In 2020, at least five Ahmadis were killed in targeted attacks by gunmen across Pakistan, while at least seven others were wounded in unsuccessful attacks, according to community data. “This has increased in the last two or three years, and it is continuing to do so.” ‘He did this just to save us’ “There has been an increase in these, in cases,” says Amir Mahmood, spokesman for the Ahmadi community. The last year has seen a spike in violent attacks against Ahmadis, and a tenfold increase in blasphemy cases lodged against them.Ĭommunity members and rights groups say the spike has been fuelled by the rise of the far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) religious group, and the efforts of a single religious scholar in the eastern city of Lahore, Hassan Muawiya. Police say Ahmad was targeted due to his faith, one of a spate of violent attacks targeting the Ahmadis, their places of worship and even their graves in Pakistan in 2020. The blood was soaked through my trousers.” The bullet wounds from the attack on Sheikh Nasir Ahmad have begun to heal, but he says he may never be able to return home for fear of his life Īhmad is a member of Pakistan’s 500,000-strong Ahmaddiya community, a religious minority that considers itself Muslim but is barred from referring to themselves as such, and from practising aspects of their faith under Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws. “My clothes were completely covered in blood. He cried out for help, he says, but no one came. Security camera footage of the attack shows Ahmad falling to the ground as the gunmen speed away. “ is hot as it leaves the barrel, so it’s when the blood starts that you realise that something has hit you.” “You don’t feel anything at that time ,” Ahmad told Al Jazeera. Also, activity in third party forums such as Second Citizens and SLUniverse's forums has skyrocketed in activity from people checking out forum alternatives.When the first bullet whizzed past Sheikh Nasir Ahmad’s ear, he brushed at it, thinking it was a mosquito, out on an unseasonably cool August night in the central Pakistani town of Lalamusa.īefore he was able to react, however, two gunmen on a motorcycle pulled up alongside him and shot him four times, hitting his right leg, lower back and the right arm he used to try and shield himself from the hail of bullets. Reaction to the closing of a part of the forums was very emotional on both sides of the equation, with parallels being drawn to when The Sims Online closed their own forums. No word has been given as to what other communication options have been announced.
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Ultimately we want to see a richly supported community of Resident websites living alongside improved in-world social features as SL rises to its full potential." "We’ve decided to focus Linden energy on building out the Linden unified blog and planning for other and in-world communication options. On August 10th, Robin Linden posted on the Official Linden Blog that the forums will be refocusued, starting with the removal of “Bulletin Board�?, “General Topics�?, “The Sandbox�?, “Land and Economy�? and “In-world Political Science�? forums within a month, with some of the other boards to close later on. The " Linden Announcements" forum is especially notable to keep an eye on as most important announcements are made there. The forums are often regarded as "drama" filled, but some sections can be a good source of information as well. However "the forums" most often refers to the "official" forums on the Second Life website which are owned by Linden Lab and run by Lindens (as well as " Resident Moderators"). There are various forums that are Second Life-oriented.