Ud faces deportation to Pakistan from where he fled in 2002 following years of religious persecution from the state authorities and fundamentalist religious groups within the community.
Ud Din is a follower of the minority Ahmadi faith, and its adherents have suffered ongoing persecution. In 1974 there were anti-Ahmadiyya attacks on these religious communities throughout Pakistan. In 2000 five people were killed and seven injured when an Ahmadi prayer meeting was fired on. Violence against Ahmadi is rife throughout Pakistan. For the latest information on the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims go to:
http://www.thepersecution.org
Ud Din's family shop was burned and he was beaten. The police offered no protection. Ud Din used to preach to friends and when one of them converted to the Ahmadi faith, he was attacked and threatened that he would be killed.
When he reported the death threat to the police, they abused and detained him and offered no protection whatsoever from his persecutors.
Ud Din's family have lived in the Glasgow area for three years. All he asks is to be allowed to remain in safety with his family and friends.
What you can do to help:
Fax/write to the Home Secretary requesting that Mohammad Ud Din is allowed to stay. You can use the model letter attached: http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine45/Uddin.Blunkett.doc
Copy/amend/write your own version feel free to add your own comments.
You can fax David Blunkett on 020 7273 3965 or from outside the UK on: +44 207 273 3965
or write direct:
David Blunkett
Home Secretary
Home Office
50 Queen Anne's Gate
London
SW1H 9AT
For further details contact the campaign at:
Don't Deport Mohammad Ud Din Campaign!
c/o NCADC
66 Dovecot St.
Stockton
TS18 1LL
Phone: 01642 679 298
ncadc-north-east@ncadc.org.uk
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divide and conquer?
16.04.2004 13:01
im but a servant