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Pakistan: Candlelight vigil for murdered foe of blasphemy laws attacked

Jan 4, 2015 3:36 pm By Robert Spencer

Taseer MemorialMumtaz Qadri, the murderer of Salman Taseer, is a hero; there is a popular mosque named after him. So this is no surprise.

“Salman Taseer’s commemoration attacked in Lahore,” Dawn, January 4, 2015:

LAHORE: Unidentified miscreants attacked a candlelight vigil organised to mark death anniversary of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer who was murdered by his own security guard Mumtaz Qadri for demanding reforms in Pakistan’s blasphemy laws in 2011.

The attack was carried out when members of civil society gathered at Liberty Chowk to light candles in the slain politician’s memory.

Qadri, who was Taseer’s bodyguard, shot him dead on January 4, 2011 at Kohsar Market in Islamabad over the politician’s call for blasphemy laws to be reformed.

An anti-terrorism court had awarded death penalty to Mumtaz Qadri in October the same year.

Qadri was feted as a hero by a wide section of the public, including lawyers, and was even showered with rose petals as he arrived at court for a trial hearing.

The baton wielding miscreants tore apart banners and posters as they attacked members of civil society. Several people were injured in the sudden attack. The attackers, however, managed to flee before police arrived at the scene.

Civil society activists said that candlelight vigils have been organised in Taseer’s memory for the last four year [sic], but this was the first time it was attacked.

Ordering a probe into the incident, DCO Captain (retd) Mohammad Usman has ordered swift arrest of the culprits behind the attack….

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Jan 4, 2015 at 4:36 pm

    Salman Taseer did the right thing in spite of being a Muslim.
    I must give credit where credit is due.

    There may be a simplistic commenter or two who will say but wait, he was a Muslim so he is evil and that to compliment his actions in any way is to just be an (anti-Jihad softie).

    Such commenters will typically criticize Muslims like Salman Taseer very harshly without mercy simply for being a Muslim as if to imply that they are all the just the same as Osama Bin Laden or the evil ayatollahs of Iran.
    Of course, on the other hand, whenever a blatant defender of Islam troll comes on the scene their resolve suddenly goes very soft and they duck safely out of sight and become no where to be found.

    • Mirren10 says

      Jan 4, 2015 at 6:19 pm

      What *you* are doing is exactly the same as voegelinian, but he at least has the courage to *name* those whom he considers to be counter-jihad ‘softies’.

      Why make a comment such as this, on a thread where voeg hasn’t even posted ?

      Pot. Kettle. Black.

      • Jay Boo says

        Jan 4, 2015 at 10:27 pm

        Mirren10 said,
        “but he at least has the courage to *name* those whom he considers to be counter-jihad ‘softies’.”
        ———————————-

        Is that so?
        Mirren10
        This was way too easy to find, so I won’t ask you to eat that meal you discussed with Champ

        http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/07/turkish-singer-it-will-be-again-muslims-who-will-bring-the-end-of-those-jews/comment-page-1#comment-1087200

        • Mirren10 says

          Jan 5, 2015 at 4:54 am

          Are you really trying to pass this off as being on the same level as *your* comment ?

          Please. A reference to ‘counter -jihad softies’ in one sentence?

          It’s not in the same league, and you know it.

          So no, I stand by what I said, in all three of my comments; humble pie is not on the menu today.

    • Jay Boo says

      Jan 4, 2015 at 7:23 pm

      Salman Taseer did the right thing in spite of being a Muslim.
      I must give credit where credit is due.
      —————————-

      It is absolutely unmistakable that I am referring to no one else but voegelinian
      I am well aware of that.
      I am not going out of the way to draw him in for no reason though as he does to others.
      voegelinian’s habit of going all out on anyone who comments to applaud anyone like Salman Taseer like I just did with his inaccurate ‘softie’ label while leaving trolls alone is well known.
      I decided that I would just nip that right in the bud before he even thought about it.
      Yes I am also mocking his bad behavior. I usually try to leave him alone hoping he will eventually behave without those well-known ‘clever’ stunts like his most recent one.

      If you have read my recent comments to him then you surely must realize that I am not afraid to tangle with him when necessary. But if you wish to defend him that is fine.
      Maybe I am being unfair to voeg by posting in advance.
      Time will tell.

