Breach of Faith
Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Community in Bangladesh

Glossary

I. Summary

Note on methodology

II. History of the Ahmadiyya Community

III. Persecution of the Ahmadiyya: The Pakistani Model

IV. Human Rights Abuses Against the Ahmadiyya

Discrimination and violence against the Ahmadiyya in late 2003 and early 2004

Killing of an imam, assault, and damage to a mosque in Jessore

Discrimination, denial of education, and ill-treatment in Kushtia District

Anti-Ahmadiyya violence, hate speech and agitation: November 2003 to January 2004

The government ban on Ahmadi publications

The government’s response

Discrimination and violence against the Ahmadiyya since March 2004

Incitement to anti-Ahmadiyya violence in Barguna District

Incitement to anti-Ahmadiyya violence and destruction of religious property in Dhaka

The Bogra incident

Satkhira attack

V. Conclusion

VI. Recommendations

To the government of Bangladesh

To foreign governments

To international donors and lending institutions

Acknowledgements

June 2005   Vol. 17, No. 6(C)