‘Convert or Be Tortured.’ They Kept Their Word.

Pakistan, land of Muslim light and love:

Local clerics attacked a house belonging to an Ahmadi family in the Kasur district of Punjab on Tuesday and subjected the family members to violence allegedly over their religious belief, The Express Tribune has learnt. A mob led by a local cleric chanted slogans against Ahmadi families, their religious beliefs and their community before breaking into Mansoor’s house in the Shamsabad area. The five members of Mansoor’s family tried to take refuge in a room but the mob broke into the room as well.

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Police personnel were reportedly present at the spot but did not take any action against the mob.

Mansoor was severely tortured after which he lost consciousness, while his wife and his 70-year-old uncle were also beaten. Mansoor was shifted to a hospital where authorities claimed that he is in critical condition. …

Sheikh Yousaf, Head of the Ahmadi community in Kasur, said the house was attacked when Mansoor refused to convert.