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Police Raid Of The Offices Of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community In Rabwah, Pakistan

EDM number 806 in 2016-17, proposed by Margaret Ferrier on 14/12/2016.
Categorised under the topics of International politics and government, Police, Religion and faith communities and Terrorism.

That this House expresses concern over the raid of the offices of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Rabwah, Pakistan by the Counter-Terrorism Department of the Punjab Police on 5 December 2016; notes that four Ahmadis were arrested during the raid, and that they were office workers affiliated with the Ahmadiyya community's magazine, Tehrik-e-Jadid; further notes that the printing press used to publish the magazine and the daily newspaper Al Fazl was sealed; welcomes the position of the US State Department that it is very concerned about these reports that Punjab counterterrorism police have raided the international headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Rabwah and that laws that restrict peaceful religious expression, particularly by the Ahmadiyya community, are inconsistent with Pakistan's international obligations; understands that Ahmadi communities are a marginalised minority in Pakistan and face persecution because of their faith; acknowledges that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a peaceful strand of Islam, with its UK community abiding by the motto Love for All, Hatred For None; and on a cross-party basis calls on the Government to use its diplomatic channels to make representations to the Pakistani authorities regarding this incident.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Margaret Ferrier14/12/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartyProposed
Siobhain McDonagh14/12/2016Mitcham and MordenLabourSeconded
Virendra Sharma14/12/2016Ealing, SouthallLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon14/12/2016StrangfordDUPSeconded
Tom Brake14/12/2016Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley14/12/2016Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan14/12/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alison Thewliss15/12/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Bob Blackman15/12/2016Harrow EastConservativeSigned
Jim Cunningham15/12/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Chris Stephens16/12/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law16/12/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond16/12/2016Signed
John McNally19/12/2016FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown19/12/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Philippa Whitford19/12/2016Central AyrshireScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry19/12/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson19/12/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day19/12/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald19/12/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Stuart McDonald09/01/2017Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson09/01/2017MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Roger Godsiff09/01/2017Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Carol Monaghan24/01/2017Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins02/03/2017North East FifeScottish National PartySigned

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