In other words, he was trying to say what had to be said without giving the nation’s Islamic supremacists an excuse for another murderous rage. “Pakistan’s Christian cabinet member urges blasphemy rethink,” by Rob Crilly in the Telegraph, September 4 (thanks to David): Pakistan’s only Christian Cabinet member has urged a rethink of how the […]
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Pakistan: Editor of English daily thrashed for watching TV and listening to music
Listening to music: sinful. Beating up someone who listens to music: pleasing to Allah. Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, idols, crosses and all the trappings of ignorance.” (The Hadith Qudsi, or holy Hadith, are those in which Muhammad transmits the words of Allah, although […]
Pakistan: Armed Muslims attack Christians, collect jizya from Christian merchants
“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” — Qur’an 9:29 […]
Pakistani Muslims say that there hasn’t been enough punishment of people accused of blasphemy
While the Rimsha Masih case has focused world attention on how often Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are used to victimize innocent people, Muslims outside the mosque of the imam who has been arrested for trying to frame Rimsha say that there isn’t enough punishment for blasphemy. More on this story. “Imam arrested in Pakistan Quran burning […]
Senators call for freeing of 11-year-old girl held for blasphemy in Pakistan
…and an end to the persecution of religious minorities there. About time someone started to notice. “Free girl held on blasphemy: US Senators,” from OnlineNews.com, September 2: WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of six American senators has written a letter to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, asking him to address the growing religious intolerance in his […]
Pakistan: Islamic supremacist party demands that hijab be made compulsory
Demanding that hijab be made compulsory while insisting that it is not compulsory Islamic supremacists have long moved to make hijab compulsory by threatening and even killing women who dare not to wear it. “Pakistan Constitution should make hijab compulsory: JI,” by Owais Jafri for the Express Tribune, September 2 (thanks to David): MULTAN: The […]
Pakistan: Christians hold fake funeral to highlight their fears of reprisal over blasphemy case
No one from the government came, however, or would give them any guarantees. They are second-class citizens, and the world turns a blind eye. “Blasphemy case: Christians highlight their fears of reprisal by holding a fake funeral,” by Umer Nangiana for the Express Tribune, September 1 (thanks to Kenneth): Dozens of Christians participated in a […]
Pakistan: Muslim cleric framed 11-year-old Christian girl for blasphemy charge by planting pages of Qur’an among papers she burned
“The witness said he tried to stop the cleric from tampering with the evidence, but he insisted it would strengthen the case and lead to eviction of the girl’s family from the locality.” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Imam held in blasphemy case after new testimony,” from Dawn, September 1 (thanks to Vikas): ISLAMABAD: A […]
Pakistan: Sunni Muslims murder seven Shi’ites
Murderously intolerant of anyone and everyone who does not see the world exactly as they do, and clever enough to have bamboozled the centers of received opinion in the West into making endless excuses for them instead of seeing them as they are. “Gunmen kill seven shiites in Quetta: Police,” from AFP, September 1 (thanks […]
Pakistan: Christians warned to “convert to Islam or leave Muslim neighborhood”
Will the Islamophobia never end? “‘Convert to Islam or leave Muslim neighborhood’ warning to Christians in Lahore,” from the Pakistan Christian Post, August 31 (thanks to Lachlan): Lahore: August 31, 2012. (PCP) A story of fear and blasphemy is in making in one of the Muslim majority area of Lahore like Mehrabad, a slum of […]