In the free West, we don’t prosecute those who are considered to have blasphemed Islam. We just brand them as “Islamophobes” and stigmatize and demonize them. It’s a much more enlightened way of doing things.
“Millions of Pakistanis sent govt blasphemy warning by text (PHOTO),” RT, May 10, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Pakistan’s government has sent millions of text messages warning citizens against the sharing of blasphemous content online. The move comes as authorities bid to combat a major uptick in religious violence as mob rule decides if ‘blasphemers’ live or die.<
Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) asked members of the public to report any objectionable content to authorities.
The telecom regulator told AFP that it was acting on a court order. It’s feared, however, that the government message will embolden the actions of violent mobs.
“This mass messaging will only further fuel hatred among different sects and segments of the society. It is a very very bad move,” digital rights activist Shahzad Ahmad told AFP.
Earlier this month a 10-year old boy was shot dead in Balochistan province, Pakistan when a mob attacked a police station while attempting to lynch a Hindu man charged with blasphemy. Five others were also injured in the violence….
In March, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif issued an order for the removal of blasphemous content online, stating that anyone found guilty of such offences would be subject to “strict punishment under the law.”…
NabiRasch says
What about the videographer–still hiding following an extraordinary incarceration–blamed (erroneously yet!) for inciting the Benghazi attack? Or the guy in Canada ordered by the Human Rights Inquisitors to pay a tenant 12 thou for offending Sharia by not removing his shoes or some such nonsense? Most of the West is well on its way.
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
Jihadi John says
Am I allowed to comment here any more, or would that be against Pakistani “law”? Would the Pakistani government (through some bilateral/international agreement with my country) have me prosecuted right here in my country? Sorry for the bold fonts, but I’m seriously concerned.
LM says
Rubbish! Democracy shall prevail! Islam does not rule the world!
mortimer says
This should send a chill throughout the entire IT COMMUNITY! The CRIMINALIZATION of FREE SPEECH ON THE INTERNET and the possible repercussions of DEATH SENTENCES cannot be tolerated whether coming from any country.
dumbledoresarmy says
What Pakistan wants is for FB and other internet providers and social media platforms to give Islamic Pakistan the names and addresses of Infidels *anywhere on the planet* who dare to say anything at all that might be deemed critical of or offensive to Islam… so that Pakistan can give those names and addresses to the sharia assassins amongst the mohammedan colonies now ensconced within most countries in the world.
PAT says
THE PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN IS BEING SUED BY A PROMINENT MUSLIM FROM PAKISTAN FOR TAKING FUNDS GIVEN TO THE COUNTRY AND USED THEM TO SUPPORT TERRORISTS. WHY ARE WE STILL SENDING MONEY TO THIS COUNTRY.?
Philo sophy says
In the name of secular state, religious practice should be hold as crime against humanity. As religion is war against science and scientific product. Those who hold religion as supreme ruler, must not allow benefit of being citizen. As science is product of Civilized way of life. or in reverse Civilized way of life is product of Science.
Carolyne says
Philo sophy, I am an Atheist but I do not believe that religious people should be persecuted. If, however, they harm or threaten to harm others, they should be prosecuted and if they are no native born, deported.
LR says
Philo sophy…
The western model of civilization, where people are free to practice their religion, have free association, and be able to be critical of religious and secular leaders, is the most free and advanced the world has ever seen.
Of course, religion should not rule supreme again, but please do not wish to take civilization backwards…
gravenimage says
Pakistani government sends text to millions warning against posting “blasphemous content”
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I think we all saw this coming.
ninetyninepct says
If Justinidiot Trudeau and the sharia jihadist zealot Irqa Khalid, together with the NCCM which is the Canadian version of CAIR which is ISIS America, are allowed to have their way, you can expect to see that exact thing happening in Canada.
They are attempting to force Islam on Canada and seem to intend to make any mention of Islam or Muslims a Criminal offense. Even their Koran meets every single definition of hate literature. Trudeau and Wilson-Raybould the “Justice” Minister deliberately violate their oaths to defend Canada and uphold the laws.
http://tsecnetwork.ca/
Baucent says
I think it’s time for an International “Boycott, Dis-invest, Ban” campaign against Pakistan, rather like what the Left throws at Israel. For covertly actively funding and supporting Islamic terrorism and institutional persecution of Christians and other minority faiths in the country.
dumbledoresarmy says
YES!!
