[ April 19, 2024 ]
Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan have taken to the streets for a second day to violently protest the acquittal of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. Asia Bibi spent eight years on death row for a bogus charge of “insulting the prophet Muhammad” before her acquittal on Wednesday.
Asia Bibi was convicted of “blasphemy” after she went to get water for her and her fellow farm workers. Two Muslim women refused to drink from a container used by a Christian, and a few days later she was accused of “blasphemy.” She was convicted and given the death penalty.
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Muslims mounted rallies against the verdict, blocking roads and burning tires in protest as they demanded she be executed.
Protesters have blocked at least 10 key roads in the country demanding the woman’s execution, according to reports. Video footage showed huge crowds blocking a motorway linking Lahore and Islamabad. Several vehicles could be seen on fire.
Further proof that the extreme and most brutal of Islamic law is not merely wielded by the few, but is demanded by a majority of the ummah (woldwide) Muslim community). The savagery of the Pakistani governance is not separate and apart from the people, but a reflection of Islamic traditions and mores. Islamic history has more than its share of overthrown Muslim leaders who did not adhere to the most brutal and extreme system of governance on the face of the earth, the shariah.
Several vehicles have been set on fire by protesters on the main highway (the Motorway) linking Lahore and Islamabad – this is near Sheikhupura just outside Lahore pic.twitter.com/yUZXv1qA4p
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) November 1, 2018
Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted on Wednesday morning Aasia Bibi, a Christian accused of blasphemy eight years ago.
Zulqarnain Iqbal, Samaa, October 31, 2018:Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted on Wednesday morning Aasia Bibi, a Christian accused of blasphemy eight years ago.
The trial court and Lahore High Court’s verdicts sentencing her to death have been overturned. The court has also ordered that she be freed immediately if she isn’t wanted in any other cases.
The verdict on Aasia Bibi’s appeal challenging her death sentence was announced at 9:35am. The special bench hearing the appeal consists of Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel. The full verdict can be read here.
“As noted above, no one could be allowed to defy the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and be left unpunished, but there is another aspect of the matter; sometimes, to fulfill nefarious designs the law is misused by individuals leveling false allegations of blasphemy,” read the court order.“Stately, since 1990, 62 people have been murdered as a result of blasphemy allegations, even before their trial could be conducted in accordance with law. Even prominent figures, who stressed the fact that the blasphemy laws have been misused by some individuals, met with serious repercussions. A latest example of misuse of this law was the murder of Mashal Khan, a student of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, who in April 2017 was killed by a mob in the premises of the university merely due to an allegation that he posted blasphemous content online,” read the court order.
“It is to be noted that Islam as stipulated in Holy Book Quran teaches us, amongst many other virtues, to live in peace and harmony, with compassion and love to our other fellow human beings. It is however to be kept in mind that unless proven guilty, through a fair trial, as provided for in the Constitution and the law, every person is considered innocent, irrespective of their creed, caste and colour,” read the 56-page order.
“Moreover, it is also pertinent to mention that awarding a sentence is the duty of the State and no one else has the authority to take law into his hands and punish anyone on his own.”
The court added that there were many discrepancies and inconsistencies in the statements of the prosecution’s witnesses.
Protests break out
Religious groups have called for a protest across Karachi after Asr prayers, which is between 4pm and 5pm.
Reports of protests breaking out as of 9:41am outside the Punjab Assembly after the verdict was announced. Workers of a right-wing political party began gathering outside the assembly.
Islamabad’s hospitals have been put on high alert and the leaves of all paramedical staff have been cancelled. The metro bus service has been suspended in Lahore. Several schools have announced early closure and are sending children home.
Traffic on Islamabad motorway has been clogged since 2pm.
Owing to prevalent law and order situation, everyone is advised to please restrict their movement for the next few hours, said the Islamabad deputy commissioner. Faizabad, Aabpara, Barakahu and the Kashmir Highway are blocked by protesters, he said, adding that they have arranged for alternate routes that will be shared soon.
At 9:50am reports of minor unrest emerged from Karachi’s Numaish. Traffic on the EBM Causeway in Karachi’s Korangi has also been suspended after protests at Brook’s Chowrangi. Traffic at Teen Talwar in Karachi’s Clifton has also been blocked.
