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Pakistan: Foe of blasphemy law accused of “hate speech” for opposing blasphemy law

Jan 5, 2017 11:18 am By Robert Spencer

When fully implemented, Islam is a totalitarian system that brooks no dissent.

“Fatwa, police case against Shaan Taseer for ‘hate speech’ on Christmas,” Pakistan Today, January 1, 2017:

Police the other day registered a case against Shaan Taseer, son of slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, for alleged ‘hate speech’ after he sent a greeting out to fellow countrymen on the occasion of Christmas..

On the Christmas Day, Shaan sent a greeting out to fellow countrymen especially blasphemy accused Aasia Bibi.

In the video, shared by Christian Times on social networking website Facebook, Shaan had criticised the misuse of blasphemy laws in Pakistan and expressed his solidarity with blasphemy accused Aasia Bibi and Nabeel Masih, another Christian boy accused of blasphemy.

Soon after the video went viral, Islampura police station received an application from its SHO Nasir Hameed and subsequently booked Shaan under Section 295-A of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) without naming him in the report.

Meanwhile, Sunni Tehreek also issued a fatwa against Shaan for allegedly committing blasphemy as well as apostasy.

According to the SHO, he received a video message in a USB wherein a man was wishing his viewers Merry Christmas and requesting fellow countrymen to pray for minority members being exploited by, what he called, the “inhumane blasphemy law”.

The man also requested prayers for blasphemy victims including Asia Bibi, Nabeel Masih and their families, and all other Pakistanis languishing in jails on charges of blasphemy, the SHO added.

According to the FIR, the man who made the speech in the video had made a mockery of the blasphemy law and hurt religious sentiments of the Muslims….

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  1. Singh the Sikh says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 11:30 am

    Next thing you know, even farting will hurt Muslim religious feelings. There’s no way out. Pakistan proves over and over again that it’s a screwed up country of screwed up people famous for bullying religious minorities, subjugating women and rape of young boys. What more can one expect format country that was a save haven for Osama bin Laden.

  2. Vekafitzfrancis says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 11:41 am

    Islam must be a terribly irreligious religion if they are so afraid of prayers for unbelievers is a form of apostasy. Truly, how weak must your religion be, that you have to add a death penalty to leaving the faith?

    • Donovan Nuera says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 5:14 pm

      It is an inverted pyramid and its capstone is made but of sand; knock that away, and the rest of its malicious tenets and beliefs and habits and customs will crumble. Islam is NOT too big to fail!

      • Vekafitzfrancis says

        Jan 5, 2017 at 9:38 pm

        I wish I believed it were that easy.

  3. Angemon says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 11:48 am

    According to the SHO, he received a video message in a USB wherein a man was wishing his viewers Merry Christmas and requesting fellow countrymen to pray for minority members being exploited by, what he called, the “inhumane blasphemy law”.

    They’re as inhumane as they are islamic.

    According to the FIR, the man who made the speech in the video had made a mockery of the blasphemy law and hurt religious sentiments of the Muslims….

    “Hurt feelings” should NEVER be grounds for a law. What’s next, arresting people for forgetting an anniversary?

  4. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 1:36 pm

    Let’s face it, the only reason Pakistan as well as other Islamic nations have “blasphemy laws” is because Islam, in essence , is so very weak and fragile in its foundations and doctrines that this religion can’t stand up to or hold up to criticism. In their words , Islam lacks so man valid logical reasons to support that is will collapse under criticism.

  5. davej says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 2:03 pm

    They will kill you for telling the truth and they will kill you for trying to leave the cult.

    Islam is intellectually and morally extremely weak but they make up for it with strict enforcement. It would collapse if exposed to reason but it won’t unless it is confronted. The West must stop being enablers of evil and stand up for themselves. Threats and intimidation are crimes deserving deportation.

  6. mortimer says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 2:44 pm

    Pakistan’s PERSECUTION OF THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH should be a warning to Western elites who think Islam is benign.

    ISLAM DOES NOT TOLERATE DISSENT. Anyone who criticizes Islam or is PERCEIVED to criticize Islam should be killed according to Sharia. There are no exceptions but mental illness that will prevent death. Any Muslim may kill a blasphemer without permission from the mullahs.

    WHY ARE WESTERN ELITES SO SLOW TO LEARN ABOUT SHARIA LAW?

