Human rights organizations have strongly condemned this decision
Digital Desk, New Delhi. Discrimination against Ahmadiyya Muslims continues unabated in Pakistan. A Pakistani court has sentenced Mubarak Ahmed Sani of the Ahmadi community to life imprisonment on charges of blasphemy. The reason for the punishment was his calling himself "Hafiz" (a person who memorized the Quran) and distributing "Tafseer-e-Sagheer", a book of translation and interpretation of the Quran revered by the Ahmadi community.
Human rights organizations have strongly condemned this decision and termed it as a serious case of religious persecution in Pakistan. A report in the online magazine 'Bitter Water' said that on December 24, 2025, an Additional Sessions Court in Lalian, Punjab province, delivered a verdict that would embarrass any legal system that claims justice.
Ahmadi Muslim Mubarak Ahmed Sani was sentenced to life imprisonment under Pakistan's blasphemy laws. His crime was to call himself 'Hafiz' and distribute a book of translation and interpretation of the Quran revered by his community. "The court's decision criminalizes reverence, punishes piety, and uses religious books as a weapon to persecute a man whose only crime was practicing his religion with sincerity and devotion," the report said.
Mubarak Ahmed Sani presented himself as a Muslim which is a crime under the Pakistani legal system as Ahmadis are legally declared non-Muslims in Pakistan. According to the report, the court's decision violates both "legal logic and religious modesty."
For its decision, the court cited a provision of Pakistan's blasphemy law that gives life imprisonment to those who burn, tear or otherwise defile the Quran. 'However, Sani did none of these. He propagated it. He just respected it.
(With inputs from news agency IANS)