Note that we have never seen peaceful demonstrations against the alleged hijacking of Islam by jihad terrorists anywhere in the Islamic world. But protests against the freedom of speech always draw a crowd, sometimes a violent one.
“Pakistan shuts down access to Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites after days of violent anti-French protests by radical Islamists over Prophet Muhammad cartoons,” by Lydia Catling, MailOnline, April 16, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
- Government blocked access to social media sites including Facebook & Twitter
- Comes as a week of deadly anti-France demonstrations continue in Pakistan
- Protests began after Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan party leader Saad Rizvi’s arrest
- Two police officers have been killed, 580 injured, and three protesters have died
Pakistan has blocked access to all social media after days of violent anti-France protests by radical Islamists over ‘blasphemous’ cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Facebook and Twitter and other sites have been temporarily blocked on orders from the country’s interior ministry said Khurram Mehran, a spokesman for Pakistan’s media regulatory agency.
A reason for the block has not been provided and comes as police officials prepare to clear a large demonstration in the eastern city of Lahore.
It also follows just hours after the government said the leader of the outlawed Islamist political party, Saad Rizvi, at the forefront of the protests, had urged his supporters to stand down.
The government released a note it claims was handwritten by Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan party leader Saad Rizvi, in the hope it would calm tensions after days of violent protests, in which two police officers were killed and 580 injured.
Three demonstrators also died in the clashes with security agencies and the government has imposed a ban on the party.
A photo of the statement was released earlier by an advisor to the prime minister on Twitter, but neither Rizvi himself or any of his party leadership was immediately available for comment.
In the statement, Rizvi asked his supporters to peacefully disperse for the good of the country and end their main sit-in that began Monday after police arrested the radical cleric for threatening protests if the government did not expel the French ambassador before April 20.
Some of his followers insisted they hear or see the words come from Rizvi himself before stopping and the Lahore protest continued after Friday prayers.
On Thursday, the French embassy in Pakistan advised all of its nationals and companies to temporarily leave the Islamic country, after violence erupted over Rizvi’s arrest.
Violent protests have been going on in Lahore since Monday, damaging private and public property and disrupting the much-needed supply of oxygen to hospitals.
Some of the affected included COVID-19 patients, who were on oxygen support.
Rizvi’s arrest sparked violent protests by his followers, who disrupted traffic by staging sit-ins across the country.
Although security forces cleared almost all of the rallies, thousands of Rizvi´s followers are still assembled in Lahore, vowing to die in order to protect the honor of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad….
Singh T. Junior says
Chicken have come home to roost.
Peter Buckley says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0tiHKudKkg
https://twitter.com/johnaustin47
Donald R laster Jr says
Islam, and its citizens, has been engaging in this type of violence since Mohammad created the theocracy to force people to worship the god Hubal. Remember, the Arabic word “allah”, or “al ilah” (the god), was used to reference the moon god Hubal. When one reads the Qur’an, understanding that it is ordered longest to shortest not in the order written, Mohammad’s instructions to Islam’s citizens to engage in violence and other depravities to force people to worship Hubal is clear. Remember, Mohammad’s lies about Hubal were rejected by just about everyone in Arabia at the the time.
JohnTheRevelator says
Muslims are once again showing the world how erudite and nuanced they are. Clearly we need more of these well-bred scholars and deep thinkers in our countries. Imagine how much more ‘enriched’ we could be by the followers of this most enlightened ideology. /sarc
What’s funny and scary at the same time about these riots in Pakistan is that there are no good guys. The Muslims holding their more ‘exuberant’ brothers back most likely hold the very same views. Some top Pakistani ministers have already threatened to nuke Holland, India and France for insulting their pedophile warlord psychotic prophet. Not to mention their hatred for the US and Israel.
Is the world listening or paying attention? Pakistan is one coup away from a group as radical as Al Qaeda or the Taliban getting their hands on nuclear weapons. Heck they can even win by elections. While we’re distracted by an equally terrible regime from acquiring nukes in Iran, we’re losing sight of the big picture.