  7. ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 4:10 pm

    mr spencer,you are saying blasphemy laws in various muslims countries are not justified because they are totalitarian and constitute infringement of freedom of seech.you mean freedom of speech include freedom to insult and blackmail the belief system of muslms in muslim majority countries?is that not hate-speech against that community within the definition of hate-speech contained in hate-speech laws applicable in the west?according to those hate-speech laws of the west even to say jews are people of evil machinations and treachery constitute anti-semetism and therefore punishable as hate-speech even if what you are saying is truly what jews are.muslims ,on the other hand, have no such protection against insults and blacmailing of their religion under hate-speech law s in the west that exposes them to potential attacks as we have been witnessing today from the time mad baboon devil trump made his hate-speech against muslims and islam.mr spencer,your forum is leading in straying all forms of insults on muslims and islam,which constitutes hate-speech.but since muslims are not master jews,the laws made by slave christian west cannot criminalise it. thus, islam has to be protected against hate-speech in muslim majority countries by enacting blasphemy laws.as such blasphemy laws in various muslim majority countries are justified.

    • billybob says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 5:43 pm

      Ibrahim – you are displaying a bit of confusion here about what hate speech laws are all about.
      Hate speech laws, where enacted, are meant to protect people – individuals, usually minority groups like Jews from hate and prejudice.

      Blasphemy laws, on the other hand, are meant to shield ideas from criticism. An idea cannot feel pain. Individuals who subscribe to those ideas may feel outraged if their ideas are challenged, but we cannot progress as a civilization in an environment where ideas goes unchallenged.

      Do you apply critical thinking to ideas you encounter in your daily experience? Clearly the articles here on JihadWatch stimulate your thoughts. You consider them, weigh them in your mind, and make a comment. You have the freedom here to do that. You have the freedom here to challenge our most cherished ideas here, and you exercise that freedom.

      How would you feel if you had no freedom to speak out against what you read here? What if disagreeing with us was an offense punishable by prison, lashing, or even death? How would you feel? You have such strong feelings against things you read here. What if you were forced to keep silent about them by threat of death?

      It must be the same in your country – whatever Islamic hell hole you live in. Think about that. There must be hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands who suffer under the tyranny of Islam, but they must remain silent for fear of blasphemy laws.

      What about the minorities in your country who a persecuted by the Muslims – Christians, Jews (if there are any), Zoroastrians, atheists. All these are people just like you. All these have come to a different perspective on reality than you. But they walk the streets silently, with the mouths closed, fearful at any moment their thoughts will give them away, they will be dragged off, beaten, whipped, even murdered for the crime of blasphemy.

      There can be nothing more cruel than blasphemy laws. Nothing more stifling to discourse, to advancement of society.

      • Gen Jones says

        Jan 5, 2017 at 6:56 pm

        Excellent points, Billybob!

    • JIMJFOX says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 6:33 pm

      Hate speech? Where do these quotations come from, oh muslim?

