Minarets of three Ahmadi minority’s places of worship were destroyed by police and religious extremists while 31 Ahmadis who came to stop the desecration were booked in Punjab province of Pakistan, a community organisation said on Friday.
Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan (JAP) said the incidents took place in Sialkot and Faisalabad districts of Punjab, some 100 km and 130 km from Lahore, respectively, during this week.
A senior police officer told PTI that since minarets of Ahmadi worship mosques are similar to mosques, local Muslims objected to them, demanding their demolition.
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