Traffic at Merewether Tower in Karachi has been blocked, as have roads in Baldia Town. The protest in Baldia is being led by MPA Qasim Fakhri. Protesters have begun burning tyres at Tower. Traffic has been blocked on the ICI Bridge in Karachi because of the protest at Tower.
The road has been blocked at Tower in Karachi.
In Lahore, the right-wing party’s leadership gathered on Mall Road and started protesting. Traffic is blocked at Azaadi Chowk as well as near Data Darbar and Mall Road. Daroghawala Chowk is also blocked and a severe traffic jam is being reported on Ferozepur Road.
Traffic from Islamabad to Lahore has been diverted from the Khanqah Dogran Interchange due to a blockade at the Sheikhupura and Kot Abdul Malik interchanges. Tyres are being burnt at the protest at the Faizabad Interchange. The Islamabad motorway to Lahore has been blocked for traffic. The vehicles have been stuck since 2pm.
Workers of the party began gathering at 9:50am at Orangi Town’s Ghaus-e-Azam Mosque in Karachi and Native Jetty Bridge at 9:55am. Islamabad’s Aabpara Chowk has been closed. The Northern Bypass has also been blocked.
A protest has begun outside the Sukkur Press Club against the Supreme Court verdict. Both sides of the road outside the club were blocked. The police are on high alert at entry and exit points to the city. Protests have also sprung up at Farooq Azam Chowk in Charsadda. The police are on standby in the city.
Protests also sprang up in Swat’s Tando Dag and GT Road was blocked.
Protesters set up roadblocks in Karachi’s Baldia Town.
People have begun gathering in Islamabad’s Faizabad as well. Roads in Karachi’s Saddar area were also blocked with motorcycles as protesters gathered at 9:50am.
Protesters also began gathering at Jamil Chowk on Ring Road in Peshawar. Reports of protesters on the Motorway and on Sheikhupura’s GT Road also poured in.
Protesters gather in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth.
Protests also began on the Super Highway at Karachi’s Sohrab Goth. Traffic to and from Hyderabad has been blocked as of 10:30am. A severe traffic jam has been reported at PP Chowrangi near Guru Mandir. Korangi 1 and 2 have also been blocked for traffic.
In Khanewal, protests broke out at Lahore Morr and traffic was blocked.
Protester’s gather in Islamabad.
In Islamabad, the Abapara and Faizabad roads have been blocked due to protests.
The Faizabad-Islamabad Expressway has been blocked.
The Faizabad-Islamabad Expressway has been blocked. Shops in Sargodha were forcibly closed as protesters began protesting at 12 Block Chowk. Fatima Jinnah Road has also been blocked due to protests.
Supporters of right wing political parties blocked both tracks of GT Road in Gujjar Khan, near Rawalpindi.
Traffic is blocked at Star Gate in Karachi.
In New Karachi, protests also broke out. Sharae Faisal has been blocked at Star Gate.
The Motorway has been blocked in Sheikhupura.
The motorway has been blocked in Sheikhupura.
The road has been blocked in front of the State Bank on II Chundrigar Road in Karachi.
Protests have also broken out in Hub.
After protests broke out in Hub, the RCD connecting Sindh and Balochistan has been blocked.
Roads blocked for traffic
In Karachi and other cities across the country, roads have been blocked for traffic due to protests.
In Karachi, the Lyari Expressway, roads between Karachi and Hyderabad, Sharae Faisal at Star Gate, Tower Road, Numaish Chowrangi, Hub River Road, Baldia No 4, Shershah Road, Super Highway and 4k Chowrangi.
For traffic from Tower, a diversion has been created from Jinnah bridge towards MT Khan Road, MA Jinnah Road towards Baba-e-Urdu cut while II Chundrigar Road towards Uni Centre. Traffic from Numaish has been diverted towards 45 congress to PP Chowrangi. Traffic from Shershah has been diverted from Baldia to Labour Square and traffic from Mawach Goth is diverted towards 24 Market. Traffic on the Super Highway has been diverted to Al Asif Square towards Abul Hassan Isphahani Road.
Case history
On October 8, a special three-member bench headed by Justice Nisar reserved its verdict after hearing the final appeal against the execution of Aasia Bibi. The appeal challenged a verdict of the Lahore High Court handed down in 2014 to uphold a trial court’s decision to sentence her to death.
