My latest in FrontPage:
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who has for years been on death row in Pakistan for alleged “blasphemy” against Muhammad, has been acquitted by the Pakistani Supreme Court and ordered to be freed – but she is by no means out of danger.
It all started for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic wife and mother, on June 14, 2009 – or more precisely, it all ended for her on that day. She recounted in August 2013:
I, Asia Bibi, have been sentenced to death because I was thirsty. I’m a prisoner because I used the same cup as those Muslim women, because water served by a Christian woman was regarded as unclean by my stupid fellow fruit-pickers.
Picking fruit with a group of Muslim women, Bibi was ordered to fetch water for them – and drank a bit of it herself in the stifling heat. A Muslim woman rebuked her for doing so, saying to the other women: “Listen, all of you, this Christian has dirtied the water in the well by drinking from our cup and dipping it back several times. Now the water is unclean and we can’t drink it! Because of her!”
Bibi stood up to her, responding: “I think Jesus would see it differently from Mohammed.” That drove the Muslim women into a fury, and they started yelling at Bibi: “How dare you think for the Prophet, you filthy animal!” That’s right, you’re just a filthy Christian! You’ve contaminated our water and now you dare speak for the Prophet! Stupid bitch, your Jesus didn’t even have a proper father, he was a bastard, don’t you know that. You should convert to Islam to redeem yourself for your filthy religion.”
The embattled woman stood her ground, responding: “I’m not going to convert. I believe in my religion and in Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sins of mankind. What did your Prophet Mohammed ever do to save mankind? And why should it be me that converts instead of you?”
Several days later, she was arrested for blasphemy as an enraged mob beat her and screamed, “Death! Death to the Christian!” She has been in prison ever since, awaiting execution for her “crime.”
But in a decision that brought an abrupt and unexpectedly happy ending to her case, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled that Bibi had made a statement in which she “expressed her full respect to the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and the Holy Quran and she offered to take an oath on the Bible to the Investigation Officer (IO) to prove her innocence which was refused by the IO. Therefore, the appellant being innocent deserves acquittal.”
The Supreme Court noted the thinness of the prosecution’s case: “The entirety of the prosecution case revolved around the statement of two ladies, namely, Mafia Bibi (PW.2 [that is, prosecution witness 2]) and Asma Bibi (PW.3) and the extra-judicial confession of appellant. The said (PW’s) stated that the appellant, in the presence of other Muslim ladies, passed derogatory remarks against the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم). It is pertinent to mention here that admittedly, as is evident from the contents of the FIR and also the statements of the witnesses, there were 25-30 ladies present at the spot when the appellant allegedly passed blasphemous remarks against the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم), however, none of the other ladies except Mafia Bibi (PW.2) and Asma Bibi (PW.3) reported the matter to anyone. At this stage, it is to be noted that the said ladies did not appear before the Court to support the prosecution case.”
The Supreme Court’s ruling, as might be expected in an Islamic Republic, was thoroughly Islamic. It noted that “no one could be allowed to defy the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and be left unpunished.” It added, however, that “there is another aspect of the matter; sometimes, to fulfill nefarious designs the law is misused by individuals leveling false allegations of blasphemy. Stately, since 1990, 62 people have been murdered as a result of blasphemy allegations, even before their trial could be conducted in accordance with law.”
And that is the danger that Asia Bibi faces now. CNN reported Wednesday that the Islamic movement Tehreek-e Labbaik “had previously vowed to take to the streets if Bibi was released, and protests broke out in Islamabad and Lahore soon after the ruling was announced. Within hours, the protests were large enough that government officials in the cities were urging people to stay inside and avoid adding to the chaos.”
Asia Bibi has suffered enough. She should be granted asylum in the United States or some other country where she can live in relative safety, away from the mobs that are today brandishing signs reading “Hang Asia” and baying for her blood. It’s a matter of simple justice, something that Asia Bibi has had very little opportunity to experience. Those who hope that Asia Bibi will now receive justice may hope that President Trump will step in and ensure that she is brought to a safe haven – before he tackles the related and larger question of whether the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is in any genuine sense an ally of the United States.
infidel says
In MAD POL POT’s Cambodia, anyone could be accused of treason and sentenced to instant death, sometimes in the most gruesome manner… The same thing can be said here of Islamic states where anyone can accuse anyone of Blasphemy.