I would propose, to start with, a Cricket boycott. Australia, India, New Zealand, UK and the West Indies would REFUSE to play Cricket with Pakistan, whether on Pakistani soil or on their own, and state openly that this was to punish Pakistan for its gross human rights abuses perpetrated by Pakistani Muslms – with the acquiescence, connivance or outright encouragement of the Pakistani Govenrment – against non-Muslims in Pakistan.
dsinc says
Good idea dda, hit them where it hurts. They love their cricket.
Raja says
Dumbledoresarmy,
You are 100% right. Cricket ban should be for starters. They should given a good taste of economic/trade sanctions. That nation should be called evil empire by all associations / concerned. The term evil empire is not a prerogative of Reagan admin alone but it should be lavished on Pakistan. Wish there are many more books on how Islamic hatred and hegemony has ruined world peace and order. There should NEVER be a newer Islamic nation as they have proven to be a curse for all mankind.
Frank Courtney says
Email: complaint@pta.gov.pk
Let ’em know what free people think about “blasphemy”, imposition of sharia and Islamic supremacism. I did.
Verity Pink says
Good thinking – if enough of us really overloaded this email address, they wouldn’t be able to pick out the few genuine complaints….
Verity Pink says
And here is my email to them:
Dear Sir or Madam,
A famous Christian preacher, C.H. Spurgeon, said that the Bible is like a lion – you don’t defend it, you just let it out of the cage. So – what is so different about the sacred writings of Islam, that they need to be defended by use of blasphemy laws?
Yours faithfully,
Verity Pink
Frank Livingston says
Why did Obama and Clinton push for the passage of UN Resolution 16/18 that places Shariah/Islamic law above our First Amendment rights?
READ: Could You Be A Criminal? US Supports UN Anti-Free Speech Measure by Abigail R. Esman 12/30/2011 While you were out scavenging the Wal-Mart super sales or trying on trinkets at Tiffany and Cartier, your government has been quietly wrapping up a Christmas gift of its own: adoption of UN resolution 16/18. An initiative of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (formerly Organization of Islamic Conferences), the confederacy of 56 Islamic states, Resolution 16/18 seeks to limit speech that is viewed as “discriminatory” or which involves the “defamation of religion” – specifically that which can be viewed as “incitement to imminent violence.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/abigailesman/2011/12/30/could-you-be-a-criminal-us-supports-un-anti-free-speech-measure
Carolyne says
Hillary Clinton, while Secretary of State, attended a meeting in Istanbul on this very subject of making criticism of Islam a criminal offense worldwide. The US dodged the bullet when she lost the election, but we have many, many other politicians of the same mind.
Carolyne says
I have a few blasphemous things to say about Mohammed. He was a rapist war lord, a slave holder, a war monger, a thief, a pedophile, a necrophiliac a misogynist and murderer. He had no morals and was as low as a human can get. Those who follow him and his unholy orders are less than human, brainless as a result of centuries of first-cousin marriage. Is that blasphemous enough, Pakistan?
Frank Courtney says
All true characteristics of Mohammed according to Islamic literature.
Cretius says
Definition of ‘Islamophobia’
It is sad that Western politicians on the political Left continue to refuse the reality of the true Muslim definition of ‘Islamophobia’.
‘Islamophobia’, n. any comment or discussion of the teachings of the Islamic belief system, Islam’s history, Islam’s related cultural practices, the reality of Sharia Law, the history and nature of Islam’s prophet by any and all non-believers (infidels, kaffirs).
Motion M-103, passed by the Canadian Parliament, is nothing less than an abrogation of the right of free speech and personal choice by surrendering to the demands of a supremacist belief system, Islam, that does not allow for the accommodation of non-believers. M-103 is a betrayal of the democratic principles that our fathers and grandfathers fought and died for in two World Wars.
The ignorance and naivety of Western politicians when dealing with Islam is appalling and does not bode well for the long term survival of Western democratic values, cultural practices, or equality before the law.
Pandering for votes at the expense of our democracy is despicable and presents Islam as a ‘religion of peace’ that is not confirmed by any objective review of that belief system. We deserve better but that is beyond the pale of the present Liberal government.
The following proves that Justin Trudeau has no clue as to the realities of Islam and it’s onslaught against Canadian democratic values and institutions.
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“Canadian Imam contradicts Trudeau: “Islam will never become a part of liberal secularism”
Posted by: CIJnews Staff March 25, 2017
Another senior Muslim Canadian leader disagrees with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the question whether Islam is compatible with secular values.
In two separate interviews with CBC, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau maintained that Islam is compatible with Western open and secular democracy like Canada:
· (November 24, 2015): “Canadians are quick to point out that ISIS is wrong, that Islam is not incompatible with the Western secular democracy, a free place like Canada.”
