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Trump administration places Pakistan on list of worst violators of religious freedom

Dec 13, 2018 7:46 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

The Trump administration has put Pakistan “on its annual list of worst offenders for nations that it says infringe on religious freedom,” largely because of its infamous blasphemy laws. The high profile case of “Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was recently acquitted of blasphemy but has been unable to leave the country due to riots and death threats against her” highlights the severity of Islamic oppression in that country, where Muslims were hunting house to house to find and kill Bibi and her family.

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom also released a report that accused “South East Asian nations of systematically failing to protect their populations’ religious rights, noting that ‘state officials’ in Pakistan often shield criminals forcing Christian or Hindu women into a Muslim marriage,” citing Pakistan as “home to the most egregious violations mentioned in the study.”

As abusive as Pakistan is to religious minorities and women, it also a state sponsor of terrorism, and is attempting to enforce its Islamic blasphemy laws internationally. Its Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed to go to the UN to stop all Muhammad cartoons and criticism of Islam, and Pakistan has already succeeded in compelling Twitter to enforce Sharia. Twitter has absurdly sent warnings out to Western foes of jihad terror and Sharia oppression, telling them that their tweets violate Pakistani blasphemy laws.

“US Downgrades Pakistan in Religious Freedom Rankings,” Associated Press, December 11, 2018:

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday placed Pakistan on its annual list of worst offenders for nations that it says infringe on religious freedom.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement he added Pakistan to the U.S. list of “countries of particular concern” regarding protection for people to worship according to their beliefs. Pakistan had previously been on a special watch list for religious freedom. The downgrade means that Pakistan could be hit with U.S. sanctions, although Pompeo waived those penalties in the U.S. national interest.

U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback said the decision to designate Pakistan was largely the result of criminal blasphemy laws in the country. He said half of the world’s population of prisoners jailed for blasphemy are in Pakistan. And he noted the recent high-profile case of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was recently acquitted of blasphemy but has been unable to leave the country due to riots and death threats against her.

“It’s our hope that the new leadership in Pakistan will work to improve the situation,” Brownback told reporters on a conference call to detail Pompeo’s findings. “There was some encouraging signs seen recently on how they’ve handled some of the recent protesting against the blasphemy laws, and we continue to watch very carefully what’s happening to Asia Bibi.”

Other countries on the blacklist, which calls out nations for “systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom,” are China, Eritrea, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. All had been so designated in last year’s list. Aside from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkistan received sanctions waivers.

Uzbekistan had previously been named a “country of particular concern,” but Pompeo upgraded it to the special watch list. The watch list now also includes the Comoros Islands and Russia.

In addition, Pompeo designated several Islamic militant groups as “entities of particular concern” as they do not meet the definition of countries. Those are the al-Nusra front in Syria, the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaida, Somalia’s al-Shabab, Boko Haram in West Africa, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the Islamic State and the Taliban…..

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic supremacism, Pakistan Tagged With: Mike Pompeo, Sam Brownback, US Commission on International Religious Freedom report


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  1. christianblood says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 8:05 am

    Saudi Arabia where all non-islamic religions are still illegal is even worse than Pakistan when it comes religious liberty and yet like the Bushes, Obama and Clinton, Trump is still dancing with them!

    • Jim says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 8:25 am

      It’s a fine balancing act to prevent WW3.

      • christianblood says

        Dec 13, 2018 at 9:05 am

        No. It is all about $$$!

        The love of money is the root of all EVIL!

        (1 Timothy 6:10).

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 8:17 pm

      Anti-Jihadists condemn Saudi Arabia’s persecution of non-Muslims–I certainly do.

      But christianblood has said that all persecuted Christians in Iran are “American spies”.

  2. Tony46 says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 8:57 am

    ”Behead those who insult islam””
    Even Obomit said that on TV,…..slightly different wording maybe.

    • dan christenen says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 10:10 am

      Ideas for new banner tests:

      The radicalized muzzie: Behead those who insult islam.
      The moderate muzzie: Berate those who insult islam.
      The apostate muzzie: Behead those who insult those who insult islam.
      The berserk muzzie: Rip apart those who insult or praise islam.

  3. Halal Bacon says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 9:26 am

    If shitslam was so gooder, why the need for blasphemy laws at all?

