The book is more important than the human being, as the human being is an unbeliever, “the most vile of created beings” (Qur’an 98:6).
“Two Blasphemy Incidents Shake Lahore and Khanewal on a Single Day: Innocence and Accusations,” British Asian Christian Association, September 20, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
In a nation where religious sensitivities often run high, Pakistan has been marred by a recurring issue – blasphemy allegations.
These allegations, whether genuine or fabricated, have the power to disrupt lives and communities.
Recently, two distressing incidents unfolded in Lahore and Khanewal, shedding light on the continuing challenges faced by religious minorities and the alarming misuse of blasphemy laws.
Beaten for a Torn Page: Khanewal Incident
In Khanewal, a horrifying incident unfolded as a young child, aged between 6 and 7 years, was brutally beaten after being accused of tearing a page containing Quranic text from his Islamiyat textbook. Islamiyat is a compulsory subject on Islamic education taught in public schools across Pakistan. Unaware of the consequences that would follow, the child discarded an already torn page into a dustbin. However, the teacher discovered the page, leading to the merciless beating of the innocent child and the false accusation that he had intentionally ripped the page out of the book.
The child’s parents, upon learning of the brutal treatment their son had endured, visited the school to seek answers. Instead of receiving support, they were subjected to abuse and threats. School authorities even summoned a local Muslim cleric to further intimidate the family.
The District Police Officer, Khanewal has been notified of the situation, he has assured the Christian community of safety and vowed to uphold law and order in the area. This incident however, exemplifies the rising tensions and lack of religious tolerance that persistently threaten minority communities in Pakistan.
Our team in Pakistan has not yet been able to make contact with the family to offer help.
Accused of Desecrating the Quran: Lahore Incident
In another distressing incident, a couple, Kiran Shoukat (35 yrs) and her husband Shoukat Masih (40 yrs), residents of Chaudhary Colony in Lahore Cantt, found themselves accused of desecrating the Quran. The complainant, Muhammad Taimur, alleged discovering torn Quranic pages in a pink bag on the first floor of the couple’s residence.
According to Taimur’s account, he stumbled upon the torn pages while visiting a stall selling pre-seasoned meats in the local area around 12:15 am on September 8th. He said that he then followed a trail of scattered pages of the Koran, which he traced back to the couple’s home.
Upon arriving at the parents’ home, Mr. Taimur inquired if Mrs. Shoukat knew about some pages strewn across the streets. He did not specify that they were from a Quran. When questioned by him, Mr. Shoukat suggested that her children, Sundas (8 yrs), Rubi (5 yrs), and son Sagir (7 yrs), might have inadvertently discarded the pages. Taimur then forced his way into the Christian couple’s home and claimed to have found a pink bag filled with such torn pages from the Quran.
The complainant, Mr. Taimur, further asserted that he found the pages scattered on the roof of the Christian home as well. He began shouting loudly, referring to the Christian couple as ‘Churah’ (a derogatory term meaning dirty infidel). “You must die, you blasphemers!” he shouted, which led to an additional 15 local Muslim neighbors gathering at the terrified Christians’ home. The Muslim mob begam beating the Christian parents with sticks, punches and kicks.
Mr. Taimur promptly called the police by dialing 15, and they arrived within 15 minutes to arrest the astonished and beleaguered Christian couple. The couple was then taken to Shumali Chauni Police Station in Lahore Cantt, leaving all three of their young and vulnerable children at home. At the police station, an FIR was registered against the couple under Section 295B of the Pakistan Penal Code….
Wellington says
Considering all the accurate information out there about Islam, it is no longer even remotely defensible to be surprised by what Islam and its deluded followers spawn on virtually a daily basis.
Anyone who sincerely is surprised is deficient in one way or another. No exceptions. Not one damn one. Enough already.
somehistory says
Feculent and putrid are these mozlums in pakistan. The child was innocent, but that doesn’t matter. The mozlums like to inflict pain and they make opportunities to do that.
And the mozlum who “followed” the torn pages to the home of the couple and their children, ‘found pages in a pink bag’….did he have a warrant? Of course not. mozlums don’t need to be an authority nor have a warrant to search a person’s home and belongings. And “find” evidence of a ‘crime.’ He probably tore his own copy and ‘found’ them as he walked and then invaded the home.
this mozlum scum wants something that belongs to the Christian couple….that is the reason he lied and as a bonus, he gets to see them arrested and possibly murdered.
Such are satan’s children doing “the desires of their father”
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James Lincoln says
somehistory,
A warrant?
Those savages “don’t need no stinkin’ warrant!”
Wellington says
My compliments, James. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and all that.
Love that film with Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt and Walter Huston. Sadly, this film would be lost on so many young Americans who know very little to nothing about what preceded them.
As Cicero opined, no matter how much a person may know, if they do not know the past, they are still an ignorant human being. Well,, loads of young Americans “know” their smart phones (dumb phones?) but they do not know the past and this is a monumental tragedy still in the making, thanks in large part to Leftism taking over the educational system in America as it has taken over so much else, including the Democratic Party, the MSM, Big Business and Big Tech—Hell, even the NFL. Damn.
somehistory says
My favorite Bogart movie was “Key Largo.” He made so many good ones.
somehistory says
James, I thought those words; I thought them, but I did not write them. Thanks for reading my mind and expressing my thoughts.
James Lincoln says
Thank you for your replies, Wellington and somehistory.
Yes, it’s hard to beat Bogie… he’d even be great today.
FYI says
“And allah is knower of all things”
koran 2:29
So allah knows ALL things.ALL things?
Except..for allah’s EPIC misunderstandings of..
1.Christian Theology koran 5:116{Mary is one of the 3 gods christians worship}
2.The science behind creation{Astronomy,Biology:the scientific errors are well known}
3.The Torah[which allah claims he gave to Moses koran 2:87}:the Laws of Moses
So allah claims to be omniscient…. and proves he is not omniscient.
allah does not understand these things.
What can be said about the quran with absolute certainty?
The author is claiming to be God but he can’t be God as he is not omniscient.
So the quran is a work of fiction.It doesn’t come from any God but rather from someone desperately trying to pass himself off as God.
allah clearly does NOT know all things.
tim gallagher says
What a disgusting, evil and barbaric country Pakistan seems to be. What needs to done to the foul book, the Koran, is that Muslims need to say, “Look, this is an evil, hate-filled book full of nothing but obsessive hate and we need to ditch the whole book which is as full of hate as Hitler’s “Mein kampf” and we need to start all over again”. It’ll never happen, but islam is completely on the wrong track. islam needs a central text that contains the Golden Rule about being kind and tolerant towards other people in the way other decent religions try to be. The Koran, filled with the hatred it expresses now, deserves no respect at all.
garry pollack says
words on paper more important than a human being—- the commies here make me feel that way—every time they try to tear up our Bill of Rights….
Christopher Watson says
And why we have to allow this scum into our country I will never know. I no longer live in the UK; I will never go back. They are gradually taking over our wonderful country and reducing it to a Pakistani shit-hole.
OLD GUY says
Total child abuse! Oh I forgot a six year old is almost at the age of maturity in muslim land.