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Pakistan: Religious minorities 4% of population, 50% of blasphemy cases

Nov 15, 2014 11:21 am By Robert Spencer

blasphemy_0Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are an enormous human rights abuse. Untold numbers of people are victimized and their lives ruined by these accusations. Sometimes even when one is acquitted, a Muslim mob takes matters into its own hands and lynches the accused. Also at times the mere accusation leads to the lynching, as was the case with a Christian couple recently. But the world “human rights community” yawns with indifference — no “Islamophobia” is being committed, so there’s nothing to be concerned about.

“ASIA/PAKISTAN – Blasphemy in Pakistan, data on victims: who will pay off all the suffering?,” News.va, November 15, 2014:

Lahore – The blasphemy law continues to claim victims in Pakistan and religious minorities are the most vulnerable. According to the data collected by an NGO network in Pakistan “Awaz-e-Haq Itehad” and sent to Agenzia Fides, 1,438 people were accused of blasphemy between 1987 and October 2014.
This data shows that religious minorities which form less than 4% of the population figure make about 50% of those accused of blasphemy . Among the 60 people who were killed in connection with blasphemy allegations since 1990: 32 were religious minorities and 28 Muslims. 20 of the total were either attacked in police custody or killed by policemen while 19 were killed in mob attacks.

The province of Punjab is the locus of the monumental abuse of human rights where 1,086 or 76% – incidents took place. 21% took place in Sindh. About 1,097 houses were looted and damaged in the districts of Khanewal, Sangla Hill, Kasur, Gojra and Lahore. Seventeen churches in Khanewal and Korian, along with 10 schools and hostels were put on fire in different attacks linked to accusations of blasphemy between 1997 and 2013.Commenting on the figures, the Catholic activist Peter Jacob, former Secretary of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said in a statement sent to Fides: “The incidents of alleged blasphemy have also had an impact on the vulnerability of lawyers and judges, as well as on the accused and their families”. “Each incident of alleged blasphemy – he explains – forms a chain of injustices where each step leads to more violence and legal injustice. The routine administrative measures and the judicial system have failed terribly in stopping these systematic violations of human rights”.

“Governments – says Jacob – have been quick to provide emergency response in most cases, with monetary compensations or reconstruction of houses. On the victim’s side, prolonged litigations, detentions, court expenditures, loss of livelihood, temporary and permanent displacement of thousands of families are accompanying circumstances that are extremely crushing. Who pays for all this? Who and how can one pay off all this suffering?”. There is a general climate of impunity: too many inquiries, such as that of Gojra, ended in nothing….

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  1. mortimer says

    Nov 15, 2014 at 11:38 am

    The statistics speak for themselves. Muslims agree that vigilantism is normative Islam, rather than an aberration. Moreover, scholars from Al Azhar University spoke at the trial of man who murdered an Egyptian apostate. They declared that if the state did not murder the apostate, then someone else had to do it.

    When scholars at Al Azhar say a thing is Islamic, that’s the final word for 1 billion Sunni Muslims.

    • mortimer says

      Nov 15, 2014 at 11:43 am

      Human rights activist Peter Jacob makes a superb point: whenever blasphemy-related vigilantism is not punished, it encourages more vigilantism to occur.

      The bottom line? Pakistan is unable and unwilling to defend its citizens. The jihadist vigilantes are out of the control of the government.

      Pakistan is not keeping its human rights obligations to its own people, so it cannot be trusted by its allies. Pakistan is virtually in a civil war.

  2. Jay Boo says

    Nov 15, 2014 at 12:02 pm

    But is“The Pakistani Muslim majority on the wrong side of the history?”
    Surely that is the question ?????????????????

    Relativity of right and wrong when Islam is pre-washed through the Huff Post filter with a mandatory inclusion of the Armadis to ameliorate the risk of too much focus on a non-Muslim group.

    Warning: Do not read while still digesting morning breakfast.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/faheem-younus/blasphemy-laws-who-is-on-_b_831193.html

  3. Jay Boo says

    Nov 15, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    “While shying away from hot-button, culture war issues such as abortion, Francis has spoken out frequently about euthanasia.”
    http://news.yahoo.com/pope-denounces-euthanasia-sin-against-god-143945396.html

    Pope Francis has not been hesitant to speak out about forbidding terminally ill wishing to end their suffering.

    Pope Francis on the other hand has been very hesitant about criticizing Muslims causing Christians suffering under Muslim rule.

    If Pope Francis were suffering either being terminally ill or living in Pakistan he might have a different perspective.

  4. Asia Bibi - where is the govt support says

    Nov 15, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    Asia Bibi, as we speak is in jail right now and has been for years, for allegedly “blaspheming” against Allah. Where is the media, the politicians, why does Pakistan get funding from the west when this is going on? Where is Ben Affleck’s cries of indignation on this REAL situation?