It was Aasia Bibi’s last chance to appeal her death sentence. If the court did not rule in her favour, her only chance was to appeal to the president for clemency. The court had said that the media cannot discuss or comment on the matter until its final judgement is issued.
A case was filed against Aasia by a prayer leader in the village of Katanwala in Nankana Sahib.
The prayer leader said Aasia had confessed to committing blasphemy during an argument with a Muslim woman over a bowl of water. The allegations are that Asia made comments during an argument with three Muslim women while they were working in a field in Sheikhupura. She was asked to get some water but the other women said she was unfit to touch the water bowl as she was Christian. The women later went to the prayer leader to complain.
She was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010 and has been in jail ever since.
A right wing political party issued calls to its supporters a day earlier to emerge at morning prayers. It asked them to head to the streets in case a protest is called. The administration in Sindh has, for one, issued a security alert to law enforcement.
Police presence was increased at entry and exit points in Islamabad. Entry routes to the Red Zone were blocked with containers. The police is prepared to seal the Red Zone at a moment’s notice.
Security at the Supreme Court was also put on high alert, with a heavy presence of Rangers and police both within and outside the Supreme Court.
This case is linked to that of Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab, who was killed by his bodyguard Mumtaz Qadri. The assassination took place on January 4, 2011 in Islamabad. Salmaan Taseer had visited Aasia Bibi in a jail in Lahore and had received her petition for mercy. He had called for the blasphemy law to be amended to prevent it being abused.
The head of the right wing political party that has been following the case closely arrived at the Punjab Assembly before the verdict was announced.
The Supreme Court Bar Association election is scheduled to take place today (October 31) and this is likely to have a bearing on the presence of the legal fraternity in and around the court premises.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the head of the MMA and JUI-F, has expressed his reservation on the verdict and urged party workers to come out and protest.
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70 Comments
5 years ago
The court let her sit in prison for eight years, awaiting death, while the guilty walk free. The entire system needs to disappear…
5 years ago
Reply to
Drifter12
The whole lot of them should be nuked to hell where they belong, vile backwards filth, and they’re trying to inflict these savages on to us
5 years ago
Reply to
April
I am not running for office, so I can say with all honesty, THAT IS NOT A TERRIBLE IDEA! It would actually avoid a lot of misery down the road.
5 years ago
what is mo’s opinion on goat banging? and should you have to sleep with a barn yard animal before acquiring a driver’s license in packland?
5 years ago
Reply to
Halal Bacon
From blog by Sami Aldeeb – “Dr. Zakir Naik has spoken on many aspects of Islam and is known for his authoritative viewpoint on all things Islam. He has said some of the most outrageous things going, yet the world hardly notices him. He recently said that the movie Gravity should be condemned because it showed the earth as spherical, not flat.
Not long ago, he also stated that a man can have sex with a sheep or goat as a way of dealing with his “lust.” Essentially, this allows the male Muslim to have sex with an animal (beastiality) if a woman is not available. There are a few conditions though.
1. the sheep or goat must be killed afterwards because it is now tainted, and
2. the meat cannot be eaten by the people in that particular village though it can be sold to a neighboring village
I’m wondering why the animal is tainted after a Muslim man has sex with it? If this is acceptable practice under Islam, then why must the animal be killed? It simply doesn’t make sense. Then again, telling Muslim men that’s it okay to have sex with an animal doesn’t make sense either, but that’s just me.”
Pretty sure this is from hadiths, not chapter & verse of the koran, Mr. Bacon.
5 years ago
Reply to
Thomas Faddis
“…..the meat cannot be eaten by the people in that particular village though it can be sold to a neighboring village” Gee, I wonder if that meat can fetch a higher per-pound price in the neighboring village. You know, because, it’s been ‘tenderized.’
5 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
We should ask “spacearcadian”….probably eats that kind of special meat all the time…
5 years ago
Reply to
Thomas Faddis
Naik is watched by 80 million Muslims weekly world wide. He’s the Billy Graham of the Muslim world. An all around fun guy!
5 years ago
The savagery of the Pakistani governance is not separate and apart from the people, but a reflection of Islamic traditions and mores. Islamic history has more than its share of overthrown Muslim leaders who did not adhere to the most brutal and extreme system of governance on the face of the earth, the shariah.
An important observation that Pamela consummately articulated.
5 years ago
Reply to
Liatris Spicata
Please point out to me just ONE muslum leader that didn’t enforce at least some aspects of Shari’a law worm, just ONE.
