Pakistan: Man acquitted of blasphemy charge, promptly shot dead

They had no regrets. They had killed a blasphemer.

Was Nathan Lean seen anywhere in the vicinity?

Vigilante Sharia enforcement in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan: "Pak man shot dead after being acquitted of blasphemy," from PTI, October 20 (thanks to all who sent this in):

A Pakistani man who was acquitted of a blasphemy charge has been shot dead by two men in Punjab province, police officials said on Saturday.

Sajjad Hussain, a resident of Khan Muslim village in Gujranwala district, 80 km from Lahore, was gunned down on Friday. He had been arrested in February 2011 after Sath Sanaullah, a resident of his neighbourhood, accused him of committing blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed during a private conversation.

Hussain was booked under section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code, the harsh blasphemy law.

A district and sessions court acquitted him last month for lack of evidence.

On Friday, Hussain was at his shop when two armed men came and fired at him. He was killed instantly. The two gunmen later surrendered to police.

They were identified as Sheikh Zeeshan and Awais Ahmed, both residents Hussain's neighbourhood.

The men told police that they had killed a "blasphemer" and had no regrets over their action....

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It's open season on blasphemers...They are the worst kind of apostates along with some other kuffar, and it is every Mahoundians duty to kill him if there is no Caliph around to do it...
Allah is pleased with them, and that's what counts...Why should they have regrets about pleasing Allah?

This is the barbarism OIC wants to impose on all of us via the UN.

I hope that JW or ROP follows this story and lets us know if the two murderers are ever charged or convicted or sentenced to any penalty.

Outside his shop?

Wow, this must be moderate islam in action. I recall one acquitted blasphemer killed right outside the courtroom. There's the JW search engine ......I entered "Pakistan blasphemy" and a long list of cases popped up, he's likely in there.

no regrets and murder,just another day in the world of islam
by its zombie adherents.disgusting behavior.

Muslims like this are basically losers who use their enforcement of Islam to develop their self-identity as something other than human riffraff incapable of even holding a real job or developing a real human relationship.

They are a real part of any Muslim community, and are one reason why a small number of Muslims presents a major threat to security and to the freedom to express opinions concerning Islam. The worst penalty that murderers like this will face in civilized countries is a well-kept existence in prison, where they can practice dawa with other such losers. Their life is otherwise devoid of achievements or meaning.

The whole point is, allowing Muslims to immigrate into a country is dangerous and destructive. There's really no way to maintain stability except through oppressive police enforcement. This is why, when the US pressures a stable but non-democratic regime in a Muslim country to enforce "human rights" and "democracy", we are really helping to slit our own throats.

Pakistan: Man acquitted of blasphemy charge, promptly shot dead
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*How common is this?* If the state doesn't murder "blasphemers", then the pious Ummah will do the job.

Will the same happen to little 11-year-old Rimsha if she is released—despite the fact that she was set up *by an Imam*? I would hardly be surprised—devout Muslims there are calling for her death despite the evidence to the contrary.

In much of Dar-al-Islam, the mere accusation of blasphemy is essentially a death sentence.

More:

A Pakistani man who was acquitted of a blasphemy charge has been shot dead by two men in Punjab province, police officials said on Saturday.
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On Saturday—which means the poor victim was probably murdered on Friday, the Islamic "sabbath" and most violent day of the week in the Muslim world, when the faithful are whipped up by vicious Kutbahs at the Mosque.

More:

Sajjad Hussain, a resident of Khan Muslim village in Gujranwala district, 80 km from Lahore, was gunned down on Friday. He had been arrested in February 2011 after Sath Sanaullah, a resident of his neighbourhood, accused him of committing blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed during a private conversation.
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It may not have been enough to convict him—not that that mattered, ultimately—but just a claim that someone "insulted Mohammed" during a private conversation is enough to get Hussain arrested.

So often in these cases, the victim has something the accuser wants—a business, a nicer house, a marriageable daughter. Another common case is where the accuser seeks "revenge" over some petty dispute.

Imagine your worst coworker, worst boss, worst landlord, worst neighbor, and worst ex—now imagine them with the kind of power they would have in a Shari'ah state. Utterly chilling.

More:

On Friday, Hussain was at his shop when two armed men came and fired at him. He was killed instantly. The two gunmen later surrendered to police.

They were identified as Sheikh Zeeshan and Awais Ahmed, both residents Hussain's neighbourhood.

The men told police that they had killed a "blasphemer" and had no regrets over their action....
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Are they connected to the accuser? They certainly might be. On the other hand, they may just be pious murderers, ready to "take out" anyone accused of blasphemy.

