[ April 23, 2024 ]
Christians in Pakistan live precarious lives. They’re constantly in danger of false accusations of “blasphemy” from Muslims who want to victimize them and seize their property or take revenge on them for some imagined slight. And even if they aren’t convicted and executed, they’re in danger of being lynched by frenzied Muslim mobs. But the “human rights organizations” are too busy wringing their hands about islamofauxbia to take any notice.
“Death penalty, angry mob await Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy,” by Haroon Janjua, Fox News, September 5, 2017:
A young Christian man remains behind bars in Pakistan weeks after he was arrested for allegedly burning pages of the Koran outside a Muslim shrine, but jail may be the safest place for him – at least for now.
Story continues below advertisementAsif Massih, 18 was arrested Aug. 12 on blasphemy charges stemming from an incident in Jam Kayk Chattha village Wazirabad, a central town of the Punjab province.
“He is on judicial remand on the order of the judge,” Alipur Chattha police spokesman Malik Irfan told Fox News. “People had witnessed that Massih had burnt the Holy Koran by pouring petrol on it outside Muslim shrine.”
After Massih was arrested, an angry crowd of around 200 men gathered outside the police station and demanded that he be handed over, Irfan said. Police moved him to another police station to save him from angry mob, Irfan added.
Massih is charged under 295-B of Pakistan’s penal code, the murky part of the Pakistan’s constitution that can lead to a death sentence for anyone convicted of desecrating the Koran.
Blasphemy is highly sensitive issue in predominantly Muslim majority Pakistan, where dozens sit on death row for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad or mistreating the Koran. Even mere accusations are enough for huge uproar that can ultimately lead to mob lynching and riots.
A court is recommending that parliament review Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law and make changes that will prevent people from being falsely accused of the crime. Islamabad’s highest court recently recommended parliament amend the law to require the same punishment – the death penalty – for those who falsely allege blasphemy….
In recent months, several violent blasphemy allegations have alarmed the human rights groups across the country. Critics believe blasphemy allegations are often used to settle personal and political scores….
According to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, around 40 people are on death row or serving life sentences in Pakistan for committing blasphemy….
Hardline mobs have killed at least 71 people over alleged blasphemy since 1990, according to reports….
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7 Comments6 years agoBUT MOSLEMS CAN BURN DOWN CHURCHES WITH PEOPLE INSIDE OR BURN BIBLES AND CAGES FULL OF CHRISTIANS AND GET A PAT ON THE BACK AND A SMILE ALONG WITH MORE FOREIGN AID FROM THE IDIOTS OF THE WEST . BUT WE CAN’T INSULT ISLAM IN ANYWAY UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH ????? DEATH TO ISLAM AND ALL IT’S FOLLOWERS .
6 years agoSafer in a Pakistaini jail? Tell it to the Pakistani Christian preacher who was accused of blasphemy and disappeared from the all muslum police department’s custody — never to be seen again.
6 years agoHe would have been smarter to just blow up the mosque.
6 years agoThat is a very good one. I like it a lot. Very funny.