Martin says
video – PAKISTAN – more protests today by pious Muslims –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJ5GPAbH8U
gravenimage says
Thanks for that ugly link, Martin.
Martin says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPVh5LdAA1A
Thomas Arthur (sultan) says
Britain wake up before it’s too late otherwise it will be happen here in U.K. these are all wake up call.
Hector Archytas says
We will wake up one morning with a jihadi cutting our throat!
Martin says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ujHJC-PY20
Arnold Jackson says
I think you guys just found the source of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Thomas Arthur (sultan) says
Britain wake up. If not then it will be here in U.K. Don t sleep anymore. Stand against this evil cult name Islam. Brexit is Brexit. Or Britain will pay the penalty. Millions of Muslims are waiting there to get the EU passport. Wake up.
Westman says
A killer-bee nation of animosity, born in animosity, and still in animosity. It is more dangerous than Iran because it is both a nuclear armed nation and unstable. It could easily have an Islamic revolution and become the next Iran.
Paul says
As these people are so ignorant and savage should we not build a wall around them and leave them to civilise themselves ?
We do it for the Sentinalese, an uncontacted island.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinelese
Paul
gravenimage says
We were largely safe from Jihad for over two hundred years when Islam was mostly isolated from the civilized world.
Krishna says
Mostly she will get asylum in cannada
Peter Buckley says
“Stupid bitch, your Jesus didn’t even have a proper father, he was a bastard, don’t you know that.”
This would be hilarious, were it not connected to this tragic case. It also proves yet again how little muslims know their holy book. Look at Quran 21:91:
“We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.”
The “We” of the Quran is recognised as Allah, so the Quran itself says that Jesus is son of Allah/ God.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKj4HdDB3gI
Islam, truly a bizarre concoction……
CogitoErgoSum says
It is bizarre. The Quran just repeats the same thing that Christians believe — that Jesus was conceived by the word of God. So why the outrage against Christians? I think it’s because Muhammad did not understand what Christians actually believe. He thought that when Christians say Jesus is the Son of God, they mean that God had actual sexual intercourse with Mary in order to conceive Jesus. The Quran reacts to this idea with the exclamation “God forbid!”
Muhammad did not understand Christian teaching on this matter and he also didn’t understand Christian teaching on the Trinity since parts of the Quran speak about Allah asking Jesus whether Jesus taught that He and His mother, Mary, were to be worshiped as gods. Muhammad was a very flawed man and by no means the perfect example for everyone to follow. He just found ways to excuse his flaws and make them seem like virtues.
gravenimage says
There are, of course, lots of people who have misconceptions about other faiths–most of them don’t want to murder those people based on their ignorance, though.
Alain Lenferna de la Motte says
There are many who believe that the Qur’an was composed long after the death of Muhammad in 632.
FYI says
allah claims to be the author of the Gospel{koran 5:46-47}which he confirms{k3:3}as being True.In fact in koran 10:94,allah tells muhammed ,that if he is in doubt, he is to consult those familiar with “the scripture that came before{i.e the Bible}
………which he could not do if the Bible was false.
Now, in that Gospel the Theology behind the Trinity is clearly explained and understood:it is an integrated whole,a MONOTHEISTIC concept,not polytheistic.
But,hilariously,in koran 4:171,allah DENIES what is written in the Gospel{a book which he claims he wrote and confirms as being true k3:3}and reveals that he has completely misunderstood the Theology behind the Trinity:it is not about dividing God into parts at all,as if it were a polytheistic system.That is WRONG.
It is an integrated whole: a shamrock has 3 leaves but is ONE plant.it is certainly not 3 separate plants!It is as if allah looks at a shamrock and cannot accept that it is ONE plant;”say not “three”Cease!it is better for you” k4:171 says allah.
It also means that allah doesn’t know what God’s Holy Spirit of Wisdom is and thus the source of ALL prophecy: “say not “three”.Cease! it is better for you”
Besides,what was the point of allah,going to the trouble to reveal and explain the Theology behind the Trinity in the Gospel{which he claims he wrote}only to reveal in the koran that he doesn’t understand the Theology of something which he had previously revealed?Obviously,the author of the koran is not the author of the Bible.
In koran 4:171 we see that allah does NOT even understand Theology.
allah does not know where God’s wisdom comes from.
FYI says
further….on my understanding…
Analogy of the Trinity:
Think of the shamrock plant..
