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Pakistani Islamic supremacists demand that Italian demonstrators against blasphemy law convert to Islam
The call to convert to Islam must precede jihad violence, according to Muhammad: “Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war…When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any […]
Pakistan: 10,000 rally again in support of blasphemy law
The Pakistani government is too weak and/or compromised to stand up to the supporters of the blasphemy law, which is used to victimized innocent people on an increasingly regular basis. Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “In Pak, blasphemy law supporters on the streets,” from the Associated Press, January 24: Peshawar: Rallies took place in Peshawar […]
Pakistan: Christians converting to Islam out of fear for their safety
Blasphemy law-related persecution, mobs in the streets chanting “Death to the Christians,” and it’s only getting worse. “Some Christians in Pakistan convert fear into safety,” by Rick Westhead for The Toronto Star, January 20 (thanks to Ken): […] At least 20 to 25 former Christians adopt Islam each week by pledging an oath and signing […]
Pakistan: Jailed Christian woman accused of blasphemy living in constant fear
For even if she is cleared, she could easily then be murdered by Islamic supremacist vigilantes. “Jailed Pakistani Mother Living in Constant Fear, Husband Says,” from Compass Direct News, January 19: LAHORE, Pakistan, January 19 (CDN) — A mother of five sentenced to death on “blasphemy” charges has lived in constant fear since the killing […]
Honor killing in Pakistan: Muslim hacks wife, daughter to death on suspicion of infidelity
Many Muslim countries have relaxed penalties for honor killing, and Islamic clerics have resisted efforts to stiffen those penalties. Yet we are constantly told that honor killing has nothing to do with Islam. “Killer of wife, daughter arrested,” from The News International, January 19 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): GHAZIABAD police on Tuesday arrested an accused […]
Pakistan: Misunderstanders of Islam bomb school, killing two and wounding 14, including seven children
Because they oppose women’s education, you see. They think it is immoral. Murdering children in cold blood, as far as they’re concerned, is not only not immoral, it is a holy and meritorious act, if it stops the greater immorality of women’s education. “Bomb attack on school in Peshawar, two killed and 14 wounded, seven […]
Pakistan: Police murder Christian, threaten to kill father if he doesn’t withdraw charges against them
This kind of thing happens because Pakistan’s blasphemy laws give some the idea that they can act against Christians with impunity. “Pakistani Police Allegedly Make Threats after Murdering Christian,” from Compass Direct News, January 18: KARACHI, Pakistan, January 18 (CDN) — Pakistani police are threatening the father of an 18-year-old Christian man whom officers raped, […]
Pakistan’s PM reassures Sufis: “Why don’t you trust when I say that government would never amend the Blasphemy law?”
The Sufis, you’ll recall, are widely believed in the West to be moderate, mystical, peaceful, live-and-let-live types. “Pakistan: Prime minister confirms govt has no plans to amend blasphemy law,” by Syed Saleem Shahzad for AKI, January 18 (thanks to Sr. Soph): Islamabad, 18 Jan. (AKI) – Pakistan’s prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday […]
Musharraf: Pakistan’s blasphemy laws must not be scrapped
Musharraf intends to re-enter Pakistani politics, having founded a new party last year: the All Pakistan Muslim League. Obviously, if he is campaigning from that angle, he can’t remain silent on the blasphemy issue, and given the popularity of the laws that the aftermath of Salman Taseer’s assassination has made so clear, denouncing them would […]