect members, which includes at least 19 children ages 1 to 17, were freed. They were found August 1 during a police raid performed as part of an ongoing investigation into militant groups in Tatarstan. The bunker, which appeared to be made of decrepit concrete blocks, has multiple levels below ground with tight-quartered cells that have no light, ventilation or heat.

The leader of the sect is reportedly Fayzrahman Satarov, an 83-year-old who pronounced himself a prophet destined to direct a caliphate, according to a report by Russia state TV channel Vesti.

Amid chants of defiance, police detained Satarov and some other members, and they are facing charges.

Russian media reports say his followers lived in isolation, refusing to recognize Russian laws or the authority of mainstream Muslim leaders in Tatastan.

The bunker is located near the city of Kazan in Tatarstan, about 500 miles from Moscow.

Tatarstan is majority Muslim and oil rich.

India''s main opposition party demands rehab for Pakistani Hindus

Hindus leave Pakistan for India

                Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya, a Pakistani organization representing members of the religious group, who are called Ahmadis, has claimed in its annual report that religious persecution against the minority is on the rise.           
  Ahmadis have long been persecuted and discriminated against in the Islamic republic. Their representative body, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya, released their annual report on Thursday in Islamabad, claiming that in 2011 some 6 Ahmadis were killed and 20 were targeted for assassination in Pakistan.
  Ahmadis were constitutionally declared non-Muslims in Pakistan the 1970s; however, Ahmadis say they believe in Islam and Prophet Muhammad. In the 1980s, during the military dictatorship of General Zia-ul-Haq, who introduced strict Sharia laws in Pakistan, the Ahmadi community had to face more discrimination, and a large number of them had to flee to other countries. Many Ahmadis have taken refuge in European countries, including Germany, where they enjoy greater religious freedom.

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Constitutional discrimination
Ahmadis enjoy greater freedom in Europe than in AsiaSalimuddin, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya's spokesman, told the media in Islamabad that Ahmadis continued to face religious, political and cultural discrimination in Pakistan.
"Unless you don't change the laws, discrimination against Ahmadis and other religious minorities won't end," Salimuddin told DW, adding "there should be equal laws and equal justice for all citizens. We are also Pakistanis, and if the state gave us our rights as Pakistanis, things would be better for us."