Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar
(1963 - 2014)
Dr. Mehdi Ali Bashiruddin Qamar of Columbus Majlis was martyred in Rabwah, Pakistan on May 26, 2014, at the age of 50, Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji‘un. Dr. Mehdi was gunned down in front of his wife and two-year old son at the gate of Bahishti Maqbarah around Fajr time. He had arrived in Pakistan with his family a couple of days earlier to volunteer at Tahir Heart Institute in Rabwah.
The funeral Prayer of our dear brother Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Shaheed was offered on June 3 and June 4, 2014 at Baitul Islam Mosque in Maple, Ontario, Canada and was attended by thousands of members. Friends and family had come to pay their final respects to the Shaheed from North America, Europe, and Pakistan. The burial took place on June 4th at Maple United Cemetery in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.
Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah be his helper) talked about this endeared and great martyr of Ahmadiyyat at length in his Friday sermon of May 30, 2014, and offered his funeral Prayer in absentia. Funeral Prayers were also offered in Jama’ats across the country. May Allah elevate his status in the highest echelons of paradise (Jannatul Firdaus) and may He be the protector of his family and his generations to come. Amin.
Jama‘at's Response to the Martyrdom
Articles, Letters, Resolutions, Tributes
- Review of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Shaheed's upcoming book "Berg-e-Khiyaal"
- Resolution - Majlis Ansarullah, USA
- Resolution - MAALA (Mid-Atlantic Association for Literature Appreciation) USA
- Article - Fox News
- Article - Time
- Statement - Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
- Condemnation - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada
- Tribute - Community Association of Pakistani Americans (CAPA)
- Condemnation - PMA (Pakistan Medical Association)
- Letter - APPNA (Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America)
- A Letter to Daily Times
- A Letter to Courier-Post by Ibshar Siraj Khandakar( age 15)
- From Today Onward: A letter to Dr. Mehdi Ali Shaheed - Tariq Haroon Malik
Twitter Handles
Videos
- U.S. Rep. Stivers (R-Ohio) calling on action by Pakistan and US Dept. of State
- CNN - Wolf Blitzer
- TOMO News
- Last Poem of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Shaheed Recited by Mir Wasim Ur Rashid
- Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Shaheed reciting his beautiful Punjabi poem
- Dr. Mahdi Ali Qamar Shaheed at 2010 MAALA Shaam-e-Sukhun
- Dr. Mahdi Ali Qamar Shaheed at 2009 MAALA Shaam-e-Sukhun
- WBNS 10 TV News
- Al Jazeera America
- In Memory of a Martyr (Urdu)
- Dr. Mehdi Ali Chaudhary Becomes the Victim of the Blasphemy Law (Urdu)
- Report Shahadat Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Shaheed
Lamentations - Poems Written by Friends in Memory of Dr. Mehdi Qamar
Poems and Calligraphy by Dr. Mehdi Qamar
- Dr. Mahdi Ali Qamar Shaheed reciting his beautiful Punjabi poem
- Last Poem of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Shaheed Recited by Mir Wasim Ur Rashid
- A Poem of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Shaheed Recited by Mansoor Rafique Ahmad
- An Urdu Poem Written on 28 March 2014
- A Poem Published in Al-Manar, USA
- Calligraphy in Baitun Nasir Mosque, Columbus I
- Calligraphy in Baitun Nasir Mosque, Columbus II
Funeral and Burial News in the Media
Martyrdom News in the Media
- CNN - Wolf Blitzer
- TOMO News
- The Columbus Dispatch
- CNN
- USA Today
- The Toronto Star
- The Guardian
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post I
- Washington Post II
- Reuters
- CBC News
- The Globe and Mail
- The Toronto Sun
- The Huffington Post
- National Post I
- National Post II
- Al Jazeera
- Hindustan Times
- The Hindu
- Dawn
- The Daily Mail
- Chicago Tribune
- BBC Urdu
- Daily News
- Yahoo News
- The Express Tribune
- Ahmadiyya Times
- Pakistan Today
- Pakistan Defence
- Awaz Today
- Daily Mahasib
- Business Standard
- The Indian Subcontinent
- Daily Herald Tribune
- World News
- Lancaster Eagle Gazette
- Zanesville Times Recorder
- CNS News
- The Friday Times
- Asian Human Rights Commission
- The News on Sunday
- Daily Times I
- Daily Times II
- The Persecution.org
Comments
My dear Mehdi
زمیں کےاندربھی روشنی ھو
مٹی میں چراغ رکھ دیاھے۔
Still causing the message to spread, even after his martyrdom
Vaughan Jama‘at arranged a bookstall at a Public library in Lindsay, Ontario. As Missionary Ansar Raza Sahib introduced the Jama‘at to a lady, she inquired whether it was the same community whose doctor was murdered when he went back home to serve his country. This shows how this great martyr is causing the message of Ahmadiyyat—the true Islam—to spread, even after his martyrdom. May Allah bless him abundantly!
