Jihad Watch reported earlier that Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who has been imprisoned since 2010 for blasphemy, was finally acquitted. This acquittal was followed by Muslim riots and calls for her death. We may hope that Asia Bibi will be able to leave Pakistan, given the ongoing fury her case has generated. In Pakistan, which is well known for its barbaric blasphemy laws, Christians are often falsely accused of blasphemy. Christians often walk on eggshells to avoid such charges, since once they’re levied, no Christians are safe — even the families of the accused.
Now those who want to kill Asia Bibi are also threatening the judges who freed her. The judges who acquitted her are being targeted for death as a result of their ruling.
The Tehreek-e-Labaik (TLP) party called for the death of the chief justice and two other judges in Pakistan’s highest court after they spared the life of Asia Bibi, 47, who was convicted of blasphemy in 2010….The party also demanded Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government be ousted following the court’s order.
There is a point worth remembering, however, about Imran Khan. In his first address to the Pakistani senate after being sworn in as Prime Minister in July, Khan vowed to take the matter of blasphemy to the United Nations, adding that “few in the West understand the pain caused to Muslims by such activities.” He was referring to the “offense” caused to Muslims by Muhammad cartoons. So while Khan upheld the decision of the court to free Asia Bibi, he still promotes Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, and not only in Pakistan. He aims to expand those laws internationally, in keeping with the Sharia, and consistent with the goals of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
“Pakistan’s Islamist party says judges who acquitted Christian woman ‘deserve death,’” RT, October 31, 2018:
A hard-line Islamist party in Pakistan has called for the death of the country’s Supreme Court judges responsible for overturning the death sentence of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, Reuters reports.
The Tehreek-e-Labaik (TLP) party called for the death of the chief justice and two other judges in Pakistan’s highest court after they spared the life of Asia Bibi, 47, who was convicted of blasphemy in 2010.
The party also demanded Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government be ousted following the court’s order.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of the release of Bibi, who was eight years ago accused and sentenced for “insulting Islam.” As long as she faces no other charges, the woman should be released, the court ordered.
TLP two weeks ago organized a mass anti-blasphemy rally calling on Bibi to be executed as the court waited to release its verdict on her final appeal. The protests took part mainly in the city of Lahore, but demonstrations took place in other areas too, including Karachi and Rawalpindi.
Bibi’s case started when, according to her autobiography, she sought to get some drinking water out of a well on a hot fruit-picking day.
She was then told off by a Muslim neighbor, who turned to other Muslim women in the area to tell them the Christian devotee had dirtied the water by drinking from their cup. Several women called Bibi a “filthy Christian” and told her to convert to Islam.
Bibi refused, saying: “I believe in my religion and in Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sins of mankind. What did your Prophet Mohammad ever do to save mankind? And why should it be me that converts instead of you?”…..