The abuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws to destroy the lives of innocent people is an ongoing scandal, but the establishment media and global “human rights” organizations don’t care, because non-Muslims are often the victims and Muslims are doing the victimizing.
“Christian Mother Sentenced to Death in Pakistan for Blasphemy,” Morning Star News, September 19, 2024:
LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A Christian mother of four children on Wednesday (Sept. 18) received the death sentence after a judge convicted her under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, her attorney said.
Shagufta Kiran, 40, was convicted under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy laws for insulting Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, which carries a mandatory death sentence. Attorney Rana Abdul Hameed said Additional Session Judge Islamabad Muhammad Afzal Majoka also sentenced Kiran to a fine of 300,000 rupees ($1,077 USD) after her three-year trial.
She was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on July 29, 2021, in Islamabad for allegedly sharing blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group in September 2020. Her husband and two sons were also taken into custody during the raid but were later released.
“The complaint against Kiran was registered by a Muslim named Shiraz Ahmed Farooqi, who alleged that she had shared content disrespectful of Islam’s prophet,” Hameed told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “However, Kiran has maintained that she has not authored the content and had forwarded it in the WhatsApp group without reading it.”
Formerly a nurse, Kiran had joined several interfaith WhatsApp groups, where she proclaimed the gospel and defended her Christian faith. One such group, Pure Discussions, was administered by the complainant, Farooqi, Muhammad Ameer Faisal of India and Muhammad Jaleel of Canada.
Hameed said Kiran was a brave woman who remained steadfast during the trial.
“I met her after the judge issued the sentence and can confirm that she is very hopeful of a positive outcome from the superior courts,” he said. “However, she misses her family a lot and wants to reunite with them as soon as possible.”
The attorney said he will file an appeal after the court issues the detailed order. He said the verdict did not come as a surprise as 99 percent of those charged under Section 295-C are convicted by trial courts under pressure from Islamists….
Troybeam says
Any Muslim can claim a person said something wrong about Mohammed and be sentenced to death.
There is no proof just a Muslim making a claim, how many have died because of this?
Jesus’s death is documented in Roman history for the world to read, where is the documentation on Mohammed?
somehistory says
The poor woman and her poor family. They are suffering because some mozlum scum made a claim and other mozlum scum took his lying word that the lady said something.
More than likely, the mozlum who accused her wrote whatever was supposed to be blasphemous…and it’s impossible for the slime to be blasphemed, mass-murdering raper of children, lying sack of feculent matter that he was…or was said to be…and then falsely claimed that the Christian had been the one.
mozlums hate Christians and will do whatever it takes to see that they die.
This lady and her family are also rich with faith that money cannot buy and which neither man …scummy dross appearing as human,…and demons cannot take away or destroy.
All things will be made right very soon.
Tony Rice says
WHAT exactly is this woman supposed to have said or written to get charged with blasphemy. In more civilised democratic countries more or less anything can be said re religions, their gods, prophets, believers, non- believers etc. WHAT is so different re Islam, can it not be held up to scrutiny, seems not. About time their powers that be brought themselves into the 21st century and said goodbye to the seventh and all it’s untruths and injustices.
Certain countries need to be removed from the U N for a start, although that organisation is hardly an organ these days for democracy , liberal views and behaviours. Dark clouds are assembling over the world. Pakistan needs to be held up before a Court of Human Rights and made to comply with decent laws and treatment of ALL it’s citizens. As King Charles regards himself as Defender of Faiths AND head of the Commonwealth, about time he spoke up and intervened in such matters. Either that or goodbye Pakistan. Even Communist China does not act in this way. I can remember a young girl in Pakistan under severe sentence for some contrived offence, sought safety in UK and eventually ended up in Canada, where civilisation exists. Same should happen in this case and shame the Pakistani system into changing it’s outmoded uncivilised ways to fair and democratic ways.
Les says
Even if this woman had said something unacceptable and beyond the pale against their god, then it is for their deity to judge and prosecute.
I believe the Lord is omnipotent (all powerful) it is clear from this article that their god is not.
Janice Dougherty says
I wonder if this is something that inspired or bolstered Hillary Clinton’s pontifications?
abu taleb says
Any non muslim who has been invited to Islam but refuses, must be executed according to Islam. Because it sounds so inhuman and barbaric, muslims make false accusations such as blasphemies or insulting Allah, Muhammad or whatever so that the non muslims can be executed without showing that Islam is too barbaric.
It actualy an acknowledgment that Islam is too barbaric.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
What crummy reporting! I searched this article to find the wording of the blasphemy, but did not find it. The “what” part of the who-what-where-why-when-how reporting rubric is missing.