Mehi Ali Qamar Shaheed
مہدی علی قمر
تم مسیحا تھے شیشوں کے
کاش تمہیں کوئی بتا سکتا
بغیر نگہداشت کےوارڈ میں
وینٹی لیٹر پر پڑی
آخری سانسیں لیتی یہ قوم
جس کے دلوں کی سربمہر شریانیں کھولنے کے لیے
تم اپنے قیمتی اوزار لے کرآئے تھے
اُس قوم کے تو
دماغ میں تو ناسور ہے
گُردےناکارہ ہو چکے
جگر نے کام کرنا چھوڑ دیا اور
پھیپھڑے جواب دینے کو ہیں
ویسے بھی
جس قوم نے اپنے دستوراساسی میں
مسیحاوں کو زندہ درگور کرنے کا
بندوبست کر رکھا ہو
اُسے بچانے کے لئے
خدا زمین پر نہیں آیا کرتا!!!
(ناصر جمیل)
Kalaam Dr.Mehdi Ali Qamar (Shaheed-e-Ahmadiyyat)
Urdu Nazm written by Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Sahib Recited by Mansoor Rafique Ahmad Sahib
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mvw6xT3DQM
I recited my dear Mehdi's poem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mvw6xT3DQM&feature=em-share_video_user
Martyrdom of Respected Dr. Mehdi Ali
My paternal uncle, the late Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar, was an extremely talented individual. He completed his education in Canada and became a successful Cardiologist in Ohio. He decided to specialize in Cardiology when his mother (my paternal grandmother) Najm un Nisa Begum, passed away due to a heart attack. Dr. Mehdi Ali was so skilled and confident in his profession that he would often take on the most complicated heart surgery cases which other physicians would refuse to handle. Dr. Mehdi would easily and successfully perform such surgeries with his God-given abilities.
He was a wonderful human being with an extreme spirit of service to humanity, especially people in need. Despite living in Ohio and being well-settled there, he would humbly visit Pakistan each summer to volunteer at the Tahir Heart Institute to provide heart patients with a free cure and medication, as well as tools and supplies for the hospitals in Rabwah.
He was a man young at heart and full of life. He would treat his family members and relatives with special love and affection. He once said, "Some people just live, and there are some who live a life." And he lived a life full of devotion and ambition to serve humanity.
Dr. Mehdi was in the process of publishing a book containing marvelous poems he had written. God-willing, the book will be published soon. During this journey of spirit and accomplishments, he sacrificed his life for mankind and Ahmadiyyat. But in this time of great sorrow, I am reminded: "Surely, to Allah we Belong and to Him shall we return" [2:157]. I pray that my uncle's soul rests in peace and that he achieves the highest rank in heaven. Amen.
عرشی ملک صاحبہ کی نظم جو آپ نے مہدی علی شہید کیلئے لکھی ۔
http://youtu.be/y-scqCnH29s
dr mehdi ali
I was saddened on hearing of the murder of Dr. Mehdi Ali. He was a really great Man. It happened in front of his family's eyes and they must have had felt really shocked and sad for the death of Dr. Mehdi Ali sahib. May Allah always keep his family in His protection. Amen.
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