What? He got life in prison and not the death penalty? The local court must have been made up of moderates. He was, however, already beaten by one angry mob, and could eventually be killed by another. But not to worry: no doubt Jay Leno will hear about this and include a word for Malik Farooq, Asia Bibi and all the other victims of Pakistan’s blasphemy law in his next anti-Sharia protest.
“Pakistan shopkeeper gets life term for blasphemy,” Zee News, May 9, 2014:
Karachi: A shopkeeper has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for an act of blasphemy in Pakistan’s biggest city.
The district and sessions court here ruled that there was enough evidence to sentence Malik Farooq for tearing up a banner which had the name of the Prophet and other Quranic verses inscribed on it, in February, 2013.
In many instances, mostly non-Muslims have been convicted under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law which human rights groups say must be reviewed so that it is not misused to settle personal enmity or disputes or for persecution of religious minorities.
Judge Nadeem Ahmed Khan also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Farooq who will have to undergo further six months of imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine.
The accused took the plea before the court that he was framed in the case as he had a dispute with the management of a mosque adjacent to his shop but the court ruled he had not produced any evidence to support his claim while the three prosecution witnesses who deposed against him all stood firm in their testimony.
According to the prosecution, Farooq and the main complainant, Tahir Hussain Shah, had shops adjacent to the mosque in Qayyumabad and in January, 2013, the accused with his friend tore up the banner and threw it in a dustbin.
The co-accused escaped from the scene but Farooq was caught and beaten up by an angry mob and handed over to the police who booked him under the blasphemy law.
Richie says
How about arresting Muslims who defile Christians and Jewish sites and places, and engage in hateful rhetoric against jews and Christians? Muslims want legislation that will condemn anyone critical of Islam, yet demand the right to dehumanize Jews and Christians
BlueRaven says
The people of this crap hole are mentally sick – thanks to Islam. It is perhaps the most hellish place on the planet.
Saleem Smith says
“The court ruled that there was enough evidence to sentence Malik Farooq for tearing up a banner which had the name of the Prophet and other Quranic verses inscribed on it, in February, 2013.”
Tearing up pages of the Qur’an and mocking Moohammed is not crime but a most fitting tribute to that evil book and that Mad Islamic Prophet!
Pakistani Muslims take Islam seriously and want to enforce what it teaches. Hence the life sentence for ‘blasphemy’. The guy will probably get murdered in prison by a pious Muslim anyhow and the murderer will be hailed as a hero for Islam. The ‘land of the pure’ indeed…
We ex-Muslims living with Islam’s formal and informal death penalty for apostasy know that Muhammad is the most evil man to have ever (supposedly) existed and Islam the worst religion ever conjured up by humankind.
Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:
“One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…
The statement continues,
Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified. “
Jay Boo says
If non-Muslims are allowed to mock Muhammad and the Qur’an Islam will go Poof!
Islam is so fragile.
Jay Boo says
Let’s go easy on Jay Leno. At least he is not the typical leftist as much of Hollywood.
David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel have long histories of pandering to the left.
Maybe now that he is not doing the tonight show he will more free to comment.
Salah says
Life term for tearing up a banner bearing Muhammad’s name and Qur’an verses?
How many life terms for tearing up the Qur’an itself?
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2014/01/egyptian-muslims-tear-up-quran.html
Frank Livingston says
We need to start telling how Obama, Clinton and the Democrat party ignored the Boko Haram group and others that have the same Shariah/Islamic ideals as those in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Muslim Brotherhood MB) and the newly formed U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO)