1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots

1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots
Part of Persecution of Ahmadis
Date	29 May 1974-October 1974
Location	Pakistan
Goals	Mass Massacres and Persecution of Ahmadis
Methods	Demonstrations Civil resistance Self-immolation Strike actions Mutiny Violent revolutions Army defections
Resulted in	Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan Ordinance XX Mass massacres of Ahmadis 13 mosques torched, destroyed or forcibly occupied in 1974.[19] 20 mosques demolished.[19] 25 mosques sealed by authorities.[19] 11 mosques set on fire.[19] 14 mosques forcibly occupied.[19] 35 mosques barred from construction
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

Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
Ordinance XX

25 mosques sealed by authorities.[19]

1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots was the single largest killing and looting of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan's history. The Islamist parties and some mainstream parties sided together to persecution of Ahmadis.

One of the major controversial differences between Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and mainstream Sunni and Shia Muslims is their different interpretations of Khatam an-Nabiyyin. Sunni and Shia Muslims are awaiting the coming of the Mahdi and the Second Coming of Jesus reject the claims of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad whom Ahmadis believe to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was a vocal proponent of the Pakistan Movement and were actively engaged with the Muslim league having strong relations with many prominent Muslim Leaguers and were opposite to the Congress backed Jamaat-e-Islami and Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 Ahmadis prospered and reached many high ranking Government and Military positions in Pakistan. Ahmadis held up stay as an important political force in Pakistan, but by 1970 religious parties made large headway due to radicalization and Saudi Cash flow and were a large political force in Pakistan. These parties continuously demanded a constitutional amendment to declare Ahmadis as non Muslims but to no avail, and had usually turned to violent protests and hate filled speeches, the most famous 1953 Lahore riots. In 1974, the students of Nishtar Medical College had altercation with the Ahmadis at the Rabwah Railway Station. This event turned into a massive and violent anti-Ahmadiyya movement resulting in many casualties of Ahmadis and destruction to Ahmadiyya property.

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