Teenager starts a citizen journalism project to fight back religious persecution
/EINPresswire.com/ 18-year-old Ehsan A Rehan always questioned why the media in his country would not pay attention to the persecution his community faced every day that was in 2008. Since then the situation hasn't changed much but 21 year old Rehan is now the Editor of Rabwah Times a small online news publication he founded in 2008 to highlight the religious persecution faced by the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan.
Since then the publication has grown into a collective community project and has gained a readership of over 400,000 per month and has over 7,000 subscribers on social media sites.
According to Rehan the publication aims to fight back the religious fanatics who often call for the murder of his community members.
Rehan added "Just a few weeks back an Ahmadi student was expelled from COMSATS, an educational institution in Lahore and there was a media blackout regarding the incidence."
With Pakistan's political climate and elections coming up, he argued, it would be interesting to see where the main political candidates stand on religious freedom.
In Pakistan Ahmadis and Christians alike are often falsely accused and charged under the controversial blasphemy laws.
The publication and its team of volunteer writers face an uphill battle as Extremist organizations like Khatm e Nabuwat frequently organize and hold demonstrations against Ahmadis calling for their death.
Ahmadis are considered heretics by the mainstream Muslims and have been declared non-Muslim under Pakistani Law and are regularly persecuted under the controversial blasphemy and anti-ahmadiyya laws.
For further information, please contact: Ali Usman, Public Relations, +92 (0) 345 6500856, press@rabwahtimes.com, or visit http://www.rabwahtimes.com)
Since then the publication has grown into a collective community project and has gained a readership of over 400,000 per month and has over 7,000 subscribers on social media sites.
According to Rehan the publication aims to fight back the religious fanatics who often call for the murder of his community members.
Rehan added "Just a few weeks back an Ahmadi student was expelled from COMSATS, an educational institution in Lahore and there was a media blackout regarding the incidence."
With Pakistan's political climate and elections coming up, he argued, it would be interesting to see where the main political candidates stand on religious freedom.
In Pakistan Ahmadis and Christians alike are often falsely accused and charged under the controversial blasphemy laws.
The publication and its team of volunteer writers face an uphill battle as Extremist organizations like Khatm e Nabuwat frequently organize and hold demonstrations against Ahmadis calling for their death.
Ahmadis are considered heretics by the mainstream Muslims and have been declared non-Muslim under Pakistani Law and are regularly persecuted under the controversial blasphemy and anti-ahmadiyya laws.
For further information, please contact: Ali Usman, Public Relations, +92 (0) 345 6500856, press@rabwahtimes.com, or visit http://www.rabwahtimes.com)
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