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Story Publication logo October 14, 2018

Rabwah: Home to Pakistan's Minority Ahmadi Muslims

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The Ahmadiyya community's religious cemetery, Bahishti Maqbara, located in Rabwah, Pakistan Image by Isabella Palma Lopez. Pakistan, 2018.
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For simply practicing their faith, Ahmadi Muslims are persecuted in Pakistan, but they find strength...

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Pakistani laws provide a clear framework for the status of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. Those who openly practice their faith are persecuted both socially and legally. Within the heart of Pakistan, Rabwah is the only Ahmadi-majority city that provides the persecuted sect strength in numbers against the discrimination they face throughout the rest of the country. Amna Al-Baker, Ayilah Chaudhary, and Isabella Palma-Lopez traveled Rabwah to speak to its residents and document their lives—past and present.

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