1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots

1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots
1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots
Part of Persecution of Ahmadis
Date	29 May 1974-October 1974
Location	Pakistan
Caused by	Attack on Students of Nishtar Medical University at Chenab Nagar railway station
Goals	Declaring Ahmaddiya Muslims as Non-Muslim minority in the Constitution of Pakistan
Methods	Demonstrations; Civil resistance; Self-immolation; Strike actions; Mutiny; Army defections;
Resulted in	Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Ordinance XX Declaration of Ahmadiyya Muslims as Non-Muslims in Pakistan;
Lead figures
	Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari; Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi; Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto; Shah Ahmad Noorani; Abul Ala Maududi; Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi; Agha Shorish Kashmiri; Syed Abuzar Bukhari; Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah; Janbaz Mirza; Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi Mirza Nasir Ahmad; Mirza Tahir Ahmad; Maulana Dost Muhammad Shahid; Maulana Abul ‘Ata Jallundhari; Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Mazhar; Maulana Dost Muhammad Shahid; Maulana Syed Muhammad Zakir Hussain Shah Sialvi
Casualties
Death(s)	27 Ahmadi Muslims

In the period spanning from late May to early September 1974, an altercation between students of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba and youths of the Ahmadiyya Muslims Community at the Rabwah railway station. This incidents were marked by a series of events such as protests, violence, property damage, and governmental actions against the Ahmadiyya community across Pakistan.^[1] These events reportedly resulted in casualties among Ahmadi individuals and damage to Ahmadi mosques. Furthermore, in response to these events, the government took actions, including constitutional amendments, related to the status of Ahmadis.

^ Paracha, Nadeem F. (2021-06-20). "SMOKERS' CORNER: PANDERING TO EXTREMISTS". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-06-02.

[1] Paracha, Nadeem F. (2021-06-20). "SMOKERS' CORNER: PANDERING TO EXTREMISTS". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-06-02.

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