3 connected leaves …in ONE plant
An Integrated whole;NOT 3 separate gods!
MONOTHEISTIC
What allah sees..
3 unconnected leaves
NOT an integrated whole:3 separate gods
POLYTHEISTIC{“shirk”}
An inability to understand the Theology behind the Trinity is a human,not a divine failing:the author of the koran simply cannot fathom the Trinity.
You can almost see the human mind at work..
“Is it…is it..3 gods?..aha!..It’s shirk:”say not “three” cease!stop this talk about dividing God into separate parts…it is better for you”
Except the Trinity isn’t really dividing god into 3 separate god-like parts because it is an integrated whole;allah,cannot see it as an integrated whole so of course he thinks it is polytheism or “shirk”.
The point about the Theology of the Trinity,whether you believe it or not,is that allah, in his koran ,has completely misunderstood it!
allah does not see it as an integrated whole: he sees it as a polytheistic system.
That is absolutely ludicrous!If allah the deceiver {k3:54}wants you to think he is the same as the actual God,then he made a big error by revealing his ignorance of Theology.
Terry Gain says
Great stuff FYI. A good caption would be Allah Refutes Allah.
alan Cheshire says
As i personally on the ground at the time in a Chalk [village] called Bahmani in the Kasure area of the Punjab on another Blasphemy case involving a young guy fighting a group of Muslim men on bikes they returned the next day with between 300/500 men they burnt the village poured acid over the children and a young women miscarriages losing her baby. The local Mullah screaming down a loudhailer Blasphemy burn them alive ! by the way no arrests or FIA
The Bibi case had a few more details in the Fir no 326/2009 lodged by the women at the police station in Kama Sahib they also stated Bibi had said that the prophet was lying on a Charpay[Bed] with insects coming from his mouth and ears also he only married Hazat Kadeeja for her money and the Koran was not from Allah but from him self , you may ask how a Gorra was in a position to move ,I happen to be the senior security officer for a Top Christian advocate from Lahore protecting many Christians and a large number of Muslims charged with Blasphemy mostly for land or revenge.
gravenimage says
Thank you so much for that grim background, Alan. I hope you stay safe.
Alain Lenferna de la Motte says
“Discharge your souls! Today you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation for what you used to say against Allah other than the truth and [that] you were, toward His verses, being arrogant.” (Qur’an 6:93) – Sahih International – This is the only law that Islam obeys.
Halal Bacon says
She would be guilty under the new EU rules….LMAO
CogitoErgoSum says
It’s all funny and sad at the same time. A Christian woman praising Jesus is blasphemy but some Muslim women calling Jesus a bastard (which would also mean that they are calling Mary a fornicator) is perfectly fine. And Muslims say they revere Jesus and Mary —- ha! Islam is such a sick joke.
FYI says
And insulting Mary and….denying what allah said ….according to koran 21:91
How richly symbolic it is too ,when you consider that it is over the refusal of a ‘holy’ muslim to give water to a Christian.
Matthew 25 v 42-46
“I was thirsty but you refused to give Me a drink”
Westman says
It seems to be Christophobia…..
gravenimage says
+1
Malcolm Jackson says
And Nigel Farage does not have a problem with Islam.
Asally says
Any responsible person should have a problem with Nigel Farage.
Guy Forester says
I realize that DJT has a lot of things to do, especially between the upcoming border assault and elections. However, someone with connections to State Dept. and WH needs to see what can be done to expedite an appeal for asylum for this lady and her family.
It would be nice if a church group would step up and agree to support her and her family for a set period of time to get them assimilated and functioning here. She and most of her family are most likely semi-literate at best. There are many Pakistani Christians here in the US that may be able to help out. Either way, it won’t be cheap, but taxpayers should not be expected to pay the tab.
gravenimage says
Yes–I’ve written to the White House about Asia Bibi. I hope others here do, as well–especially Americans.
TWG says
My heart ached for Asia Bibi, as I saw her story and photos of her and her children daily at “The Gatestone Institute”, who kept this story alive through the years. ( http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org )
I Pray this Woman and her Family are allowed to move to the U.S. to rebuild their lives after this nightmare.
And give them guns and plenty of ammo with which to defend themselves from the moslems we have here. If they choose Europe, they will likely have no right to defend themselves from the mobs, with guns OR even pepper spray.