5 years ago
Keep reminding yourself that these vile creatures (pakky moslems) have nuclear arms. And, people were worried about North Korea?
5 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Agreed bro, Trump needs to de-nuke Porkistan, Iran, NK and Turkey, we stationed nukes on their territory too. It wouldn’t be hard for them to hand them off to ISIS or AQ to use against us. Trump is doing a great job so far but he needs to do something about getting nukes out of the hands of our enemies.
5 years ago
Reply to
Ban Islam
Those primitive inbreeds cannot be helped. The kindest way to deal with them would be total………….
5 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
As long as they blow themselves up I’m okay with them have nuclear arms.
5 years ago
Reply to
Rob Porter
Now THAT would really add a new twist to suicide vests, wouldn’t it?
5 years ago
Didn’t Aloise Schicklegruber enact ‘laws’ making it ‘legal’ to execute Jews? Yes ,that’s why he allied with islam in WWII, but muslims ALSO hate Christians just as much, maybe more!
5 years ago
Reply to
Thomas Faddis
It’s perfectly legal to murder Jews, in Jordan. Israel, of course, wants Jordan to overturn that law … but … no dice. From the Geller Report, just a few days ago (October 27, 2018):
“This law permits the murder of Jews and Israelis to go without punishment if it is proven to be part of the “struggle against the occupation.” This Jordanian policy bore fruit very quickly. On May 13, 2017, a Jordanian citizen carried out an attack in Jerusalem in which an Israeli policeman was stabbed and severely wounded. The terrorist was shot and killed. After the incident, the Jordanian government attacked Israel. Jordanian Information Minister Muhammad Muamni said, “the Israeli government, as the force responsible for the occupation, bears responsibility for the shooting of the Jordanian citizen.”
http://b1ff5939f6.nxcli.net/2018/10/jordan-permits-jewish-murder.html/
5 years ago
Reply to
Thomas Faddis
Wouldn’t it be a true gift, from Providence, if doing that to moslems was legal in the United States of America? That’d beat an open season.
5 years ago
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what mass insanity looks like. Beaten in madness only by allowing those who practice this particular form of insanity to take root in currently civilised nations.
How do the ‘But it’s a peaceful religion!’ brigade explain this?
5 years ago
Reply to
OverIt
Now, not to worry. The ‘peace brigade’ will always have an answer for the actions of filthy mooslimes. Whether its blaming conservatives, Chistians, Jews, straight white males, etc., theres ALWAYS an excuse.
5 years ago
Muslims being Muslims…if they were the majority in our countries, they’d be doing the same to us. This is the real Islam, there is no coexistence there is only flee, fight, submit or die.
Trump said he wants to destroy ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ well there they are. I hope the West could unite and defeat these 7th century mongrels. We have nothing to discuss with Muslims, deport, ban Islam and end this evil cult once and for all.
5 years ago
I sure hope Ms Bibi is on a flight out of the sewer that is Pakistan. For a Christian to be cleared of this kind of charge, in a muslim-dominated country, is nothing short of miraculous.
5 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
Dollars to donuts–Donald J. Trump had some ‘small’ influence on the decision to release her.
5 years ago
The true face of islam, sharia law and muslim savages.
Thanks to (shiny pony) Turdeau this could be CANADA soon.
5 years ago
Not that there is need of confirmation that Islam is a cult of ignorance, bigotry and a myriad of other psychosis; however, the rioting for the death because of the acquittal of this Christian woman upholds the truth, Islam is brutal, murderous and dwells in the dark age. Nor is Pakistan the sole breeding ground of this insidious cult feigning religion. The EU, Britain, the entirety of the alleged Western Democracies are incubators for this nihilistic malignancy. Sharia Law virus-like has latched onto the lifeblood of the world’s once upon a time Democracies; unless common-sense with a heavy dose of fortitude prevails, the West is (censored).
5 years ago
Did you need another reminder that Islam and it’s followers are totally insane? Here is the e mail address for the White House. Ask President Trump to send a plane, with jet fighter escorts, to bring Bibi and her family to the USA. This is what asylum is for.
5 years ago
Reply to
inner_explorer
Exactly. Those idiots firing at police in the caravan in Mexico, do NOT deserve asylum in the U.S.