      • Mirren10 says

        Jan 4, 2015 at 8:15 pm

        ”Salman Taseer did the right thing in spite of being a Muslim.
        I must give credit where credit is due”

        Good. You should have left it at that.

        ”It is absolutely unmistakable that I am referring to no one else but voegelinian”

        Except you didn’t name him. There are plenty of new/seldom commentators who wouldn’t have a clue as to whom or to what you’re referring, but most of the regulars *will*, and to do such a thing when he hasn’t even bloody well posted is gratuitous spite, and a backdoor attack; something which *you* have castigated *him* for doing.

        ”I am not going out of the way to draw him in for no reason though as he does to others.”

        Yes, you are. Voeg hasn’t posted on this thread.

        ”as he does to others.” What the hell’s this, yah boo, sucks to you ? How childish.

        ”voegelinian’s habit of going all out on anyone who comments to applaud anyone like Salman Taseer like I just did with his inaccurate ‘softie’ label while leaving trolls alone is well known”

        Except he hasn’t done so. Most people who comment here are more than capable of holding their own with voegelinian. We don’t need *you* to do it for us, especially **when he hasn’t even posted**.

        ”I decided that I would just nip that right in the bud before he even thought about it.”

        What, you’re psychic, now ?

        ”Yes I am also mocking his bad behavior. I usually try to leave him alone hoping he will eventually behave …”

        Jesus, who do you think you are ? The bloody hall monitor ? *You* are mocking *his* ‘bad behaviour’ ? When he hasn’t even posted on this thread ? You should consider your own behaviour. Doesn’t the Bible have something to say about removing the bloody log from your own eye before worrying about someone else’s splinter ? Hypocrite.

        ”If you have read my recent comments to him then you surely must realize that I am not afraid to tangle with him when necessary.”

        Oh, please. You’re commenting on a *blog*. How much ‘bravery’ does that take ? What do you think he’s going to do, leap out of the screen and grab you by the throat ?

        ” But if you wish to defend him that is fine.”

        I’m not particularly defending him in that sense, I’ve had plenty of disagreements and even rows with voeg myself, but I loathe **sanctimonious hypocrisy**, and *backstabbers*.

        ”Maybe I am being unfair to voeg by posting in advance”

        Damn right, you are. Time enough to have a go if voeg posts on this thread, or even reads it. Then if he says something you disagree with, by all means, have at it, but this pre-emptive strike is sly, sneaky, sanctimonious, and downright backstabbing.

        • Champ says

          Jan 4, 2015 at 8:35 pm

          Mirren10, you know I love you to pieces, but in all fairness, voeg practices this sort of thing *all* of the time: where he’ll name folks by name and call them Softies; that have yet to comment on that thread. Sorry, I don’t have a thread as proof to link to, but I’ve seen him do this numerous times over the years–perhaps you’ve missed voeg doing this?

          Take care!:)

        • Mirren10 says

          Jan 4, 2015 at 9:16 pm

          Hi, Champ, love you to pieces, too !

          ” … in all fairness, voeg practices this sort of thing *all* of the time: where he’ll name folks by name and call them Softies; that have yet to comment on that thread.”

          You’re quite right, Champ, he *has* done this, and I have seen it, and thoroughly deprecated it.

          But, in fairness to voeg, ( who can be a damn cantankerous old git, there’s no denying) I haven’t seen him come out with this kind of veiled comment which *names* no-one specifically – in threads that I’ve seen he always *names* those he’s having a go at; if this isn’t the case, then I’ll happily eat humble pie.

          What annoyed me about Jay Boo’s comment was it’s sanctimonious flavour, whereby he (it seems to me) posts an ‘anonymous’ attack, but doesn’t have the guts to come out and say whom he’s speaking of, and castigates voeg for doing something **which he is doing himself**. To me, that’s just hypocrisy.

          You take care also, and may 2015 be a wonderful year for you and yours. XO

        • Jay Boo says

          Jan 4, 2015 at 9:56 pm

          Mirren10
          Yes I was being a smart ass to mock voeg.
          If you honestly thought that I deliberately did not list Voeg by name because I was afraid to confront him especially considering his recent bad behavior, you are clearly misinformed.