What sort of sentence—if any—will they face? I doubt it will be anything very severe.

So often in these cases, the victim has something the accuser wants—a business, a nicer house, a marriageable daughter. Another common case is where the accuser seeks "revenge" over some petty dispute.

Imagine your worst coworker, worst boss, worst landlord, worst neighbor, and worst ex—now imagine them with the kind of power they would have in a Shari'ah state. Utterly chilling.

Indeed that is chilling!

I have often been thinking about how effective islamic terror really is. That any just slightly secular minded muslim will find it hard to fight against a more 'pious' version of this terrible religion.
That they have no choice but to keep quiet as they wouldn't know who to trust. Just as we do, they struggle too to know who is a 'moderate' muslim and who is a raving islamic lunatic? Everyone seems potentially the latter.

But this gives everything an even worse spin. Who would have thought that was even possible? Well, most people here I am sure - sorry but I am still new...

This eagerness to kill for islamic 'justice' leaves everyone defenseless...

Sajjad Hussain should know that he cannot escape the wrath of Allah and his henchmen.

Islamic Governments and law courts know fully well, that any Christian they acquit for blasphemy, under pressure from the West, will meet the same fate as Sajjad Hussain.

This way the government gets what it wants - death of the "blasphemer", while not be held responsible by the West, and the Jizya aid stops.

Muslim governments are past masters in fooling Western politicians.

Muslim governments are past masters in fooling Western politicians.

I assure you that is still the case!

Gravenimage

you wrote - "Imagine your worst coworker, worst boss, worst landlord, worst neighbor, and worst ex—now imagine them with the kind of power they would have in a Shari'ah state."

Yes.

And it isn't just the cry of 'blasphemy!' that they can use.

It is also, if you are a woman, the cry of 'zina!'

I'll *bet* that many a woman or girl who never in fact did anything at all to infringe the petty and draconian Islamic laws, has met her end in a shower of rocks, or else in a ghastly 'honor' murder, either because the Sovereign Court of Village Gossips selected *her* to be the sacrificial victim du jour, or because some mohammedthug - whether in her own family, or a complete stranger - took a set against her and then appointed himself judge, jury and executioner.

In regions controlled by the Ummah, if a Mohammedthug rapes a girl or woman , he knows she'll keep quiet for fear of being executed informally ('honor' murder) or (in certain Mohammedan states/ regions) formally, by means of stoning to death.

And indeed, he can always rape her and then kill her (proclaiming her to have committed zina) or else make the proclamation/ spread the rumour and let someone else kill her for him.

Dhimmis, of course, can always be accused of having broken the dhimma in some small way.

Islam: the cult that sets things up so that people can lie about others in order to murder them or get them murdered; or else murder first and then get off scot free by telling the right lies about the murder victim, afterward.."S/He committed blasphemy! S/He was an apostate! She committed zina! They broke the dhimma!"


Dumbledore's Army and Jess P, thanks for your comments.

Dumbledore's Army wrote:

And it isn't just the cry of 'blasphemy!' that they can use.

It is also, if you are a woman, the cry of 'zina!'

I'll *bet* that many a woman or girl who never in fact did anything at all to infringe the petty and draconian Islamic laws, has met her end in a shower of rocks, or else in a ghastly 'honor' murder, either because the Sovereign Court of Village Gossips selected *her* to be the sacrificial victim du jour, or because some mohammedthug - whether in her own family, or a complete stranger - took a set against her and then appointed himself judge, jury and executioner.
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Very, very true. I'd recommend the film "The Stoning of Soraya M." for anyone who has the stomach for it (it is quite graphic).

The scenario is *just* what you describe. While the main accuser is Soraya's husband—who is himself a serial philanderer who wants to get his wife out of the way so that he can marry a pliant 14-year-old girl—there are a host of other nasties who take up the false accusations.

These include neighborhood gossips who are jealous of Soraya's looks and her being given a sewing machine by a neighbor whose wife has died, because she prevents the harridans from looting the house in the wake of the death.

She is later falsely accused of becoming improperly close to this neighbor.

When the village gathers to stone Soraya, one of the bitter neighbors realizes the full horror of what they are about to do, and tries to claim when the first stone—thrown by Soaraya's own frail elderly father!—misses the mark that this is a "sign" and that Soraya should be spared.

Of course, no one pays this woman's belated decency any attention at all—the blood-lust is too far gone.

Can you imagine a woman being *stoned to death* in part over *a sewing machine*? And yet, this sort of thing goes on all the time in Dar-al-Islam.

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