May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore
The terrorist attacks of 28 May 2010 in Lahore, were two almost simultaneous attacks on two mosques of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat during Friday prayers, killing 86 Ahmadi Muslims and more than 120 were injured. After the first stop an hour-long hostage crisis started by the attacker. The mosques bear the name " Bait -un- Noor " in Model Town and " Bait- ul- Zikr " Garhi Shahu district in the district. For the attacks, the Pakistani Therik -e- Taliban Punjab known.
Background
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ( AMJ ) is one that emerged from the Ahmadiyya movement religious community. The Ahmadiyya movement was founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad laid claim " Mudschaddid of the 14th Islamic century," the " Promised Messiah ", the expected of Muslims " the Mahdi of the End Times " and to be " ( Muhammad subordinate ) Prophet" ".
In Pakistan, Ahmadis have been declared with the constitutional amendment of September 7, 1974 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to non-Muslims. During the regime of General Zia -ul- Haq was banned Ahmadis to call themselves as Muslims and to exercise the customs and traditions of Islam. Under Zia -ul- Haq, the free exercise of religion was on 26 April 1984 with the " Ordinance XX" severely restricted. Therefore, the Government of Pakistan is responsible for the terrorist attacks, because on the one hand, the community of faith pursuing for years and also did not provide any protection. According to " Minority Rights Group International " (international group for minority rights ), Pakistan has the world's highest increase of threats against minorities and is among other things the 6th most dangerous country for minorities worldwide.
Investigations
Rana Sana Ullah Khan, the Minister of Justice of the Punjab province confirmed that the attacker before the attack on the Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim missionary movement with its head office in Raiwind, has near Lahore, were staying. Many experts see the Tablighi Jamaat in an " antechamber " of Al -Qaeda and the Taliban. Marked Interior Senator Ehrhart Körting (SPD ) Tablighi Jamaat as the " Heater " for Islamist terrorists in London. In addition, according to the Constitution Protection Report 2006, the danger is that the Tablighi Jamaat due to their strict interpretation of Islam and the worldwide missionary activity promotes Islamist radicalization processes. Rana Sana Ullah Khan Justice Minister also added that the attackers were probably trained in Waziristan.
Reactions
In a joint statement with three human rights experts of the United Nations UN Secretary General Ban Ki -moon says, " members of this religious community were faced with many threats, discrimination and violence in Pakistan. There is a real danger that similar violence can occur again not stopping until the advocacy to incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence. The government must go each and every step to ensure the safety of members of all religious communities and their religious establishment and to avoid a repeat of today's deadly incident. "
In a statement, which was given after the attacks, Interior Minister Rehman Malik gave to that militant groups were entrenched in southern Punjab and from there were destabilizing the country. However, Rehman Malik added immediately that a military offensive in the south of Punjab would be ruled against the militants.
Arrests
On 5 July 2010, Pakistani police arrested six men, who were already members of the banned terrorist organization Harkat -ul- Jihad al -Islami. The men were suspected of the attack to have to do something. The men were in possession of 18,000 kg of explosives, 21 grenades and six AK -47 rifles.