[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9766]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    JUSTICE FOR DR. MEHDI ALI QAMAR

  (Mr. STIVERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar was gunned 
down and killed in front of his two-year-old son and his wife in 
Pakistan.
  He was from Pickerington, Ohio, and was a cardiologist and 
humanitarian who was volunteering his time to care for folks at the 
Tahir Heart Institute in Pakistan.
  He was also an Ahmadi Muslim, a peaceful reformist movement within 
Islam, which opposes jihad and radical Islam. I offer my condolences to 
his family and his loved ones. Sadly, he may have been targeted because 
he was an Ahmadi Muslim.
  Today, I am calling on the Government of Pakistan to officially 
condemn this act and to seek an investigation to bring his murderers to 
justice. I am also calling on the State Department to institute a 
formal investigation looking into the killing of Dr. Qamar, as well as 
look into the increasing violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan.
  I urge my colleagues to sign a letter to the U.S. State Department 
regarding these issues. It is important to bring Dr. Qamar's murderers 
to justice and ensure the Government of Pakistan protects its religious 
minorities.

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