They are welcome in my home. We have very few moslems here in Montana, lots of guns, Christians and Patriots, and NO MOSQUES.
(Before the keyboard warriors from other States and Countries clamor to correct me on there being NO MOSQUES here in my State of Montana, A “ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTER” IS NOT A “MOSQUE”, so just skip it. It’s a stupid argument. Yes, we know anywhere they congregate, including islamic community centers, they are propagating their evil, but the fact remains that THERE ARE NO “MOSQUES” IN MONTANA TODAY. The end.)
Walter Sieruk says
The Islamic nations, as Pakistan, have such things “blasphemy laws” which warrant death, by that Islamic government , for those who might critics Islam . Likewise the citizens of such Muslim countries who are themselves Muslims are become so very offended and enraged if a person might question or criticize Islam, no matter how mild those questions or t criticism s might be, the Muslims of those nations engage in violent against those who might or had questioned or criticized Islam
This is ,very much , a strong reminder that the Christian man, Roger Williams , who was the founder of the State of Rhode Island was someone who had the wisdom and understanding to make a valid and true statement which is “That religion cannot be true which need such instruments of violence to uphold it.”
unbeliever1 says
“The pure Islamic state of Pakistan” has more terrorist per square mile than any other country. That ungovernable country is brimming full of wild-eyed religious fanatics. What a shithole country!What a hellhole!
Hope that lady gets out of there asap. The judge and defence team need to get out too.
Arnold Jackson says
Pakistanis also comprise a large number of birth defects world-wide due to inbreeding.
cornelius says
Robert is absolutely right. In the mid-1980s, a Pakistani air-force officer was jailed for apostasy because he converted to Christianity. The government then in power (Zia) was fundamentalist, but was also sensitive to international pressure and so the officer was released….
….and was promptly shot and killed right outside the courthouse.
In the 90s, a Pakistani Christian boy was accused of blasphemy for supposedly writing disparaging graffiti about Muhammad. When it was ascertained that the boy was in fact illiterate, the charges were dropped. He was shot to death a couple of weeks later.
So it goes in Pakistan. Asia Bibi is in mortal danger.
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gravenimage says
Yes–many accused of blasphemy who are acquitted in Pakistan are then murdered by the Muslim mob. In light of the hordes howling for this poor woman’s death, this is almost a certainty if she is not given asylum by a civilized nation.
mortimer says
One of the Supreme Court justices or even the Attorney General of Pakistan may be killed as a result of the acquittal.
gravenimage says
Yes–Muslims are also threatening the judges in the case.
mortimer says
Yes, Cornelius, BIBI IS IN MORTAL DANGER and SO IS HER LAWYER !!! Muslims want to kill the LAWYER WHO DEFENDED HER, as well as the JUDGES who dismissed the case.
Reuben Scratton says
Interesting that precisely none of the mainstream media outlets, as far as I can see, bothered to document exactly what she was accused of saying. Shame they’re such cowards, if they had then everyone could have seen how ludicrous it is.
gravenimage says
Robert Spencer: Asia Bibi, Accused of “Blasphemy” in Pakistan, Has Been Acquitted, Is In More Danger Than Ever
……………………
She is now in danger of being murdered by the Muslim mob.
We need to give her and her family asylum here in the civilized world.
Lydia Church says
muslims are the blasphemers.
Christians speak the truth about God.
We need to pray for Asia Bibi and those helping her until she has escaped to safety.
We also need to pray for Leah Sharibu in Nigeria.
Keys says
The Supreme Court of Pakistan in its ruling noted that “no one could be allowed to defy the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and be left unpunished.”
Sounds very close to what ‘you know who’ said to the world in 2012:
“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.”
How about Obama spend his future in Pakistan where Mohammad can not be “slandered”, and Asia Bibi spend the rest of her life in the USA where she can speak freely and critically about Mohammad.
Raja says
Keys,
That is a good suggestion for the “example” of cultural exchange between nation-states. Maybe Obama can have a ” blissful” Islamic retirement overseeing the murder of many more Christians and Bibi, a sharia repellent fragrance in the USA.
mortimer says
Yes, the exchange is AL WALAA WAL BARAA . If Muslims do not use AL WALAA WAL BARAA they are pretending to be friendly to the kafirs because they want something.
When Muslims are in the majority, they do not need to be ‘FRIENDLY’ to the kafirs and they can say WHAT THEY REALLY THINK… just as these ‘stupid fruit pickers’ did.