      2:190 “Fight for the cause of Allah…”
      2:191 “Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them”
      2:216 “Warfare is obligatory for you, even if you dislike it.”
      2:244 “Fight for the cause of Allah…”
      3:151 “We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who do not believe (in Islam).”
      4:76 “Those who believe fight for the cause of Allah.”
      4:95 “Allah has granted a higher rank to those who fight with their wealth over those who sit at home.”
      4:101 “The non-Muslims are an open enemy to you…”
      4:89, 4:91 “then take them and kill them wherever ye find them”
      4:104 “Relent not in pursuit of the enemy.”
      5:33 “…enemies of Allah…will be killed or crucified…or have their hands and feet cut off.”
      7:4 “How many a town have we destroyed…our terror came upon them.”
      8:1 “The spoils of war belong to Allah and His Messenger”
      8:12 “instill terror into the hearts of the non-Muslims…then smite their necks…”
      61:10-11 “O ye who believe. Shall I show you a covenant that will save you from a painful doom? Ye should believe in Allah and His messenger and should fight for the cause of Allah with all your
      8:39 “Make war until… all religion is that of Allah”
      8:41 “…ye take the spoils of war…if ye believe in Allah.”
      8:60 “Make ready all thou canst of force…”
      8:65 “O Prophet exhort the believers to battle…because the non-Muslims are a people without intelligence.”
      8:67 “It is not… to have captives…till slaughter is made in the land.”
      8:74 “Those who believed and left their homes behind to fight for the cause of Allah…these are true believers.”
      9:5 “Kill the unbelievers wherever ye find them, take them, besiege them and lie in ambush for them everywhere.”
      9:14 “Fight them, Allah will punish them at your hands.”
      9:29 “Fight the non-Muslims…until they pay a (monetary) tribute with surrender.”
      9:41 “Go forth, heavily or lightly armed…”
      9:73 “Make war on the non-Muslims…”
      9:111 “…believers… shall fight for the cause of Allah and so kill and be killed…”
      9:123 “O ye who believe, fight those unbelievers who are near to you…”
      25:14 “…pray for many destructions…”
      25:52 “Do not listen to unbelievers, but fight forcefully against them.”
      33:60, 61 “We verily shall urge thee on against them… Accursed, they will be seized wherever found and slain with a (fierce) slaughter”
      47:4 “When you meet the unbelievers, smite their necks…and those who die fighting for the cause of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost.”
      48:20 “Allah promises you much booty you will capture…”
      48:29 “Those who follow Mohammed are merciless with disbelievers…”
      60:4 “…having renounced you non-Muslims, enmity and hatred is between us forever…until ye believe in Allah.”wealth and with the lives of your people. This is best for you if you knew it.”
      5:101 “Ask not questions about that which has been made plain…”
      4:47 “The commands of Allah must be carried out!”
      9:20 “Those who believe, have left their homes and used their wealth to fight for the cause…are of much greater worth… These…achieve Allah’s salvation.”
      48:16 “Ye will be called…to fight…if ye turn away…He will punish you with a painful doom.”
      69:41 “It (the Koran) is not poet’s speech.”
      3:132, 4:59, 8:20 “Obey Allah…”

      The Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:008

    • Karen says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 7:16 pm

      Your thoughts are very confused. Why does Islam need protection in Muslim majority countries, where Islam often rules with an iron fist? Where blasphemy laws are used to persecute religious minorities. Where, in some countries there is zero tolerance for minority religions altogether. Pakistan should be protecting the civil rights of minorities but instead its institutions, such as the police, are activitly involved in minority persecution.

      I am not responsible for your religious sentiment; only you can decide how you will react to others whose views you dislike. People with emotional intelligence aren’t devastated when they discover that not everyone shares their cherished values.

    • balafama says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 8:14 pm

      funny u dont see the irony in ur comment .it is exactly blasphemy laws in muslim countries that make westerners dislike islam.. it is the hate in ur so called blasphemy laws , ur islamic advocacy for terror that caused trump to call for a temporary ban

    • LR says

      Jan 6, 2017 at 1:21 am

      Ibrahim,

      You keep supporting the ‘benefits’ of Islamic totalitarianism, while criticizing others for calling Islamic/Sharia law totalitarian.

      Brain damage? Too much ganga?

    • Champ says

      Jan 6, 2017 at 1:33 am

      This is your brain on islam …and it isn’t pretty!

  8. Gen Jones says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 6:54 pm

    Shaan Taseer is a brave man! I hope he remains safe from the type of creep that murdered his father.

  9. Karen says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 7:21 pm

    So it’s blasphemy to criticize Islam, and blasphemy to criticize blasphemy laws. Nice racket.

    • davej says

      Jan 6, 2017 at 12:39 am

      Touche!

      And so it goes in the perfectly diabolical design of Islamic “thought”.

  10. balafama says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 8:10 pm

    why are we surprised ,a gangster ideology designed by a gangster for gangsters,gangster wannabes and some hapless victims. .GOD have mercy on mr shan.

  11. ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jan 6, 2017 at 11:14 am

    billybob,you have misconceived the point here.no where islam says you cannot criticitise it because you disagree with it.in fact even during the time of prophet muhammad non -muslims criticised islam because they disagreed with its points of view.eg when catholic christians from najran visited holy prophet muhammad at madina,the holy prophet watched their mode of worship and observed that it resembled that of prophet isa(jesus)except that they missed the truth along the line, that jesus was not son of god or god himsef as it is in trinity.the christians disagreed and refused to recognised him as prophet.the holy instructed that be shall be left with their view; and since they showed friendly gesture to muslims they should be taken as allies to muslims.this is also the view of some jews that they did not recognised him as prophet.never the less the holy prophet entered treaty of peace and togetherness with them.but the jews breached the terms of the treaty by allying with pagan meccan enemies and they were punished according to the terms of the treaty. but blasphemy is not criticism.it is insult and blackmail based on lies to demean islam and muslims.donald trump condemned islam and muslims as evil, and as such shall not be allowed to stay in the christian west.this is exactly what hitler alleged against the jews that they are people of evil, and as such shall be cleansed from christian west,more particularly germany.devil trump’s outburst has the same potential as muslims have started experiencing attacks in the west.

