How much longer must this drag on? “”Thousands of Pakistani Islamists clashed with police for a second day”; how many more days will there be?
It will drag on for as long as takes. For as long as Westerners remain dar al-harb (the House of War), Islamic supremacists will work to subjugate them and force them into obedience to Sharia.
This story illustrates the uproar, violence and deep threats to stability that ensue when Muslim sensibilities are insulted. Incidents such as this should be enough to wake up Western authorities and lead them to recognize that Islam is not actually a “religion of peace.” Jihad remains alive and well worldwide after 1400 years, while Westerners remain focused on “offense” and “Islamophobia,” with no regard for the real victims.
“Pakistan Islamists clash over French cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad,” by Asif Shahzad, Mubasher Bukhari, Reuters, April 13, 2021:
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Thousands of Pakistani Islamists clashed with police for a second day on Tuesday in protest against the arrest of their leader ahead of rallies denouncing French cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, officials said.
At least one activist and one police officer died from wounds suffered overnight after Islamists blocked highways, rail tracks and main entry and exit routes, paralysing business in almost all major cities.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, government official Naveed Zaman told Reuters, adding that they had refused to leave until the release of their leader, Saad Rizvi, who was arrested on Monday.
Rizvi is the head of an extremist group, Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), that rose to prominence making the denunciation of blasphemy against Islam its rallying cry.
The protesters beat one officer, who died on Tuesday, and wounded at least 40, a police spokesman in eastern Lahore told Reuters.
One protester died in a southwestern district, a police chief said on condition of anonymity.
Video showed some protesters beating and dragging police and pedestrians, which government adviser Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi condemned. He told Reuters the law would take its course against those responsible.
The group blocked one of the main roads into the capital late last year and called off their protest only after the government signed a deal with them, agreeing to endorse a boycott of French products.
At the time, protests had broken out in several Muslim countries over France’s response to a deadly attack on a teacher who showed cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad to pupils during a civics lesson.
Pakistan’s parliament had condemned the re-printing of the cartoons in France, urging the government to withdraw its ambassador.
For Muslims, depictions of the Prophet are blasphemous…..
David M says
“For Muslims, depictions of the Prophet are blasphemous…..”
If you follow that logic all the Muslims in the world naming their son Muhammad are also committing blasphemy.
Hadrian says
*Got ’em intensifies*
Hindu American says
Good point David.
In the same line of thought, when “some islamist” claims that his prophet came to him in his dreams, the question to ask that idiot is how in the world did he recognize Muhammad (if he has never seen an image of his prophet)? That should also be blasphemy, right?
Buraq says
There are almost no companies of a significant size anywhere in the world owned by only one business group. They are divided and subdivided into parcels of ownership. For example, the popular LU Biscuit brand is currently being boycotted in Pakistan. But ownership of this company is shared by the Pakistani businessman, Hassan Ali Khan, who owns 50.5% shares in LU Biscuits and the remaining 49.5% is owned by the American company, Mondelez International. The French part of this business sold its share years ago!
Also, there are 4,500 Pakistani jobs on the line because of this boycott! These demonstrators are clowns and idiots. They’re cutting off their nose to spite their face!
Quazgaa says
No one with an ounce of brains would do business in Pakistan, or any muslim country for that matter.
Christopher Watson says
Yes, if I’d called my son Jesus Christ I expect he would have had a very tough time at school. In most middle eastern schools if you call out “Mohamed” most of the male students would stand up.
European pagan says
In Spanish speaking countries Jesús is a normal boy name
Shirley Ann says
In my opinion, it’s all a Myth. That’s why they are all so rigid & Hyper-Sensitive. They borrowed bits from Christianity & bits from Judaism & added their Lust for Blood.
Our Western leaders are scared to death of a Figment of a Dirty-Old-Man’s Imagination. Just my view, but they never should have been able to invade a Sovereign Country & TAKE-OVER, with the AID of OUR Politicians.
Quazgaa says
“..They borrowed bits from Christianity & bits from Judaism & added their Lust for Blood…”
Short and to the point.
Thank you.
LEONARD William DUNNET says
If they do it in Pakistan who cares. They can kill and maim as many people as they like. Just don’t do it in the UK. We are committed to free speech if you don’t like it or are upset by the Union Flag piss off somewhere else. Our government should pay the fare it’ll be cheaper than the dole they claim.
Hadrian says
Meh its a sharia death state, let them sink it further and further into the dirt. France is better off without this country.
born saturday says
you will see similar acts in the west when pakistanis and other muslims get cut off of jisya benefits and from commiting other criminal activity that they are now busy with….
PRCS says
The Reuters article asserts, “For Muslims, depictions of the Prophet are blasphemous…..”
Why, oh why, do reporters–who all have computers with Internet access–not do their homework?
For SOME Muslims that is true. For others, it’s not.
gravenimage says
And any Muslims referring to the “Prophet” Muhammed are idiots.
PRCS says
More than that:
“Thousands of Pakistani Islamists clashed with police for a second day on Tuesday in protest against the arrest of their leader ahead of rallies denouncing French cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad…”
https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/pakistan-bans-radical-islamist-party-after-clashes-leave-7-dead-over-300-hurt-377542
Pakistan bans radical Islamist party after clashes leave 7 dead, over 300 hurt
*A “radical” Islamist party? As opposed to a regular Islamist party?
mortimer says
If Muslims are inundated with cartoons of Mohammed every day for years, they will become used to it.
They may even develop a sense of humor which is now lacking.
However, the ultimate solution is for Muslims to discover that the Koran is of human origin. When they discover that, they leave Islam instantly.
James Lincoln says
mortimer,
In psychology, they call that “flooding”.
It – sometimes – can work…
gravenimage says
Doing this in any case is a good idea–we have to assert our freedom of speech.
Yogi says
Savages, savages, not different exclamations, .. this kind of creatures shouldn’t ever enter Western Europe, Western World , where mostly in Europe Christians dominate ..
Infidel says
Why doesn’t France simply end all diplomatic relations w/ Pakistan, recall all its embassy staff and deport every Pakistani living in France back to Pakistan?
If Macron wants to defeat Marine Le Pen, here’s a surefire way of doing it. In 2017, in the Netherlands, Prime Minister Rutte stood up to Turkey, and therefore trounced Geert Wilders as a result
Michael Copeland says
Thousands of Pakistani Islamists “clashed with police”.
This is made to sound spontaneous, but in reality they were INSTRUCTED in the mosque.
James Lincoln says
Maybe I’m missing something, but I do not fully understand the feature article.
Are the Pakistani police okay with the mohammed cartoons – but the protesters are not?
Why the clash?
Quazgaa says
As non Arabs, the Pakistanis work hard to be more muslim than the former.
These are people who have nothing of their own to show, so in order to maintain some significance, they use the Arab-invented religion of islam.
rajasekar says
My question is had Mohammed (PBAH) lived in this “smart phone age”, won’t devote Muslims take Selfie with him (as he is the last messenger of god and perfect man) and post the image to friends in Whatsapp facebook & Instagram
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Thousands of Muslims clash with police over Muhammad cartoons in France
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Barbaric morons.