(January 31, 2016): “But on the other hand, we need to make sure that we’re working with communities like the Muslim community for example to demonstrate that Islam is Unlike Trudeau, Mazin AbdulAdhim, a prominent Imam of Iraqi descent in London, Ontario who is affiliated with the radical Islamic global movement of Hizb ut-Tahrir, explains that “Islam cannot and will not ever become a part of liberal secularism.”
According to Mazin AbdulAdhim, nowadays there is a war between two ideologies, secularism and Islam, which will end up with the victory of Islam and the establishment of the Islamic State (Caliphate) which will regain control over the Muslim lands world-wide.
The following are excerpts from Mazin AbdulAdhim’s Facebook post on March 24, 2017:
The Jews and Christians are united with the atheists upon the liberal secular way of life today, and they demand that everyone join them in this way of life of theirs. Islam cannot and will not ever become a part of liberal secularism, no matter what ups and downs Muslims go through, and this has caused the Jews and Christians and atheists to take extreme manipulative measures to force Muslims to comply with their demands. This media pressure is simply a tool being used to force all Muslims to condemn the political and military laws of Islam in general by associating any crimes committed by Muslims with Islam itself (regardless of whether Islam obviously forbids it), to pressure them to submit to the liberal secular system that dominates the globe today and abandon the call for political Islam. Anyone demanding the implementation of the political and military laws of Islam will then be associated with those Muslims who committed those violent crimes, and will be treated as criminals by association… No matter what the manipulative secular elite do, they will fail at this manipulative scheme, and Islam will rise once again in the Muslim lands, and the Ummah [Muslims nation] will unite under a single sincere Islamic leadership; and the Muslim lands – including Africa, the Middle East, the subcontinent, parts of Europe, Central Asia, and parts of Eastern Asia – will be fully restored under complete Muslim control, and there is nothing the lying, fear-mongering scum of the Capitalist elite can do about it.
The following are excerpts from Mazin AbdulAdhim’s Facebook post on March 17, 2017:
It is important to understand that the West is undoubtedly heading towards banning political Islam…We need to understand that this is a struggle between two ideologies, not between countries or leaders or religions. It is a (mostly) silent war between secularism and Islam. Muslims win the moment they establish a true Khilafah [Islamic State or Caliphate], as that will be the end of the Sykes-Picot borders and puppet government control they have had over the Muslim lands for almost 100 years. And as Muslims inch closer to breaking free from the political control of the colonial West, we should expect to see them become more vicious against political Islam, and more friendly towards Muslims who accept secularism and defend it (called “moderates”)…
ICNA Canada’s online publication: “Islam is totally incompatible with western democracy”
The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Canada is an Islamic national-wide organization striving “to build an Exemplary Canadian Muslim Community” by “total submission to Him [Allah] and through the propagation of true and universal message of Islam.”
Dr. Iqbal Massod Al-Nadvi, the Amir (President) of ICNA Canada, also serves as the Chairperson of Canadian Council of Imams (Canada’s top Imam).
On its official website ICNA Canada shares with its members, followers and supporters the book “Riyad us Saliheen” (“The Gardens of the Righteous” رياض الصالحين) compiled by Imam Zakaruya Yahya Bin Sharaf An-Nawawi, a Sunni Shafi’ite jurist and hadith scholar who lived in 13th century.
The Gardens of the Righteous (Arabic: Riyadh as-Salihin), is a compilation of verses from the Qur’an and Hadith by Al-Nawawi. It contains a total of 1905 Hadith divided across 372 chapters, many of which are introduced by verses of the Quran.
The book “Riyad us Saliheen” (“The Gardens of the Righteous”) which appears on ICNA Canada site contains modern commentary to the verses from the Qur’an and Hadith.
The following are excerpts from the book which deal with the question whether Islam in compatible with the values of Western democracy.
“[Hadith]: 673. Abu Bakrah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying, “He who insults the rulers Allah will insult him.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
“Commentary: To affront and degrade the ruler means to disobey him and to by-pass his orders. This impairs his power, honour and dignity. Believers have been told to obey and support rulers for the sake of national interest and welfare, understanding that they desist from committing an overt disbelief and maintain congregation Salat and other duties of religion. The political system of Islam is totally incompatible with western democracy. The concept of government party and the opposition is alien to Islam. All belong to one Ummah with only one goal and pursue the same aims and objects of Islamic guidelines!”
http://en.cijnews.com/?p=214633
Politicianphobia says
There are a lot of Muslim freaks calling for Caliphate in Canada. I WANT THEM ARRESTED FOR HATE SPEECH. Email your MP. Do not be surprised if you get electronic message–you do not know what you are talking about.