Raja says
Scums from the left have no word about the barbarity of evil Pakistan. The loony multiculturalists have not a word of empathy for a woman tortured for being Christian.
Maybe the terrorists from Londonistan are financing this mob rage and soon to be would-be murder.
You have reciprocity for opening setting up a bank, for flight connectivity (between nations) for investment, cultural exchange and so on but you should never have civility across the globe. That seems to be the message from the thuggish Left. Lo, not a word.
mortimer says
The stupid fruit pickers … started yelling at Bibi: “How dare you think for the Prophet, you filthy animal!” That’s right, you’re just a filthy Christian!”
That is a perfect example of AL WALAA WAL BARAA (baraa means being ‘cleansed’ from disbelievers).
The Muslim women thought that being ‘CLEANSED’ meant DEATH FOR THE DISBELIEVER.
These Muslim women have been indoctrinated by AL WALAA WAL BARAA.
No one can understand ISLAMIC MOTIVATION without studying AL WALAA WAL BARAA.
Jihadwatch readers, please study AL WALAA WAL BARAA.
Philip Damon says
I’m in contact with a christian evangelist in Pakistan. The Christians there are treated as slaves. Very young children are forced to work in brickyards, and their missing essentials such as shoes, food and clothing. I’m working on supporting his ministry and trying to get others to help. The only thing that will change the people of Pakistan is the change of their heart, which can only happen by the power of God. However, God is working wonders in Pakistan, and many Muslims are now accepting Christ as their savior.
If you want to help, please, let me know.
SamB says
This whole acquittal is contrived. A simple case goes to the supreme court, why? The are many underlying factors involved here. Not that Pakistan cares- a peering world, Islam is in crisis, the crux of the case could have been decided by a lower court, see the here below the failed procedure of Shar’ia law:
“The Supreme Court noted the thinness of the prosecution’s case: “The entirety of the prosecution case revolved around the statement of two ladies, namely, Mafia Bibi (PW.2 [that is, prosecution witness 2]) and Asma Bibi (PW.3) and the extra-judicial confession of appellant. The said (PW’s) stated that the appellant, in the presence of other Muslim ladies, passed derogatory remarks against the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم). It is pertinent to mention here that admittedly, as is evident from the contents of the FIR and also the statements of the witnesses, there were 25-30 ladies present at the spot when the appellant allegedly passed blasphemous remarks against the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم), however, none of the other ladies except Mafia Bibi (PW.2) and Asma Bibi (PW.3) reported the matter to anyone. At this stage, it is to be noted that the said ladies did not appear before the Court to support the prosecution case.”
Pakistan’s court must’ve been influenced by political decisions. After all Imran lived in England for many years, had a Jewish wife…He knows the ramifications of this fallacious charade but his Muslims ways have not deserted him. Somehow, Aisha Bibi got spared and I’m grateful
gravenimage says
Yes–I think it was pressure from the West that led to this acquittal.
Hector Archytas says
With the Christian inquisition, she woiuld have been safe because Christian had to abide to the jugement of the inquisition. In Pakistan, every muslim can redo the trials and sentenced her!!!
Richard Courtemanche says
Of course, she would be. She should get out of there to a safe Western country.
gravenimage says
I understand that several Western nations have offered her asylum. But she has to get out–mobs of murderous Muslims are now blocking the roads.
Lilith Wept says
I would open my home to her and her family. She is my sister in Christ…….I am sure it’s what Jesus would want me to do. And I would be happy to do it.
My heart breaks for the Christians in Islamic countries.
It seems to me that the moslems are enraged that there are Christians in their Islamic Countries….and moslems are enraged that because Christians in Islamic countries hold so strongly to their faith , despite being told of the “true religion” Islam and they willfully refuse to convert to Islam. Even tho if the Christians converged the threats and false accusations would stop, or at least decrease significantly.
I believe ( from my understanding of Islam based on what I have read and discussions with moslems) that moslems view this refusal to convert as a deliberate and constant insult to Islam by the Christians…..And the moslems want to punish Christians, so they use false accusations , threats of violence and killing to force Christians to leave or convert.
I am extremely disappointed in my fellow American Christians that the heads of the different denominations haven’t public,y spoken out in support and offered her and any Christian that could escape from an Islamic country , sponsorship and the full backing and support of the church.