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They could get three years in prison and a fine. From the Pakistan Daily Times, with thanks to Skeet Street.
LAHORE: Five children, three elderly women and six men of the Shia sect have been accused of blasphemy under Section 298(A) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in Haveli Koranga, Khanewal district, for allegedly making derogatory remarks about one of the companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him).Police officials told Daily Times on Wednesday that the local sessions court had granted bail to the 14 accused, but the case hearing had not begun because the police had not submitted the challan.
Following the incident in Basti Mehar Shah on April 19/20, a police case was lodged on April 27. A Deobandi Sunni group affiliated with the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (now called the Millat-e-Islamia) allegedly set a backside portion of a mosque in the area on fire. Ownership of the mosque is disputed between the sects and the case is pending in the Lahore High Court. The mosque has been sealed.
Residents of the area told Daily Times that things had now calmed down. “The situation is not so tense anymore because the Shias, though in majority in the area, are surrounded by the Sipah-e-Sahaba, who are in majority in surrounding areas. Kabirwala tehsil is where Sipah-e-Sahaba was founded in 1986,” said one of the locals.
The complainant in the case is the station house officer (SHO) of the area, Muhammad Afsar Khan. According to the case FIR, written by the SHO, the children made an effigy and allegedly related it to one of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), placed it on a donkey and chanted derogatory remarks. Zahran, Kaneeza and Hameedan, the accused women, had made the effigy for Faisal, Muhammad Shahbaz, Imran, Shahbaz and Najaf. These children then brought the effigy to the bazaar where Zufiqar, Rafqat, Hasan Nawaz, Zaigham, Ghulam Murtaza, and Zamir accompanied them. They chanted the derogatory remarks and made off when some elders scolded them.
Section 298(A) of the PPC says, “Use of derogatory remarks in respect of holy personages. Whoever by words, either, spoken or written, or by visible representation, or by any imputation, innuendo, or institution, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of any wife (Ummul Mumineen), or members of the family (Ahle Bait) of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), or any of the righteous Caliphs (Khulafa-e-Rasshideen) or companions (Sahaaba) of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extended to three years, or with fine, or both.”
Police officials told Daily Times that according to prior investigations, the children were celebrating Milad on Rabiul Awal 9 (third Islamic month), which is an old tradition in the Shia community. Local Shias said that certain people had raised the issue, which had no significance or truth to it. They said that they were celebrating the death of Omar bin Saad, commander in chief of Yazid’s army that martyred Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS). They said they had not defiled the name of any companion of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)...
Posted by Rebecca at May 27, 2005 8:16 AM
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A law beneath contempt for a people beyond sanity.
(I'm thinking of designing a Swiss cuckoo clock that substitutes the tones Kor-an! Kor-an! instead of the more traditional notes.)
OT
I heard Ibrahim Hooper, of CAIR on the news just now, fulminating again about the mythical "Koran abuse" saying: "It was just the last straw for most people!"
As T.S. Eliot put it in his poem "THE HOLLOW MEN":
a "headpiece filled with straw".
Attacking straw men.
(Speaking of which- where are all of those 15 or 16 people supposedly killed in Afghanistan during the 'riots' over the fallacious "Koran flushing incident"?)
Once again, journalism does a whiz-bang job with the facts. Under the editors Fast and Loose.
(Didn't they have funerals? Or names?)
Posted by: BigSleep![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at May 27, 2005 9:05 AM
I would love to see hooperman melting down
last straw my ass its the first step in a long journey
at May 27, 2005 9:25 AM
This is stupidity of the highest order. Become educated - help the world.
Posted by: Laurel at May 27, 2005 9:43 AM
I see this as a prime example of how the mixture of religion and state is a bad idea. Too bad Dubya doesn't see it this way!
Countries like Pakistan, Iran, Saudia Arabia, etc. have allowed nearly complete mixing of their religion and politics. The two most powerful influences in humanity are now combined into one entity that is very fragile and subject to corruption and extremism. The West has both exploited this fragility and suffered from it. Too bad this is seen as an exclusively religious by the consumers of this bigoted website.
Posted by: KingTolerance
at May 27, 2005 11:43 AM
KINGTOLERANCE,Shukri and Ia.
Why do you bother?
We already know the truth about the death cult so you can't change our minds.
If you find it so hard living in a western country go back home to the middle east and enjoy you're new found freedoms!
Then again being the lying cowards you are,you will stay and whinge about everything(why is it always someone else's fault?)
Got to hate them Jews and Yanks,right?
I have witnessed first hand what you mob do, I tire of the constant whining and lying.
Just go away and leave us in peace.
at May 27, 2005 12:51 PM
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