        • Jay Boo says

          Jan 4, 2015 at 10:30 pm

          Also as I mentioned above in answer to humble pie

          http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/07/turkish-singer-it-will-be-again-muslims-who-will-bring-the-end-of-those-jews/comment-page-1#comment-1087200

        • Jay Boo says

          Jan 5, 2015 at 8:41 am

          The reply “above” that I mention is no longer here above and is just above the new page break now in older comments.

  2. Angemon says

    Jan 4, 2015 at 6:30 pm

    LAHORE: Unidentified miscreants attacked a candlelight vigil organised to mark death anniversary of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer who was murdered by his own security guard Mumtaz Qadri for demanding reforms in Pakistan’s blasphemy laws in 2011.

    They were following muhammad’s lead…

  3. jewdog says

    Jan 4, 2015 at 9:36 pm

    Maybe if we give Pukistan another billion we will finally see true democracy develop, with life, liberty and the pursuit of heretics. I’m glad that they are suppressing terrorists as they, and President Obama, define it, which would include all those who slander the Prophet.

  4. Salah says

    Jan 5, 2015 at 3:11 am

    “The attackers, however, managed to flee before police arrived at the scene.”

    The usual scenario; they attack unarmed defenseless civilians, then, they run and disappear. The police is ALWAYS “a little” too late.
    These thugs don’t fear the police, they know the police will always show up a little too late. These thugs must fear their potential victims. Period.
    Honest citizens must be allowed to carry concealed weapons all the time, everywhere.
    Self-defense is a right and a duty. Gun control advocates are in bed with the enemy.

  5. Mirren10 says

    Jan 5, 2015 at 5:08 am

    Are you really trying to pass this off as being on the same level as *your* comment ?

    Please. A reference to ‘counter -jihad softies’ in one sentence?

    It’s not in the same league, and you know it.

    So no, I stand by what I said, in all three of my comments; humble pie is not on the menu today.

    • Jay Boo says

      Jan 5, 2015 at 8:47 am

      You really should own up to that scatter shot you tossed out.
      voeg clearly did not list names in the link I provided. Not that that is a big deal in and of itself.
      Your attempt to portray voeg as somehow being above such behavior fell flat.

  6. Mirren10 says

    Jan 5, 2015 at 10:33 am

    ”You really should own up to that scatter shot you tossed out.”

    Oh, boy, that’s rich ! There was no ‘scatter shot’ as you phrase it. I was very precise and specific in what I posted, what I took issue with in your post, named names, and I stand by every word.

    Are you going to ‘own up’ to your hypocrisy ? You accuse voeg (quite rightly) of doing **exactly what you have done**, and pretend to be on the moral high ground. In my book that is **hypocrisy**.

    ”voeg clearly did not list names in the link I provided.”

    No, he didn’t. But I repeat, it is one generic sentence in one post. It is not to be compared with your post, which was one long innuendo, but coyly not naming the person you were referring to.

    ” Not that that is a big deal in and of itself.”

    If it’s not a big deal, then why post as you did in the first place ?

    ”Your attempt to portray voeg as somehow being above such behavior fell flat.”

    I’ve taken issue with your lack of reading skills before. If you re-read my post, you will see that my comment about voeg naming names, was only one part of it. I have already agreed that in the link you provided, voeg did indeed make a generic reference to ”counter-jihad softies”, but I maintain this is in no way comparable to your sanctimonious innuendo. Certainly voeg has been guilty of naming people in threads where they have not posted, as Champ rightly pointed out to me, and this is reprehensible, but this was not the entire thrust of my remarks.

    I am more concerned with your hypocrisy, and your taking it upon yourself to act as some sort of arbiter of behaviour on this forum, not to mention second-guessing what you *think* someone may say. Perhaps I should have made that more clear.

    I notice you have made no comment on the points I make, beyond insisting this was **all** about voeg not naming names.

  7. mortimer says

    Jan 5, 2015 at 11:05 am

    The point of this story is that Pakistan is having a civil war between modernizers and the Bronze Age warriors. Only a few Pakistanis have realized that authentic Islam is the reason for the bloodshed and not a ‘misunderstanding’. They now have a blasphemy law that means virtually anyone can be accused and never have a defense, thus they will either remain in jail, be executed or be killed on the street by vigilantes.

    Pakistan’s only future will be a devastating civil war between conflicting interpretations of Islam.

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