In Pakistan, authorities don’t want the truth to get out about how the blasphemy laws are used to persecute Christians and other religious minorities. It’s the same in the West, where the establishment media and the social media giants do their best to suppress those who tell the truth about jihad violence and Sharia oppression, while leftist organizations work hard at smearing and defaming those who tell it.
An update on this story. “Anger as blasphemy case press conference is blocked in Pakistan,” by Kamran Chaudhry, UCA News, April 16, 2021:
Catholic officials and lawyers in Pakistan are upset about not being allowed to a hold a press conference following the arrest of two Christian nurses for alleged blasphemy.
On April 9, staff nurse Mariam Lal and student nurse Newish Urooj were detained by police after a first information report under section 295-B of the blasphemy law was made by Dr. Mirza Muhammad Ali of Civil Hospital, Faisalabad, who accused them of scratching a sticker inscribed with “Durood Shareef,” a salutation for Prophet Muhammad.
“We strongly condemn the district administration of Faisalabad which unnecessarily interfered and misused their authority to postpone our press conference. The false case was registered under public pressure. We wanted to reveal new facts, demand legal action against troublemakers and demand justice,” the Minorities Alliance Pakistan said in a press release issued on social media on April 15.
“The Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad wanted to join our legal wing to present the case to our nation and demand an end to misuse of blasphemy laws. It is illegal and unconstitutional to suppress our voices of truth and fairness.”
Following the cancellation of the conference, Father Abid Tanveer, vicar general of Faisalabad Diocese, held a meeting with lawyers from the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), the Church’s human rights body in Pakistan.
The families of the nurses are in hiding
“The NCJP is providing legal aid to the victims and is presently preparing the paperwork as well as recording statements from the witnesses. The families of the nurses are in hiding. Even their neighbors have moved,” Father Tanveer told UCA News.
“The timely press conference was our right to speech. No protest was planned. We demand the formation of a committee at a divisional level to investigate the case. The state itself should become a party in blasphemy cases.”
Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in deeply conservative Pakistan where mere allegations have led to extrajudicial killings and mob violence….
Peter Buckley says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzRy7zhwgyM
mortimer says
Cover up and TAQIYYA !
The Pak blasphemy law is EASILY abused by any Muslim who doesn’t want to pay a debt or fulfill an obligation, whether to another Muslim or to a dirty KAFIR.
The Pak blasphemy law is such bad law that the government is afraid that the TRUTH about its injustice will GET OUT to the world.
So PM Khan wants to scold the world about blasphemy while Pakistan RELIGIOUSLY PERSECUTES MINORITIES with an unjust blasphemy law.
Pakistan wants to foist this UNJUST, BAD LAW on the world.
Taqiyya PERMEATES every interaction of Muslims with KAFIRS.
JOEYN says
Truly sad to see the plight of non-Muslims living and working amongst such Islamic fanatics on a daily basis. Even when you are innocent these fanatics could find something to unjustly blame you for and ruin your life. Having said that I see a similar plight being suffered by the police in the US. Soon nobody would want to be a police in the US.
James Lincoln says
JOEYN,
Police in Blue States who have vested their retirements are retiring – and will continue to do so.
Police in Blue States in their early to mid careers will move to Red States where they are supported by their government and fellow citizens.
Big cities in Blue States run by Democrats will then continue to become more lawless…
JOEYN says
Hope the final outcome is more Blue states in the US learn and turn Red and and less RINOS running the Red states.
James Lincoln says
That would be the best case scenario, JOEYN.
But I wouldn’t bank on it…
gravenimage says
Good exchange.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Authorities block lawyers from holding press conference on arrest of two Christian nurses for ‘blasphemy’
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This is awful but does not surprise. These “blasphemy” cases are travesties of justice from beginning to end.
Apparently the “blasphemy” was one of the nurses cleaning an old, unsanitary sticker off a file cabinet. The sticker was supposedly a verse of the Qur’an.
Infidel says
Can those nurses go to the French embassy in Islamabad and hitch-hike a ride out of the country to France? While France sends every muslim packing due to the riots in Pakistan?
gravenimage says
I’d love to see that.
Andrew Blackadder says
Perhaps Old Joe and Kameltoe can send even more money over to Pakistan to help them with their Gender Studies Program, as they really need it…
OLD GUY says
Maybe the Pope should make a trip to this Stan and stand up for the Christians being persecuted by islam rather than kissing their feet. Or don’t Christian’s lives matter?