    • billybob says

      Jan 6, 2017 at 6:04 pm

      Blasphemy is not criticism. It is insult and blackmail based on lies to demean islam and muslims.

      Ok – then, how about we try a little experiment. I will honestly state my criticisms of Muhammad, and you tell me if I would be prosecuted for blasphemy for my honest opinion?

      For example, we know of Muhammad had many wives, sex slave, and Aisha always having to clean the semen stains off his clothes. We know he raped Aisha’s hand maiden because she caught him out. We also know it is fact that he liked little girls sexually. After all, Aisha was still playing with dolls when he first had intercourse with her, but he used her for sexual gratification before that when she was but a child.

      So I would draw an honest understanding from all of that, that Muhammad was obsessed with sex, and he was a sexual pervert. That is not a lie on my part! That is my sincere, honest understanding. There is no insult intended. It is just my observation. If I express that honest opinion in a Muslim country, would I be charged with blasphemy for merely criticizing Muhammad like that?

      And by the way, Donald Trump never condemned islam and muslims as evil. Trump has really said very little about both Muslims and Islam. Since he had such a high profile as a presidential candidate, there was a lot of talk about the fact he spoke out at all, but in fact, he has said very little.

      About Islam, he stated simply “Islam hates us”. Well you can understand that because clearly Allah hates the kafirs, and we here in the West are mostly kafirs. Then the other thing he said was that he wanted to restrict immigration from Muslim countries, and also monitor Muslims who come here on a visa to make sure they don’t overstay their welcome. I would suggest that is not a whole lot to judge him by. Every country has a right to secure their borders, and saying “Islam hates us” is true and not disparaging Islam.

      And by the way, any “attacks” against Muslims in America are only verbal, and they are greatly exaggerated. There are far more attacks against Jews in this country than against Muslims, and that is a fact if you check out the statistics. The biggest concern we have are Muslims attacking us! They kill us, while we just insult them.

  12. ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jan 8, 2017 at 2:53 am

    billybob,i think i responded to gravenimage’s reference to hadiths that aisha was 6 when the marriage was contracted and 9 when it was consumated. i did said that i checked the the original arabic texts of the hadiths in buhari and found that no mention was made about her age of 6 and 9.do check the arabic version yourself for the sake of academic honesty.about prophet muhammad’s sex with hand maide of aisha, it is absolutely false. i debated these two issues with a christian evangelist liar of arab descent called sam shamoun, and i pushed him to the wall on the original arabic texts of the sources he relied upon.he could not get them.he then resorted to raining insults on prophet muhammad just like that without proof of what he was alleging.this is how christian evangelist deceivers behave when you have exausted them from what to say.

    • billybob says

      Jan 8, 2017 at 8:25 am

      I thank you for your response. I cannot take this particular discussion on the age of Aisha any further, as we have reached an impasse on the translations of the Hadiths. However, you don’t address the fact that Muhammad had such a large harem and also raped captives of war – and advocated rape of same.

      I wouldn’t expect a prophet of God to be so obsessed with sex that he accumulates a harem. It creates a conflict of interest – to make an understatement.

      In the West here we believe in the fundamental equality of men and women. In that context, for us any man who collects a large harem of women shows no respect for women. It is very unlikely any of these women had any choice in the matter beyond Aisha herself. Muhammad’s wives were all sex slaves when you consider they had no choice in the matter. It is pure evil to force people into slavery, and especially evil to force women to become sex slaves.

      Ibrahim – you are an individual with your own hopes and dreams and desires. Imagine yourself being forced into slavery. Especially, imagine being a sex slave. How would you feel? Do you have empathy for others? Why couldn’t Muhammad feel any empathy for his victims? Was he what we call a “sociopath”? How can a religion justify such a horrible thing as slavery?

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