Pakistan should be a top priority for the US, Europe, Israel and India to denuclearize. Iran will likely use nukes once they get them, but Pakistan is right now a button push away from wiping out countless millions of people and obliterating advanced civilizations. Yet we keep burying our heads in the sand.
tim gallagher says
Yep, there’s that wonderful, peaceful ideology, Islam, at work yet again. Islam creates loony, violent monsters like these knuckle draggers in Pakistan, although Pakistan seems to be so full of lunatics like these ferocious rioting mobs that maybe there is some inbreeding at work as well, as is sometimes mentioned by commenters here at Jihad Watch, because these creatures, always baying for blood and getting around in mobs in Pakistan, really do seem deranged. The really worrying thing is that our western countries will actually let people like this into our societies as migrants, which is a recipe for disaster.
David says
Maybe Allah is, to quote that old Elvis song “The Devil in Disguise”!
Islam is a plague, a million times worse than COVID. That is of course an underestimate.
tim gallagher says
David, the strange thing is that so many people do seem to find that islam’s totally evil nature is actually “in disguise”. So many people keep buying this bullshit about how Islam is basically peaceful, blah, blah. To me, the evil, barbaric nature of Islam, which I agree is a plague far worse than Covid, (and a 1400 year long plague at that) is as plain as day. Islam’s evil nature has no disguise. It is an obvious evil. If only everyone would wake the hell up to islam’s vile nature,then the non-Muslims of the world would be able to deal with it.
Infidel says
Finally France is doing something!
France Urges Citizens to Flee Pakistan Amid Islamist Mob Violence
Andrew Blackadder says
The current Government in the USA, ( I refuse to call that moron my President), wants a few Million US$ to be sent to Pakistan for their Gender Studies Program… and folks thought Monty Python was silly… reality check folks
James Lincoln says
You must be referring to phony Harris/Biden…
Nikhil Manek says
Think about this Andrew- who are these pakistanis?? I would say 98.5% muslim. What is their religion?? Islam. Now gender equality in islam is non-existent. For example- if a housewife is cooking food and her husband says that i want to have sex with you then she has to leave her cooking and fulfil her husband’s wishes!! So giving money to this people so that they can acheive gender equality does not make any sense..
gravenimage says
Yes–grimly laughable.
Owen Morgan says
Another muslim “Day of Rage,” plotted well in advance. What the supposed pretext may be is irrelevant. This is orchestrated violence and there is nothing remotely spontaneous about it.
aniruddha says
Muslim scum have been murdering those accused of revealing the truth about their prophet from time immemorial. Below is an account of what happened to one such individual, a Hindu, who responded to an insulting book about the Hindu God Krishna by publishing a similar one on the Prophet. Needless to say, there were many attempts to slaughter him, with the 3rd one eventually succeeding. Note the hypocrisy – It is okay for Muslims to publish insulting books on Hindu Gods, but the reverse must be punished with death. It was true a hundred years ago (this happened in 1921), unfortunately it continues to be true now.
https://www.opindia.com/2021/04/the-assassination-of-mahashay-rajpal-the-publisher-of-rangeela-rasool-how-secularism-and-freedom-of-expression-died-along-with-him/
Singh T. Junior says
For those who can read Hindi, a copy of Rangeela-Rasool (Colorful Playboy Prophet) about mohammad can be found here
https://archive.org/details/rangeela-rasool-playboy-prophet/page/n7/mode/2up
gravenimage says
Thanks for that terrible story, aniruddha.
OLD GUY says
Two police officers and 580 people injured in riot by Muslims over a CARTOON. Wait a minute aren’t these the same MUSLIM/ISLAMIC people that BIDEN-HARRIS have opened Americas borders too. Just what we need people who HATE America and want to KILL Americans to have free access to our neighborhoods. On top of which we the American tax payer will end up supporting the vary people who want to over throw our government and destroy our society. Where is the good in that? What benefit to America is coming from the migration invasion of Islam?
The only thing I see coming is the destruction of the American way of life, FREEDOM of speech, religion and human rights are at stake.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Muslims murder two police officers, injure 580 people in riots over Muhammad cartoons in France
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They want to crush all freedom of speech in the free world.