Chenab Nagar
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 Pakistan
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| Province : | Punjab | ||
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31 ° 45 ′ N , 72 ° 55 ′ E
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| Height : | 300 m | ||
| Area : | 24 km²
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| Residents : | 49,779 (2004) | ||
| Population density : | 2,074 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | PST ( UTC + 5 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+92) 0476 | ||
| Postal code : | 35460
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Chenab Nagar is a city in Punjab , Pakistan . The place was originally named Rabwah ( Urdu ربوہ 'Hill' ) and renamed in February 1999 against the will of the residents.
history
Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ) founded the place in the middle of the desert in 1948. The name Rabwah goes back to the Koran. Its previous center, Qadian , was in the new (Hindu) India after the division of British India . Since the movement sees itself as part of the Islamic world, it moved its headquarters to the Muslim, i.e. now Pakistani, part of the Punjab. From the beginning as a tent city, Rabwah has developed into a city with offices, schools and universities.
The AMJ's international Jalsa Salana (annual meeting) was held in Rabwah , and in 1983 over 200,000 visitors. In 1984 it was banned by the government under the anti-Ahmadiyya laws passed in 1983 . Until then, Rabwah was also the seat of the Khalifat ul-Masih . Due to the repression, the Caliphate ul-Massih IV, Mirza Tahir Ahmad , left Pakistan and went into exile in London. But Rabwah remained the administrative center of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
There used to be a settlement called Chak Dhagiyaan . It was renamed Rabwah in 1948, one year after the founding of Pakistan .
Name change
Rabwah was renamed Nawan Qadian (New Qadian) in 1998 . At the request of an opponent of the AMJ, Manzoor Chinioti, and against the will of the residents, the name was changed to Chenab Nagar in 1999 by the Punjab Parliament . The resolution was passed without including the Ahmadies, who predominantly live in Rabwah. The official name of Chenab Nagar is not recognized by Ahmadies.
Transport and infrastructure
The city is connected to the railway line towards Karachi . The "Fazl-e-Omar Hospital", which was founded and operated by the AMJ, is the center of medical care for the entire region.
Mirza Tahir Ahmad wanted a clinic in Rabwah that specializes in heart surgery . The foundation stone for this was laid in 2003 and named after him. Today the "Tahir Heart Institute" houses cardiological , angiological and cardiovascular surgery sections.
The renowned university, the "Talim-ul-Islam College" and, for women, the "Jamia-Nusrat College", are attended by students from all over Pakistan. Missionaries from all over the world complete their studies in the theological college of the AMJ, called Jamia Ahmadiyya.
The two bazaars of Chenab Nagar , the Sadr Bazaar (also: Goal Bazaar ) and the Rehmat Bazaar (also: Ghalah-Mandi ) offer a comprehensive range of goods and services. There is a large library nearby ( Khilafat Library ), which has separate sections for men, women and children. Office buildings contain banks and publishing houses that publish numerous books and newspapers, such as B. the Daily Al-Fazl , an international newspaper.
religion
More than 95% of the over 49,000 inhabitants belong to the Ahmadiyya religious community .
There is also a large cemetery for Ahmadi Muslims, the "Bahishti Maqbarah" (Heavenly Cemetery). Two Khalifat ul-Masih and the first Muslim and Pakistani Nobel Prize winner , Professor Abdus Salam are buried there. Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan , Pakistan's first foreign minister and later President of the UN General Assembly and then Chairman of the International Court of Justice in The Hague , has also found his final resting place in this cemetery.
There are about 66 mosques in Chenab Nagar .
- Masjid Mubarik
- On October 3, 1949, the second caliphate ul-Massih laid the foundation stone for the first mosque in Rabwah. The Mubarak Mosque was designed by Hafiz ur-Rahman. With the Chutba of the second caliph on March 23, 1951, the still unfinished Mubarak Mosque was opened. August 1951 the minarets were completed. Around 1990 the mosque was expanded further.
- Masjid-e-Aqsa
- The Masjid-e-Aqsa is the central mosque in Rabwah and at the same time the largest Ahmadiyya mosque with a capacity of 18,500 people. The construction costs were completely covered by Muhammad Sadiq Bani, whose name was only published after his death.
- Masjid Mehdi
- A few years ago there was a bomb attack in the Bait ul-Mahdi (House of the Mahdi, or: Masjid Mehdi). ( Location )
- Yadgar Masjid
- The Yadgar Mosque is located in the place where the Second Caliph presided over the first communal prayer in Rabwah. It is across from the Tahir Heart Institute. ( Location )
- Qamar Masjid
- The Qamar Masjid is located in the Darul Sadar (Gharbi) district directly on the railway line.
geography
The city is about 24 km². Chenab Nagar is a small town on the Chenab River , which also flows past Jhang . Nearby is the city of Chiniot . The desert landscape around Chenab Nagar is mountainous and characterized by sedimentary rocks; Continental climate ensures hot summers and frosty winters.
Remarks
- ↑ Sura 23, verse 50 tells of Jesus and Mary who were given refuge on a "hill" (= Rabwah in Arabic).
- ↑ The census from 2004-2005 showed a population of 49,779
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pakistan. International Religious Freedom Report 2004
- ↑ Simon Ross Valentine: Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at: History, Belief, Practice . Columbia University Press, New York 2008, p. 85
- ↑ Simon Ross Valentine: Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at: History, Belief, Practice . Columbia University Press 2008, p. 87