[ April 18, 2024 ]
If the enemedia narrative were true, moderate Muslims all over Pakistan would be racing to defend Yaqoob Bashir, and standing with him against these false blasphemy charges. Where is the Moderate Muslim movement, either in Pakistan or anywhere else?
At any rate, Europeans and Americans can expect these kinds of arrests and prosecutions in the future, and sooner than most people think. It’s why Western elites and enemedia sharia advocates blamed us when jihadists tried to kill us all in Garland, Texas. It’s why the FBI did nothing to stop it. Because the laws that are being used to persecute Yaqoob Bashir are the same laws that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is trying to intimidate the West into adopting, and that so many Westerners are willing to accept voluntarily in exchange for a false sense of security.
Yaqoob Bashir needs our help. Please publicize his plight on any platform you have. The more attention we call to these human rights abuses, the better chance we have of getting the perpetrators to stop, and give justice to people such as Yaqoob Bashir and so many others like him.
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“Mentally Disabled Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life in Prison,” International Christian Concern, October 24, 2018:
10/24/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On September 28, Yaqoob Bashir, a 25-year-old mentally disabled Pakistani Christian, was sentenced to life in prison by the Session and District Court of Mirpurkhas for allegedly committing blasphemy against Islam. This life sentence was issued more than three years after the initial blasphemy accusation was leveled against Bashir in 2015.
Bashir was first accused of burning a booklet that carried Quranic verses in Mirpurkhas in June 2015. The case was registered (FIR # 41/15) against Bashir, under Section 295-B and C of Pakistan’s Penal Code on June 5, 2015. Bashir was reportedly receiving treatment at a mental health facility in Hyderabad prior to the blasphemy accusation.
Last month, the court sentenced Bashir under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s Penal Code, which punishes individuals for using derogatory language against the prophet Muhammad. However, he was found innocent under Section 295-B, which punishes individuals for desecrating the Quran.
Collectively, Sections 295 A, B, and C comprise Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws. Many human rights advocates who monitor Pakistan have reported on the widespread abuse of these blasphemy laws. Often, false accusations are made to settle personal scores or incite religious hatred against minority communities. Mob violence and lynchings often follow blasphemy accusations against Christians, even if those accusations are clearly false.
During Bashir’s three years and three months of imprisonment prior to his conviction, approximately 96 hearings were conducted as a part of his trial. During this period, Bashir was attacked by fellow inmates on several occasions. In June 2018, he was brutally beaten by fellow inmates for praying in their shared jail cell and sustained multiple injuries.
The young Christian also found little sympathy from the courts as his appeals for bail were twice rejected, once by the Session Court and then again by the High Court of Hyderabad. While awaiting trial, Bashir suffered from multiple serious illnesses due to the poor conditions in jail and the lack of adequate medical care from jail authorities.
Since the day Bashir was accused of blasphemy, his family has been continuously monitored by extremist groups. These groups have repeatedly threatened and harassed them during court hearings.
“It’s unbearable and unjust,” Kasur Bibi, Bashir’s mother, told International Christian Concern (ICC). “My son is innocent. He did not insult or do blasphemy. He does not care much of these issues as his mind works differently than that of a normal person’s.”…
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12 Comments
5 years ago
Christians in Pakistan need to face facts. Th ISLAMIC Republic of Pakistan is a Muslim country.
Tolerance is disappearing. Move to India.
Religion:
96.4% Islam (Official)
1.5% Hinduism
1.5% Christianity
0.6% others
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاكِستان (Urdu)
Islāmī Jumhūriyah Pākistān[1]
5 years ago
Non Muslims in the ISLAMIC Republic of Pakistan need to LEAVE.
There is nothing to fight for there. It’s 96.4% Muslim!
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Frankly I don’t see a choice.
You make it happen.
What is going on is clear.
5 years ago
The poor man will be abused even more. Muslim countries have no human rights UNLESS
it makes the world news. Hopefully that can happen here.
5 years ago
I was thinking, are not all muslims extremist start off as regular muslim?
5 years ago
Mentally retarded people cannot recognize another mentally retarded person. Don’t know what else to tell ya.
5 years ago
If the claims of Islam were in any way true, Pakistan a country specially created just for Muslims in 1947 after India got its independence ought to be the epitome or paradigm of a perfect Islamic state. We know it is not, it barely functions propped up by huge cash inputs from Western non Muslim nations; a history of military govt. and political assassinations. A vicious persecution of non Muslims where lawyers and politicians have been murdered for defending non Muslims. We know very well what is thought of by very many Muslims as the perfect Islamic state – ISIS
5 years ago
Start a petition to ask Pres.Trump to give political asylum to this man (who will surely die in prison) and Asia Bibi and there famlies
5 years ago
Start a petition to ask Pres.Trump to give political asylum to this man (who will surely die in prison) and Asia Bibi and there famlies
5 years ago
The correct descriptive word for moderate and radical that covers all Muslims is devout! This is a very organized organized criminal gang construct hiding behind a pagan death rape cult!
5 years ago
Contact your elected officials and let them know about this outrage!