    If this is the way they treat their minorities, the USA should cut off their funding and then let’s see how the Pakistanis prosper or not. My guess is that their myopic obsession with Islam, much like Germany’s myopic obsession with fascism in the 1930s, will stifle the development of that country. Churchill said that muslims are ruled by a “fearful fatalistic apathy”. That makes sense. Backwards, ignorance and ruled by irrational fear- that is the end result of Islam.

  5. Ayatrollah says

    Nov 15, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    “20 of the total were either attacked in police custody or killed by policemen while 19 were killed in mob attacks.”

    Doesn’t the International community have some sort of action that can be taken when the police become the criminals? The USA must have some law where we can put pressure on Pakistan to prosecute the criminals?

    But when Israel shoots back at the bad guys they are branded as criminals.

  6. Joginder Singh says

    Nov 16, 2014 at 4:06 am

    As usual every time something like this in a country run by muslim vermin we get deafened and knocked down by the inaction of the bleeding heart leftard socalled human rights groups

  7. shabeer_hassan says

    Nov 16, 2014 at 4:26 am

    Apostate ordered killing when they are fighting against Islam: committed murder and theft

    Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 83 :: Hadith 37
    “By Allah, Allah’s Apostle never killed anyone except in one of the following three situations: (1) A person who killed somebody unjustly, was killed (in Qisas,) (2) a married person who committed illegal sexual intercourse and (3) a man who fought against Allah and His Apostle, and deserted Islam and became an apostate.”
    …. Anas said: “Eight persons from the tribe of ‘Ukl came to Allah’s Apostle and gave the Pledge of allegiance for Islam (became Muslim). The climate of the place (Medina) did not suit them, so they became sick and complained about that to Allah’s Apostle. He said (to them ), “Won’t you go out with the shepherd of our camels and drink of the camels’ milk and urine (as medicine)?” They said, “Yes.” So they went out and drank the camels’ milk and urine, and after they became healthy, they killed the shepherd of Allah’s Apostle and took away all the camels……….
    Bukhari :: Book 6 :: Volume 60 :: Hadith 134
    …………… “I do not know that killing a person is lawful in Islam except in three cases: a married person committing illegal sexual intercourse, one who has murdered somebody unlawfully, or one who wages war against Allah and His Apostle.” …………..
    Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 4 :: Hadith 234
    ……… Abu Qilaba said, “Those people committed theft and murder, became infidels after embracing Islam and fought against Allah and His Apostle .”…………
    Peacful Apostate not killed:
    Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 56 :: Hadith 814
    Bukhari :: Book 3 :: Volume 30 :: Hadith 107,108
    Muslim :: Book 31 : Hadith 6087 [not blindly kill innocent people]
    Apostate not killed:
    Muslim :: Book 38 : Hadith 6693
    Anas b. Malik reported: There was a person amongst us who belonged to the tribe of Bani Najjar and he recited Sura al-Baqarah and Surat Al-i-‘Imran and he used to transcribe for Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him). He ran away as a rebel and joined the People of the Book. They gave it much importance and said: He is the person who used to transcribe for Muhammad and they were much pleased with him. Time rolled on that Allah caused his death. They dug the grave and buried him therein, but they found to their surprise that the earth had thrown him out over the surface. They again dug the grave for him and buried him but the earth again threw him out upon the surface. They again dug the grave for him and buried him but the earth again threw him out upon the surface. At last they left him unburied.
    Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 56 :: Hadith 814
    Narrated Anas:
    There was a Christian who embraced Islam and read Surat-al-Baqara and Al-Imran, and he used to write (the revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to Christianity again and he used to say: “Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for him.” Then Allah caused him to die, and the people buried him, but in the morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, “This is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and took his body out of it because he had run away from them.” They again dug the grave deeply for him, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, “This is an act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body outside it, for he had run away from them.” They dug the grave for him as deep as they could, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they believed that what had befallen him was not done by human beings and had to leave him thrown (on the ground).
    Prophet allow Apostate to live
    Muslim :: Book 20 : Hadith 4593
    It has been narrated by Salama b. al-Akwa’ that he visited al-Hajjaj who said to him: O son of al-Akwa’, you have turned apostate and have come to live again in the desert with the Bedouins (after your migration). He said: No, but the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) has permitted me to live in the desert.

    • Ryan Muhammad says

      Nov 16, 2014 at 6:02 am

      Shabeer, there is enough material in the hadeeth you cited to hang Islam. A “person” refers to a Muslim, because Islamic Shari’a Law (‘Umdat al-Salik) states that there is to be no retaliation against a Muslim for killing a non-Muslim (section o1.2)

      Illegal sexual intercourse refers essentially to the woman because a Muslim man can have sex with an unlimited number of females. He can keep changing out “permanent” wives, he can engage in mut’a nikah (prostitution), and he can rape an unlimited number of melk al-yamin, who are sex slaves in Sura 4:3, 4:24, 23:6, 33:50-52, 70:30 and numerous ahadeeth in Bukhari, Muslim and Abu Dawud.