5 years ago
Thank you Pamela, for doing the right thing and stepping up to the plate to provide details of Asia Bibi. She is one of many … that have endured unspeakable persecution.
5 years ago
I hope one day we will NOT have to pretend this failed “democracy” is our “ally” in any way, shape or form.
5 years ago
Reply to
camigra
All muslim states are totalitarian, theocratic sh!tocracies because islum is fascism.
5 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
Their theocracy is as dead as Muhammad. Plus his Allah is not the God of Moses and Jacob or Christ. If it were , they wouldn’t want to kill over a cup of water.
5 years ago
In UKstan they have an epidemic of Pakistani Muslim pedophile rape gangs raping young infidel children and girls.
5 years ago
Some years ago, In France (I think) they had a picture or painting of some kind depicting Jesus urinating and other bizarre things. The Catholic community were angry but yet there were no riots (wanting to kill) of any kind as far as I know but yet.one draws a cartoon of muhammed or concerning the woman in above article, the muslim world goes on a frenzy binge of a psychotic in nature. islam, the enemy of mankind/
5 years ago
While she remains in Pakistain her life isn’t worth a bent nickle.
5 years ago
It is difficult for me to remember that these horrible people calling for her death are human beings too brought up under this horrible death cult. 1400 years of this stupidity and millions upon millions of deaths no end in sight and yet it could all stop with simple human decency, How many others have died and we never even heard of them?
5 years ago
These people want death. With one caveat – it’s ALWAYS YOUR DEATH!!
They misunderstood the Son of a God had to only die (be sacrificed) one time for ALL our sins. But in their demonic pagan mind you have to be sacrificed over and over for THEIR sins.
The plague of SATANISM is on them.
5 years ago
Please Pray for our Sister in Christ-MESSIAH Jesus-Yeshua Asia Bibi everyone!! “Pray Without Ceasing.” ( 1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV )!!
I say bring Asia Bibi too our Judeo-Christian Nation United States of America, as she is a Conservative Christian!!
Christian and Jewish People Persecution has been around for thousands of years, but, it is worse today!!
United We Stand with Israel-Yisrael and our Judeo-Christian Nation United States of America and our Christian Earth, Divided We FALL!!
Please Pray for our Judeo-Christian Nation United States of America and Israel-Yisrael and our Christian Earth Everyday EVERYONE!! “Pray Without Ceasing.” ( 1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV )!!
I am Pro-Israel-Yisrael / Pro-Zionism / Pro-Christian and Jewish People / Pro-USA Capitalism and Constitution / PRO-LIFE!!
Happy Shabbat Shalom ( Peaceful Sabbath ) Everyone Forevermore!!
Love Always and Shalom, YSIC o/
Kristi Ann
5 years ago
Here once again we see the utter insanity of Islam, but don’t tell CNN’s Chris Cuomo, it all looks normal to him.
5 years ago
It is obvious from the threads ehibited here, that the general concensus is the same.
So I say to the UK government, that the experiment is now over. You idiots in power thought,(oxymoron) that you could put a fox in a hen house and it would not kill the hens.
Time to remove the fox from the UK and relocate it to a muslim hen house some where and there are 50.
It has been proven time and time again that muslims in a western society does not work.
I have always said that if you are not prepared to live as we live and respect the law and order we have for our people then you are not welcome.
Why does our government not see it in this common sense way?
5 years ago
I think in radical Islam, Pakistan is worst than Iran.
5 years ago
I think that this may be real end game for this poor unfortunate woman. I doubt that the Muslims in the Pakistani courts have suddenly become benevolent towards Christians. I think that they’re hoping that mob justice will see Asia put to death and keep their hands clean so the Pakistani government doesn’t have to deal with the political blow-back for officially executing her.
5 years ago
Reply to
InfidelCrusader
I fear you may be right. I hope that someone can get Aasia Bibi and her family out of pakistan and somewhere safe.
The thing is, this will never end for her. These scumbags will be trying to kill her for the rest of her life.
Witness protection, or something similar, perhaps?
5 years ago
Reply to
evangeline golding
Something tells me that the Pakistani government is not going to do much to ensure her and her family’s safety after she’s released. They’re relying on the angry mobs of “peaceful’ Muslims to do their dirty work for them.
5 years ago
Reply to
InfidelCrusader
Absolutely. When I said I hoped someone could get her out of pakistan to somewhere safe, it never crossed my mind that it would be her own government.
