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Monday June 2, 2008

Ahmadiyya • Islam:

Islamic extremists call for war against Ahmadiyya sect

An Islamic hate group has called on its supporters to wage war against the Ahmadiyya movement — theologically a cult of Islam.

Monday April 28, 2008

Ahmadiyya:

Minority sect’s mosque torched in Java

The attack in West Java’s Sukabumi district came after a government team recommended this month the Ahmadiyya sect be banned because its teachings deviate from the central tenets of Islam.

Sunday April 20, 2008

Ahmadiyya:

Indonesians rally for Ahmadiyya sect ban

More than 1,000 Indonesian Muslims gathered in front of the presidential palace on Sunday to press the government to ban a Muslim sect that has been branded heretical by most Muslims.

Saturday April 19, 2008

Ahmadiyya • Islam:

Indonesia to ban Islamic sect amid pressure from hard-liners

A government team has recommended that Indonesia outlaw a Muslim sect that has come under attack from hard-liners as heretical, angering human rights activists who accuse authorities of cowing to pressure from extremists.

Monday October 1, 2007

Ahmadiyya:

Maryland town resists arrival of Muslim sect

A sect of Islam hopes to build a worship center in a Maryland, USA, town.

Tuesday January 2, 2007

Ahmadiyya:

Protests greet first new mosque in former East Berlin

Scattered protests Tuesday accompanied a ground-breaking ceremony for the first-ever mosque in what used to be Communist East Berlin.

Monday July 24, 2006

Ahmadiyya:

Ahmadiyya: Indonesian sect ‘may seek asylum’

An Indonesian Islamic sect which claims it has been persecuted by extremist Muslims today met with Australia's consul in Bali to seek support, warning they may lodge pleas for political asylum.

Tuesday June 27, 2006

Ahmadiyya:

Hard-line Muslims demand rally against Ahmadis

DHAKA: Hundreds of hard-line Muslims rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Sunday to demand the government declare a minority Islamic sect non-Muslim, police said.

Wednesday March 29, 2006

Ahmadiyya:

Indonesia: Group goes to court against places of worship decree

Minority groups of Christians and Muslims are seeking judicial review of the new decree on houses of worship that they say will obstruct them from practicing their faiths.

Saturday February 4, 2006

Ahmadiyya:

Indonesian Muslim Mob Attacks Homes of Minority Islamic Sect

JAKARTA, Indonesia--Nearly 1,000 Muslims armed with machetes attacked a housing complex belonging to a minority Islamic sect in Indonesia Saturday, some of them throwing Molotov cocktails, police and local media said.

Saturday October 8, 2005

Ahmadiyya:

Raid kills 8 in sect in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD At least eight people were killed and 20 wounded Friday in an attack on a congregation of a minority Muslim sect in central Pakistan.

Friday September 30, 2005

Ahmadiyya:

Ahmadiyah fights back — in civilized way

With their mosques and homes destroyed and their members terrorized, the Jamaah Ahmadiyah Congregation is fighting back, by peacefully filing a lawsuit against the Bogor administration after it banned the Islamic sect from any activity in the regency.

Friday September 23, 2005

Ahmadiyya:

Ahmadiyah followers under more pressure to alter beliefs

While trauma caused by a recent attack on Ahmadiyah property in Cianjur regency, West Java, has not yet healed, Ahmadiyah members faced pressure from another organization on Thursday.

Thursday September 22, 2005

Ahmadiyya:

Seven More Arrests in Indonesia Over Attack on Ahmadiyyahs

West Java Police named on Wednesday [21 September] seven more people as suspects in an attack on properties owned by a controversial Muslim sect in Cianjur, West Java, on Monday. A total of 12 people have now been named as suspects in the attack.

Wednesday September 21, 2005

Ahmadiyya:

Indonesia arrests 12 for attack on Muslim sect

JAKARTA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Indonesian police have arrested a dozen people after mosques were damaged and homes belonging to members of a breakaway Muslim sect burned down, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

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