    • Tony46 says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 6:19 pm

      Brilliant.

  4. underbed cat says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 10:35 am

    Curious what went through his mind around all those threatening, swaying swords and warlike drum beats he was cool and smiling, during his first official visit to Saudi Arabia a while back, it was ominous as they tapped his shoulder and foretelling. It was for me scary to watch.

  5. FYI says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 10:55 am

    allah islam sucks!
    muhammed yes,allah,islam sucks!
    GOD islam is the worst religion in the world

    moslem mob:
    death to those who insult islam!allahu akbar allahu akbar!
    death to allah,muhammed!

  6. Carolyne says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 11:40 am

    Sometimes one must associate with those considered morally bankrupt for the greater good, in this case,Saudi Arabia. While it would feel morally superior to condemn the Saudis, it would destroy what influence we now have and cause even further conflagration in the Middle East. We could watch the world burn while feelings smugly superior. I don’t want to do that.

    • peter says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 8:03 pm

      I entirely agree . Mr .Trump is not a fool . If you leave a vacuum in their it will soon be filled by Chinese and Russians which is even worse .There is a time and tide for everything

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 8:23 pm

      Carolyne and Peter–with all respect–the Saudis are no allies of ours. They were involved with backing 9/11. I think it would be better if we acknowledged that they are not our friends. That doesn’t mean we have to go to war with them–just acknowledge reality.

  7. P. Douglas says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 1:07 pm

    How long before I’d be arrested for displaying a banner reading; “Behead all that insult Christianity”????
    Yeah, that’s what I thought.
    We as CITIZENS need to reclaim the power to rule in our own Nations!
    And throw out the treasonous FOOLS who are trying to destroy us!

  8. Prabh says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 1:15 pm

    YogRishi Baba Ramdev has a befitting response to the inbred goons of izlamo-paxtan: anyone who cannot utter “BharatMataKiJai” can get in line to for similar treatment- at least the overpopulation crisis is being dealt with, albeit in a rather brutal manner. good 2 b DharmicSannyasi and watch the semitic sideshow unfolding…abrahaminics have some sort of freakish attraction towards horror genre and excel at creating hellish realms here upon Bhumi Devi (Earth Planet) -ex. gitmo, shoddybarbaria stealing maidens from around the world, etc.
    **too many males,not enough Men – warrior caste missing.
    Onwards v march to SatJug. (Age of Truth;Age of Gold)

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 8:30 pm

      Gitmo–wait–you think that opposing Jihad is “hellish”?

      And the idea that Guantanamo Bay is hellish is absurd, in any case. Prisoners there have Halal meals, soccer games, and movie nights. I doubt many prisons in India have these sorts of amenities.

      • PRCS says

        Dec 14, 2018 at 2:58 am

        I heard that their favorite movie is Dina does Dhaka.

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 14, 2018 at 11:14 pm

          🙂

  9. eduardo odraude says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    Much, much, much more pressure needs to be put on Muslim-majority nations to start protecting freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 8:31 pm

      Yes–speaking out honestly is the first step, Glad to see this!

    • PRCS says

      Dec 14, 2018 at 3:07 am

      That would, of course, necessitate unequivocal acknowledgement that written, Orthodox Islam is THE reason for those infringements or religious freedom and that it affects both Muslims who “deviate from the Truth” and–because they refuse to comply with Islami law–“filthy unbelievers”.

  10. Renate says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 5:36 pm

    God bless President Trump!

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 13, 2018 at 8:31 pm

      +1

  11. gravenimage says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    Trump administration places Pakistan on list of worst violators of religious freedom
    ………………………

    *Good*. I hope we give Asia Bibi and her family asylum here.

    Notice that all the nations on this list are either Muslim or Communist.

  12. loki says

    Dec 13, 2018 at 11:01 pm

    Pakistan is a muslim sewage pit pumping bilgewater onto the planet; the definition of hell on earth.

  13. Logic&Reason says

    Dec 14, 2018 at 8:55 am

    Spread by the sword; maintained by the sword.

    But…shhh….don’t tell anybody….or else!

  14. Horseman says

    Dec 14, 2018 at 10:51 am

    Keep Islam where it was invented.

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