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UK government advisor on “Islamophobia” backed Muslim cleric who called for death for accused blasphemer

Apr 7, 2019 1:00 pm By Robert Spencer

This shouldn’t surprise anyone; Qari Asim is completely consistent in his thinking. “Islamophobia” charges are simply attempts to apply Sharia blasphemy laws to non-Muslims in the West, so he supports punishing blasphemy both in Pakistan and in the UK. Asim is thus far more consistent than Western feminists, who support women’s rights for all women except Muslim women, and than the “Queers Against Islamophobia” crowd, etc.

“Revealed: Government adviser on Islamaphobia gave his backing to a Pakistani cleric who called for a Christian mother to be hanged for blasphemy,” by Glen Owen and Abul Taher, The Mail on Sunday, April 7, 2019:

An imam recruited to advise the Government on ‘tackling Islamophobia’ has publicly supported a cleric in Pakistan who has campaigned for a Christian woman to be hanged for blasphemy.

Qari Asim, who is part of an 11-strong panel assembled by the Communities Department, supported preacher Khadim Rizvi, who demanded the death penalty for Asia Bibi, who was falsely accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

She spent nine years on death row until she was acquitted in October.

Mr Asim’s past emerged as part of a Mail on Sunday investigation into the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred, which advises Ministers and senior civil servants on measures to combat anti-Muslim bigotry and hate crimes.

When Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Ms Bibi last year, Rizvi’s group, Tehreek-e-Labbaik, caused nationwide riots, demanding that she be hanged.

Rizvi also endorsed the actions of Tanveer Ahmed, a British extremist who killed a shopkeeper in Glasgow, Asad Shah, because he belonged to a ‘heretical’ Muslim sect known as the Ahmadis. After the murder in 2016, Rizvi praised Ahmed in his preachings, hailing him as a ‘ghazi’, or ‘warrior’.

Ahmed, 34, from Bradford, is now serving 27 years for murder.

Qari Asim did not publicly support Rizvi’s campaign against Ms Bibi, but issued a statement on his Facebook page in November 2017 in solidarity with the cleric, whose organisation at the time was behind protests in Islamabad, which were marred by violence….

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", blasphemy, Featured, Islamic supremacism, United Kingdom Tagged With: Khadim Rizvi, Qari Asim


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  1. mortimer says

    Apr 7, 2019 at 1:06 pm

    Sharia permits the MURDER of anyone who verbally opposes Islam, since they are at war with Islam:
    “There is no indemnity obligatory for killing a non-Muslim at war (‘kafir harbi’) with Muslims.” -Reliance of the Traveller, o4.17, p.593
    Sharia law forbids the ‘mention’ of any Islamic topic by a dirty kafir.
    The Sharia manual of the Shafi school states:
    “We have already discussed killing the person who, with intent, curses the Prophet, belittles him or slights him in any way. The judgement in this case is clear.” (i.e. the sentence is execution)- from Sharia law manual, “Qadhi Iyaadh in ash-Shifa”, Volume No.2, Page No. 27
    -as-Suyuti writes: “(If they break their oaths…) This ayah (K. 9:11-12) is used as a proof by those who say that if a dhimmi attacks Islam (VERBALLY) or the Qur’an or MENTIONS the Prophet in a bad manner, HE IS KILLED, whether he has broken a treaty or not. Those who say that his repentance is accepted use as a proof, ‘hopefully they will stop.’”

    HEAR YE, HEAR YE, ALL BRITISH MPs and PEERS … Sharia endorses the vigilante murder of blasphemers, so it is incompatible with British law.

    • Rufolino says

      Apr 8, 2019 at 3:37 am

      Extremely interesting facts about Sharia, Mortimer, thanks.
      Especially that mention of Islamic topics is FORBIDDEN to the kafir (!)
      In the UK today many people get the feeling that Islam is a forbidden subject.
      Hadn’t realised that in Sharia Law, IT IS.

  2. Ren says

    Apr 7, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    UK government advisor rather condemns islamophobia than death for blasphemer. He has been infected by muslim mentality.

  3. K WAGNER says

    Apr 7, 2019 at 3:29 pm

    To HELL with sharia, islamophobia, and any/all supporters of it

    • Frank says

      Apr 7, 2019 at 5:17 pm

      To hell with islam

  4. gravenimage says

    Apr 7, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    UK government advisor on “Islamophobia” backed Muslim cleric who called for death for accused blasphemer
    ……………………….

    Glad to see the Daily Mail exposing this.

    Here’s Qari Asim pretending that “Islamophobes” are the same as terrorists:

    “Qari Asim: We will not let terrorists, Islamophobes and vile opportunists succeed after mass killings at Friday prayers in New Zealand”

    https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/qari-asim-we-will-not-let-terrorists-islamophobes-and-vile-opportunists-succeed-after-mass-killings-at-friday-prayers-in-new-zealand-1-9652093

  5. Georg says

    Apr 7, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    The man in the gown surely telegraphs assimilation. Turning the UK into a rainy Pakistan.

  6. Michael Copeland says

    Apr 8, 2019 at 3:54 am

    The UK government has a “Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred”.

    Does it have a Working Group on Anti-Kaffir Hatred?

    “I must have hatred towards everything which is non-Islam.”
    Anjem Choudary, BBC Newsnight, 2006

    “We hate the people of the kufr [non-Muslims]. We hate the kuffar.”
    Usamah Ath Thahabi, Channel 4 Undercover Mosque, 2009.

    “the Muslim has an attitude of enmity and hatred of the kaffirs in his heart”
    Islam QA from comments at Daniel Pipes’s website.

    “You should hate them, disown them and their religion and be proud of your religion.”
    From Alminbar.com

    “Allah (SWT) tells you …. you must love the Muslims … and hate the kuffaar … .”
    From Muslims Against Voting

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