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Pakistan: Muslim mob torches factory over Qur’an desecration accusation

Nov 21, 2015 2:09 pm By Robert Spencer

The Ahmadiyya believe in a prophet after Muhammad, which makes them heretics in the eyes of orthodox Sunni Muslims, but they believe in the Qur’an, so it is extremely unlikely that an Ahmadi would burn the Qur’an out of malice. This is likely yet another victimization of the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan — once again bringing to the fore the bitter irony in the fact that in the U.S., Ahmadi spokesman such as Qasim Rashid and Haris Zafar are among the most energetic propagandists for the political line of their oppressors.

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“Mob torches factory in Pakistan following blasphemy accusation,” AFP, November 21, 2015 (thanks to C. Cantoni):

LAHORE (PAKISTAN) (AFP) – An angry mob in Pakistan’s Punjab province torched a factory after one of its employees was accused of committing blasphemy, police officials said on Saturday.

Hundreds of people surrounded a chipboard factory in Jehlum city on Friday night and set the facility ablaze after reports surfaced that one employee had allegedly desecrated the Koran.

“The incident took place after we arrested the head of security at the factory, Qamar Ahmed Tahir, for complaints that he ordered the burning of Korans,” Adnan Malik, a senior police official in the area, told AFP….

According to police, another employee at the factory had reported that Tahir was overseeing the burning of Korans in the facility’s boiler and intervened to stop the act.

“We registered a blasphemy case against Tahir, who is Ahmadi by faith, and arrested him after confiscating the burnt material, which also included copies of the Koran,” Malik said.

Following the arrest, a mob reportedly descended on the factory, setting it alight….

Ahmadis were declared non-Muslims by the Pakistani government in 1974 because of their belief in a prophet after Muhammad. They are frequent victims of discrimination and violent assaults, but it is rare for suspects to be convicted for attacks against them….

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  1. gravenimage says

    Nov 21, 2015 at 2:31 pm

    Hundreds of people surrounded a chipboard factory in Jehlum city on Friday night and set the facility ablaze after reports surfaced that one employee had allegedly desecrated the Koran.
    ………………………..

    And some wonder why the Muslim world is so damn backward. A chipboard factory might not seem exactly high tech, but it was probably a large employer, and certainly represents productive labor–but pious Muslims burned it down.

    More:

    “The incident took place after we arrested the head of security at the factory, Qamar Ahmed Tahir, for complaints that he ordered the burning of Korans,” Adnan Malik, a senior police official in the area, told AFP….
    ………………………..

    Did Pakistani police arrest the arsonists who burned this factory down? No–they arrested a religious minority on predictable charges of destroying Qur’ans.

    How likely is it that threatened religious minorities in a Muslim-majority country would do such a thing? Highly unlikely. But just a rumor of such is enough to get up a violent Muslim mob.

    And to get people arrested–never mind that so long as this was their own property, this should not be considered a crime, in any case.

    And as former Muslims like miriam rove note, virtually every Muslim engages in such destruction all the time, since calendars and calling cards and newspapers print Qur’anic verses all the time. No one could keep *all* of this stuff–but it is still useful for Muslims to trot out whenever they want to target someone: a Christian or Hindu, an Ahmadi, or just the unpopular guy next door who gets on your nerves.

    More:

    According to police, another employee at the factory had reported that Tahir was overseeing the burning of Korans in the facility’s boiler and intervened to stop the act.

    “We registered a blasphemy case against Tahir, who is Ahmadi by faith, and arrested him after confiscating the burnt material, which also included copies of the Koran,” Malik said.

    Following the arrest, a mob reportedly descended on the factory, setting it alight….
    ………………………..

    Where were the police then?

    More:

    Ahmadis were declared non-Muslims by the Pakistani government in 1974 because of their belief in a prophet after Muhammad. They are frequent victims of discrimination and violent assaults, but it is rare for suspects to be convicted for attacks against them….
    ………………………..

    So true.

    As for the charges of “Blasphemy”, religious minorities are committing “Blasphemy” just by breathing…

  2. pnr says

    Nov 21, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    The foundation of Dharam (Sikhi, ‘hinduism’) is Truth.

    Moslems are allowed to lie. Xtians say they are born sinners. No comment regarding joos and atheists/agnostics/gnostics.

    An example of dishonesty is when some Moslems say Sikh Dharam is also Islam. I assure everyone Sikhs and Sikhi are neither “hindu” nor “moslem”. Sikhi is a divine birthright. The Sikh religion is not an “ism”.

    How can anyone trust someone who is allowed to utter falsehoods? What can we do to defeat jihad once and for all and establish Dharam (law) at the global level?

    Islam is more dangerous than communism and apartheid combined. (e. g. no forgiveness – amputations)

    Islamics want non islamics to live in poverty.

    I would like to defeat jihad but I think we are entering a new dark age – a new black age.

