“Prosecutor Munam Bashir Chaudhry told AFP Ali’s case is the first to be tried under a section of the cybercrime laws, which were passed in 2016, pertaining to hate speech.”
Such laws are coming to the United States, courtesy of the Left. This article demonstrates that they are just a means by which Sharia blasphemy laws can be imposed upon free societies. Remember that Twitter has already sent out notices to people warning them that their tweets violate Pakistani law. They seem not to care that such notices violate the United States Constitution’s First Amendment. It is clear which laws they consider supreme. And Leftists, under the guise of fighting against “hate,” eagerly jump on the totalitarian bandwagon that they have always found so very appealing.
“Pakistani Man Jailed For Blasphemous Facebook Post,” AFP, October 18, 2019:
A Pakistani court Friday sentenced a man to five years jail and hard labour for a blasphemous Facebook post, in what is believed to be one of the first such cases under controversial cybercrime laws.
Sajid Ali was charged with posting blasphemous and derogatory content against revered Islamic figures on the social network in 2017.
Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in conservative Muslim Pakistan, where the laws can carry a potential death sentence for anyone deemed to have insulted Islam. Even unproven allegations have led to mob lynchings and murder.
Prosecutor Munam Bashir Chaudhry told AFP Ali’s case is the first to be tried under a section of the cybercrime laws, which were passed in 2016, pertaining to hate speech.
There have been other cases of prosecution against “online blasphemy” in Pakistan, including one in 2017 that saw a man sentenced to death for sharing what the court said was blasphemous content on social media.
However none of the previous convictions have come under the cybercrime laws, according to Chaudhry.
Shahzad Ahmad, of the digital rights group Bytes for All, said he also believed it was the first such case — but warned that more are being registered….
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
BOYCOTT ALL MUSLIM COUNTRIES. THEY ARE CESSPOOLS OF HATRED.
elee says
They produce nothing but immigrants, so what could we possibly boycott?
Battle says
Boycott the immigrants.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Man gets five years prison for “hate speech” for criticizing “revered Muslim figures” on Facebook
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This poor man. And there have been those who have gotten worse under Pakistan’s infamous “blasphemy” laws, including death sentences:
“Pakistan: man sentenced to death for blasphemy on Facebook”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/11/pakistan-man-sentenced-to-death-for-blasphemy-on-facebook
Angemon says
Now, can you imagine what happens when you let millions of Pakistanis into one Western nation?… Do they suddenly drop their beliefs at the border or carry them over with them and act upon them?…
Simo Hayha says
“Do they suddenly drop their beliefs at the border ? …”
Well, OF COURSE they do. Well, right? But, but, but, all the OTHER muslims from “all those other muslim countries” leave THEIR beliefs, anger, violence, hatred, of women, hatred of The West, etc, and become solid citizens, acclimating to their new homes and living on WELFARE paid for by WORKING TAXPAYERS! Well, don’t they? I mean look at Sweden, France, Belgium, Netherlands, etc, and you see peaceful, educated, intelligent hard-working muslims respecting their neighbors, assimilating and adapting to the mores, laws, and customs, right? (Simo says sarcasm can get the point across)
J D S p says
Angemon… they will bring them over and as seen , all have brought their baggage with them and there is NO BAGGAGE CHECK and they just keep coming.
Christopher Watson says
There is no need to imagine. They are here already. Look what is happening in the north of England: the rapes, FGM, the abuse of females, the killing of daughters for ‘honour’ and the list goes on. But we are not allowed to discuss the problems. It would be Islamophobic.
J D S p says
Anyone want to bet against these laws coming to a neighborhood near you in the U.S. real soon?
FYI says
Pakistan needs to be called by another name by us infidels.
ABDOOLISTAN:land of the ABDOOLS
toomanyhobbies says
in America two words; First Amendment… In Pakistan any verbiage that runs contrary to their CULT is nearly a death penalty …