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In 2013, more than 100 homes of Christians were set ablaze by outraged Muslims in Lahore’s Badami Bagh community, after police arrested a 20-year-old man accused of speaking against the Prophet ...
The May 2010 Lahore attacks, also referred to as the Lahore massacre, occurred on 28 May 2010, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, during Friday prayers. 94 people were killed and more than 120 others were injured in nearly simultaneous attacks against two mosques of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim community. After the initial attack, a hostage ...
Data Darbar (Urdu: داتا دربار, romanized: Dātā Darbār) is an Islamic shrine located in Lahore, Punjab. It is the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia.It was built to house the remains of al-Hujwiri, commonly known as Data Ganj Baksh or more colloquially as Data Sahab, a Sufi saint from Ghazni in present-day Afghanistan, who is believed to have lived on the site in the 11th century CE.
Red sandstone, marble. The Badshahi Mosque ( Punjabi, Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد) is an iconic Mughal-era congregational mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1] [2] The mosque is located opposite of Lahore Fort in the outskirts of the Walled City and is widely considered to be one of Lahore's most iconic landmarks.
The majority of the Pakistani Muslims belong to Sunni Islam. Muslims belong to different schools which are called Madhahib (singular: Madhhab) i.e., schools of jurisprudence (also 'Maktab-e-Fikr' (School of Thought) in Urdu ).) Estimates on the Sunni population in Pakistan range from 85% to 90%.
Minaret (s) 4. Minaret height. 107 feet (33 m) The Wazir Khan Masjid ( Punjabi, Persian, Urdu: مسجد وزیر خان; Masjid Wazīr Kh ān) is a 17th-century Mughal masjid located in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a part of an ensemble of buildings that ...
Marchers holding placards during Aurat March 2020. The Aurat March ( Urdu: عورت مارچ or عورت احتجاج, English: "Women's March") is an annual socio-political demonstration in Pakistani cities such as Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar and Quetta to observe International Women's Day. [1] [2]
Jamaat-e-Islami ( Urdu: جماعتِ اسلامی, English: Islamic Party; abbreviated JI ), or Jamaat as it is commonly known, is an Islamist political party based in Pakistan and founded by Abul Ala Maududi . It is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. [9] Its objective is the transformation ...