    4 wives 40 children – we are doomed – can Modi do anything? He can start by making all of India officially Dharmic – by law.

    • Aye Mok Mann says

      Nov 21, 2015 at 6:39 pm

      You lost any credibility (before you ever had any) when you posted “joo”. It’s spelled “Jew”, you racist.

  3. Hope says

    Nov 21, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    Typical. If it offends Islam, it must be destroyed. This is a cult that contributes nothing to the human race. It is a cult of murder and destruction, and it’s coming very soon to a neighborhood near you.

    • Jay Boo says

      Nov 21, 2015 at 8:18 pm

      Muslims frantically claim offense out of FEAR.

      Islam cannot stand on its merits,
      Islam’s claim of Muhammad being a prophet is beyond a laughable joke.
      Muhammad routinely raped little girls captured while pillaging and murdering their parents.
      Muhammad OWNED sex slaves and to pagan jinn spirits he prayed.

      A prophet not was he, Islam’s disgraceful mangy Dee – Oh – Gee.

    • ? says

      Nov 22, 2015 at 6:08 am

      Naturally, but can we expect anything less from mental institution escapees? So that’s why my friends, you should hit the bag, do some cardio, take some martial arts classes, and start lifting those weights. As Paul Revere would put it: “The Muslims are coming!”

  4. Lucretius says

    Nov 21, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    So Qamar Ahmed Tahir, an Ahmadi, was head of security at the factory–What! a non-Muslim in a position of authority over Muslims? What on earth was this uppity kaffir thinking?

  5. pj says

    Nov 21, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    So in response to a desecration of the Koran they … burned up all the rest of them?? Makes TOTAL sense right?

    • PJ says

      Nov 21, 2015 at 4:30 pm

      And not even an actual desecration, but just an accusation.

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 21, 2015 at 5:28 pm

      This is Islamic-think.

      Muslims are fine with blowing up or burning down other-sect Mosques, as well–despite the resultant destruction of Qur’ans.

      Muslims tend to be very selective over what they decide to deem “Blasphemy”–this is mostly aimed at Infidels, unorthodox Muslim sects, and their unpopular or inconvenient coreligionists.

  6. Angemon says

    Nov 21, 2015 at 8:38 pm

    An angry mob in Pakistan’s Punjab province torched a factory after one of its employees was accused of committing blasphemy, police officials said on Saturday.

    Against all reason and facts, politicians in the West think of their voters as people like this – they think if they associate islam with terrorism people listening to them will grab their torches and pitchforks, rush to the first muslim family they find, drag them out of their home and beat then with baseball bats and crowbars.

    “We registered a blasphemy case against Tahir, who is Ahmadi by faith, and arrested him after confiscating the burnt material, which also included copies of the Koran,” Malik said.

    Ah, a ahamadi – my bet is on false charges with forged evidence to back them.

  7. Irfan Khawaja says

    Nov 21, 2015 at 8:41 pm

    Robert,

    Can you explain this passage? I literally have no idea what it’s trying to say. How are Rashid and Zafar propagandists for “the political line of their oppressors”? I’m not even sure what the latter phrase is supposed to mean. And what is the irony you’re trying to identify?

    “This is likely yet another victimization of the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan — once again bringing to the fore the bitter irony in the fact that in the U.S., Ahmadi spokesman such as Qasim Rashid and Haris Zafar are among the most energetic propagandists for the political line of their oppressors.”

  8. Islam :- the religion of idiots says

    Nov 22, 2015 at 2:46 am

    Everytime I see pic’s of crying, wailing, beards & bad teeth, holding their tresured book of crap, I think of South Park, just like the Charlie Hebdo cartoons, If the muslims wern’t so lethal & psychotic it would be pure humour ….

  9. SIngh the SIkh says

    Nov 22, 2015 at 5:51 am

    A lovely looking trio, are they not?

  10. duh_swami says

    Nov 22, 2015 at 6:09 am

    Is that ‘Rage Boy’ in the middle ? What ever happened to him?

  11. jayell says

    Nov 22, 2015 at 7:00 am

    What excellent comments here, as usual. Now I’ll lower the tone. THAT PICTURE (at the top)!!!! Three blatant idiots in the normal muslim pose, mouths open wide, no doubt shooting out the usual islamic verbal cr*p, as if anyone in their right mind ant to hear it. And the fingers! Yes, the person holding the book (I presume he can read it, because it’s the wrong way round, facing away from him?) has got TWO fingers pointing up instead of the usual ONE! Is that significant? Well, at least the fingers are together (parallel) and not forming a rude gesture.

    I know that we are supposed to be terribly sensible here, and taking all this business seriously and giving due consideration to these people and their ‘philosophy’, but honestly, just LOOK at the three ‘gentlemen’ in that picture! Sorry, but what a bunch of retards!

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