      “Fighting against Allah and his Apostle” means wanting to be free and not live under Islamic supremacism. Sheikh Qaradawi is in the top 0.1% of Muslim jurists in the world, with millions upon millions of Muslims following him. The Sheikh correctly cited numerous Islamic doctrine as he made the case that those who leave Islam should be killed as leaving Islam counts as “waging war” in Sura 5:33.

      The Meccans had enough of the trouble maker Muhammad and allowed him and his handful of Muslims to leave. Muhammad, refusing to see that he was the problem, blamed the Meccans and began raids to steal from them. Murder resulted and Muhammad justified it away by stating “persecution is worse than slaughter” in Sura 2:191-193. In other words, the “holy” Qur’an teaches it is better to murder people than have them not want to be subjugated under Islam. This refers to non-Muslims and Muslims who want to be decent human beings. Such peaceful Muslims are considered munafiqun, and are to be fought against as in Sura 9:73. The first two “rightly-guided” Caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar, waged the Ridda Wars against tens of thousands of Muslims who left Islam or just wanted to practice “peaceful” parts of Islam. Abu Bakr, then Umar, attacked, burned, murdered these people for years until they were once again brought under Islam through terrorism, just like how Muhammad had subjugated them in the first place, through terror:

      Sahih Bukhari 52.220 – Muhammad said, ‘I have been made victorious with terror’

      Thank you for exposing Muhammad’s insanity by citing how he told people to drink piss!

      The ending ahadeeth, which make up the bulk of your post, are just typical Islamic propaganda found in Islamic doctrine. If anyone who God’s earth would spit out, it would be Muhammad the Prophet of Satan / Shaitan / Iblis.

      Now to cite Sahih ahadeeth to expose Islam even more. But before that, Sura 4:89 is about killing apostates. OK, now for the hadeeth. There is just too much to list, but here is more than enough to show that simply leaving Islam is punishable by death, in accordance with ‘Umdat al-Salik / Reliance of the Traveller, section o8.1:

      Bukhari, volume 9, #17

      “Narrated Abdullah: Allah’s Messenger said, “The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Messenger, cannot be shed except in three cases: in Qisas (equality in punishment) for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (Apostate) and leaves the Muslims.”

      Bukhari, volume 9, #57

      Narrated Ikrima, “Some atheists were brought to Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn Abbas who said, “If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah’s messenger forbade it, saying, “Do not punish anybody with Allah’s punishment (fire).” I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah’s Messenger, “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.”

      Bukhari, volume 9, #58

      Narrated Abu Burda, “Abu Musa said…..Behold there was a fettered man beside Abu Musa. Muadh asked, “Who is this (man)?” Abu Musa said, “He was a Jew and became a Muslim and then reverted back to Judaism.” Then Abu Musa requested Muadh to sit down but Muadh said, “I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgment of Allah and his messenger,” and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and he was killed. Abu Musa added, “Then we discussed the night prayers …..

      Bukhari volume 4, #656:

      Narrated Ibn Abbas:

      Allah’s Apostle said, “You will be resurrected (and assembled) bare-footed, naked and uncircumcised.” The Prophet then recited the Divine Verse:– “As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it: A promise We have undertaken. Truly we shall do it.” (21.104)

      He added, “The first to be dressed will be Abraham. Then some of my companions will take to the right and to the left. I will say: ‘My companions! ‘It will be said, ‘They had been renegades since you left them.’ I will then say what the Pious Slave Jesus, the son of Mary said: ‘And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them; when You did take me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things. If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if you forgive them, You, only You are the All-Mighty the All-Wise.’ ”

      (5.117-118) Narrated Quaggas, “Those were the apostates who renegade from Islam during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr who fought them”.

      Sahih Muslim Chapter 9: COMMAND FOR FIGHTING AGAINST THE PEOPLE SO LONG AS THEY DO NOT PROFESS THAT THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER

      Book 001, Number 0029:

      It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that when the Messenger of Allah breathed his last and Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor (Caliph), those amongst the Arabs who wanted to become apostates became apostates. ‘Umar b. Khattab said to Abu Bakr: Why would you fight against the people, when the Messenger of Allah declared: I have been directed to fight against people so long as they do not say: There is no god but Allah, and he who professed it was granted full protection of his property and life on my behalf except for a right? His (other) affairs rest with Allah. Upon this Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I would definitely fight against him who severed prayer from Zakat, for it is the obligation upon the rich. By Allah, I would fight against them even to secure the cord (used for hobbling the feet of a camel) which they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (as zakat) but now they have withheld it. Umar b. Khattab remarked: By Allah, I found nothing but the fact that Allah had opened the heart of Abu Bakr for (perceiving the justification of) fighting (against those who refused to pay Zakat) and I fully recognized that the (stand of Abu Bakr) was right.

      Shabeer, you can’t fool us here. We are educated about Islam and know that Muhammad / Allah / Islam / Qur’an = FILTH!

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