After all, they could have stopped her torture and imprisonment at any point in the last eight years. I think they hoped she would die in prison.
5 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
Exactly. I just read over the weekend that the Pakistani government is forbidding her from leaving the country while her case is “reviewed”. The last thing they want is for her to leave the country and take asylum somewhere out of reach of their brand of justice.
5 years ago
In the case of Aasia Bibi, while working in the fields she was asked or volunteered to go and get water for the group, but once she returned the other women who were Muslim, realized that Bibi had taken a drink herself. This article says that Bibi was thought “unfit to touch the water bowl” in actuality she was deemed “unclean” because she was a Christian.
When an argument ensued, the other women accused her of committing blasphemy. Which is why the court found their story did not stand up, because it was done purely out of spite.
The idea that someone could be accused of blasphemy for being unclean, is one of the unjust and supremacist aspects of the Pakistan justice system. In this case the Pakistan Supreme Court has corrected this error. But there is another case, where a Christian couple, who narrowly avoided the death penalty for blasphemy, were sentenced to 25 years each on a lesser blasphemy charge, for simple touching the Koran with unclean hands, i.e. as Christians. They came into possession of a Koran, because as good Christians, they were helping their Muslim neighbor store his belongings. The only reason the poor Christian couple did not get the death penalty, because their Muslim friend came to court in their defense. And the court decided that they did have malicious intent, but since they blasphemed anyway, touching the Koran with unclean or non-Muslim hands, they were given the stiff 25 year sentences.
Commonsense should have told the judge, in the Christian couple’s case, to let them go. But this is the pressure they are facing. When the couple were acquitted of the first blasphemy charge that has the death sentence, the Muslim lawyer who brought the case against them, threatened to take the law in he own hands. [and there is a Muslim lawyer association in Pakistan who are completely radical, they blockage courts and prevent other lawyers from defending Christians, as was the case when a 12-yr old Christian servant girl was raped and murdered by her wealthy employer.] Don’t know if this Muslim lawyer worker for the prosecution, but was known for high profile blasphemy cases – shouts across the courtroom, that they will kill the Christian couple, no matter what happened – when he thought they might walk free.
This was an open threat in a court of law, and judges are probably under enormous pressure to find a guilty verdict.
It’s completely wild wild west up there and maybe the new president Iran Khan who spent a lot of time in the west is bringing some order.
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One Pakistan case, to do with honor killing. A girl who is a medial/nursing student, married her doctor or medical student friend from school. But her family had married her off to someone else, in her absence, back at the remote village. It all makes it to the High Court, because they are accusing her of adultery. [They have several high courts in Pakistan.] While in court or in the foyer, the girl’s brother bludgeons her to death. And under Islamic law, all the family has to do is to forgive the murderer and the father instantly reached out and says he forgives the son. And the matter was considered over. Shocking!
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We have to be thankful for the freedoms we have. And push back against anyone trying to erode that freedom. Most people in the west understandably, can’t know what Muslims mean when they say they want sharia law. The Marxist Left see Muslims as victims and believe sharia law should be pushed on an anti-racism or civil rights platform. Laws that are themselves racist and discriminatory and would limit all rights and freedoms outside of the practice of Islam. Just as any apartheid system, non-Muslims would live as these Pakistani Christians do, as inferiors to the Muslim population.
5 years ago
” how the heathen rage”…
5 years ago
What can you expect from people that are 80% inbred. Google “uk study on inbred immigrants”.
5 years ago
They so wanted to stone their infidel.
5 years ago
They are the unclean ones.
5 years ago
Over 70 percent of the population of Pakistan are inbred (medical fact well documented). Most of the poor have 1st cousins marrying 1st cousins and so on, this has led to mental and physical issues. Poor or no education, except for the cult of Islam makes these people a mob of sheep, easily led to violence.
5 years ago
USA truly needs to stop diplomatic relations with Pakistan. Pakistan is a supporter of Islamic terrorism.
5 years ago
Reply to
Forconservatism
Pakistain isn’t merely a supported of islamic terrorism they FUND and FACILITATE islamic terrorism against India and have been doing so for nearly 70 years — particularly in Kashmir.
5 years ago
The day will come when the entire non-muslim world will regret allowing Pakistan to get nukes.
5 years ago
Wow, what a mentally stable ally Pakistan is to the USA.
