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Worldview: The other Pakistani crisis |
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A shocking e-mail on Monday informed me of a Philadelphian murdered in Pakistan.
Habib Peer, 60, was a hardworking Pakistani American who had raised three children and run two businesses in the city. He considered himself a devout Muslim and was a leader in his Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Last week, he was shot dead by masked men in the southern Pakistani city of Sanghar, where he was helping the family of his brother - who had been murdered four years before.
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Philadelphia man dies over religion in Pakistan |
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A Philadelphia man was murdered in Pakistan Thursday in what relatives say is a case of religious persecution.
Habibur Rehman came to Philadelphia from Pakistan 20 years ago. He raised a family and ran a newsstand in Germantown. But Rehman belonged to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a group that believes the long-awaited Messiah came to earth in the late 19th century. Jamal Elias, chairman of religious studies at Penn says the group is persecuted in Pakistan:
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Muslims Condemn Burning of Quran on 9/11 |
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA strongly condemns a Florida church’s effort to desecrate the Holy Quran on “International Burn a Quran Day” on Sept. 11. In response, it is launching a nationwide campaign to educate fellow Americans about the Holy Quran.
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Persecuted Muslim Sect Uses Brochure Campaign to Push for Peace |
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Qasim Rashid squinted through his sunglasses and pointed toward the Kamikaze ride and the Curly Fries stand, shimmering under the August sun at the Wisconsin State Fair. “Team of two,” he said to several of the eight young men gathered around him. “That way.”
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U.S. citizen slain over his religion in his native Pakistan |
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When Habib Peer closed his Germantown newsstand last year and moved back to Pakistan, his passport made no note of his religion.
Since 1990 he had been a resident and citizen of the United States, where being an Ahmadiyya Muslim is no offense. But in his homeland, Peer's faith made him a target, his family said.
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American Citizen Murdered in Pakistan due to Government Sanctioned Religious Extremism |
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Peer Habibur Rehman, resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was brutally murdered today while in his native country of Pakistan at around 9:30 AM, Pakistani time.
Mr. Rehman was in Sindh, Pakistan, when he stopped at a traffic light while driving his nephew and workers to his farm. At that time, two masked gunmen approached his vehicle and opened fire. He was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. His nephew and workers survived the incident. |
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