An urgent request from Faith Freedom regarding Hector Aleem:
Help Hector AleemHector Aleem sentenced to seven years prison for blasphemy, despite the lack of evidence.
As you read this page, there is an innocent man in Pakistan, accused of blasphemy, who has spent the last three years in jail.
He has been beaten and tortured even before his trial. The judge found no evidence against him except the words of his accuser, a man with whom he had a dispute over a business transaction. During the hearing, the mob chanted slogans inside and outside the court demanding that he found guilty. He was sentenced to another seven years imprisonment.
Hector's family wants to appeal this unjust decision. They had one month to do so. However, they have run out of money and only one week is left.
I am urging all of you to please donate to Hector's fund set up by his daughter Mehwish. Send her whatever you can, even if it is $20 dollars. But remember that few people donate. Very few! Everyone is generous in offering their sympathy, but few extend that sympathy to their valet. That is what really the Aleems need....
Please donate here:
http://tinyurl.com/hectoraleem
Read more at Faith Freedom.
"US officials have announced they will fast-track part of a 7.5-billion-dollar five-year aid package."
What that's not enough?
Sorry, i'm bitter. I will pray for this man.
The video recording people will come under attack, because, situation is not good in Pakistan.
And then that crooked Biden dare to call Islam a "great religion" whilst he's in Pakistan? He and anothe Islam-bowing Hussein Obama are sick!
I wrote to my moonbat senators on behalf of this guy a while back, as Ali Sina's Faith Freedom site has highlighted the issue.
Now, we send many billions to Pakistan, but that's because are afraid of something even worse taking over that country. It's fear-driven foreign aid.
I have already given my donation,please everybody do the same,he needs our help.Even a mere $10-20 goes a long way
I also gave a donation. I hope others will chip in too.
Let's not forget about the man from Oklahoma, Jesse Quinn Harrison, who is being held in a mental facility for exercising his First Amendment right to insult Islam. Here is the latest on from Tulsaworld.com
Witnesses say man should be locked up
A jury will decide whether he should be involuntarily hospitalized.
Focus of hearing
Jesse Quinn Harrison: At issue is whether his communications to the Islamic Society of Tulsa were free speech or threats.
By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer
Published: 1/13/2011 2:27 AM
Last Modified: 1/13/2011 4:53 AM
Witnesses testified Wednesday that a man who is accused of making threats against the Islamic Society of Tulsa should be involuntarily committed and treated for mental illness.
But Jesse Quinn Harrison's defense lawyers said there's no reason to institutionalize him and that the perceived threats are merely Harrison's exercise of his First Amendment right to free speech.
A six-person jury was seated for the mental-health hearing for Harrison. A petition for his involuntary commitment, filed Dec. 28, alleges that he requires "treatment under the mental health laws of Oklahoma" and that he poses a risk of harm to himself or others.
Most mental-health hearings are closed to the public, but the respondent may allow anyone he or she wants into the hearing. Harrison allowed a Tulsa World reporter to attend his hearing.
Harrison is expected to testify Thursday, followed by closing statements and jury deliberations.
Harrison was charged Dec. 28 with one felony count of transmitting a threatening letter and one misdemeanor count of malicious intimidation or harassment under Oklahoma's hate-crimes statute.
Prosecutors allege that he sent a nine-page packet to the Peace Academy at the Islamic Society of Tulsa in October that included letters to various people, Harrison's resume, and "a message" to Islamic people.
The packet also included a DVD with nearly 4 gigabytes of information, photos and videos, including personal and business records, family photos and a video of what appears to be Harrison at target practice.
The malicious intimidation charge alleges that Harrison posted a video online showing him smearing pork on the Quran and a picture of an Islamic religious figure and grilling those items. The video also was included in the DVD sent to the Peace Academy.
Mohammed Al-Ghobashy, the imam at the Islamic Society of Tulsa, testified Wednesday that he received the letter and looked at many of the items on the DVD.
"I looked at what was threatening to me as a Muslim and my community," he said, adding that the Quran-burning video is offensive to Muslims.
He said he saw Harrison walking his dog on the sidewalk in the area of the Islamic Society's mosque, at 4630 S. Irvington Ave., several times in the fall.
Harrison told the Tulsa World last week that although he acknowledges that the video is offensive, his point was to prove that Islam is not a violent religion. He said that by posting the video, making his private information public and still not receiving any threats from Muslims, he could prove that Islam is not violent.
Tulsa Police Officer Brian Booth, who filed the petition on behalf of the state, testified that the letter and video, coupled with the extensive activity on Harrison's Facebook page and his presence around the mosque, make the situation potentially dangerous.
Harrison posted several Facebook posts saying he intended to "present himself to Islam" on Dec. 31. Booth said those posts and others that seemed to be intimidating toward Muslims led to the commitment request.
"The fact that Mr. Harrison was not only putting this on the Internet but actually going to the mosque gave us the thought that whatever he was going to do, it wasn't going to be good," he said.
Booth acknowledged, however, that Harrison had made no direct threats.
Stanford Lane, one of Harrison's public defenders, said there is no reason to involuntarily commit his client, adding that although some of Harrison's posts are "weird" or "strange," he has a right to free speech.
Harrison was committed to the Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health under an emergency order of detention Sept. 17. He was released about 10 days later, according to Sunita Mall, a state psychiatrist who had not evaluated him then but who has since reviewed his records from that hospitalization. She said his release likely indicated that he was not deemed a threat then.
Harrison readmitted himself to the hospital on Dec. 18. Mall's first contact with him came two days later. She said she eventually reached the conclusion that Harrison had a delusion disorder with a "false, fixed belief that is unshakable, no matter what explanation you give."
She said he gave her his reasoning for posting the materials online, which led her to believe that he was knowingly putting himself in dangerous situations.
The jury will decide whether the petitioners - Booth and the state - are "clear and convincing" that Harrison must be committed for his own safety or the safety of others. If a jury had not been requested, a judge would have received evidence and acted upon statements from the licensed medical professionals who performed a mental health evaluation.
Lane asked potential jurors what they had seen or heard about Saturday's shooting in Arizona that killed six and wounded 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Loughner, who is accused of being the shooter, had a history of erratic behavior and showed signs of mental illness, news reports have said.
Most of Harrison's potential jurors said they knew basic information about the Arizona shootings but said that case, including Loughner's behavior, wouldn't color their decision.
Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/content/2010/crimesite/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20110113_11_A9_ULNSbf560506
I hope my small contribution is of some help but I fear the worst. It is after all Pakistan. Good Luck!
Innocent of blasphemy? Does it matter if he is "innocent" of the charge? So what if he is guilty of the charge of blasphemy? He should not be imprisoned for saying words.
That video is damn frightening. Hector Aleem's family is very courageous to have made it.
Once more, you see an Allahu Akbaring mob howling for an Infidel's blood. Chilling.
Is any money donated guaranteed to go to his legal aid? We should not be giving any financial aid to any countries ruled by Sharia law. We should offer sanctuary to those escaping Sharia law and Islamic persecution.
I donated got an email that the money went to a Mohammed Shouman (freedom4hector@gmail.com). Can Robert advise that this is his lawyer and is going to the correct hands?