To Please Allah - of course.
Posted on 05/30/2004 6:24:27 AM PDT by Lib=Liar
Edited on 05/30/2004 6:41:36 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Policeman: 'I have offered my religious duty ... I'm spiritually satisfied'
Samuel Masih was buried in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday following injuries he received from a Muslim policeman who beat the 27-year-old Christian with a hammer as he lay in his hospital bed recovering from a bout of tuberculosis.
Masih had been in jail since Aug. 23, 2003, awaiting trial on charges of blasphemy under Pakistan's strict "Law 295" – which forbids desecrating the Quran and "defiling" the name of Islam's prophet, Muhammad. On the day of his arrest, Masih was collecting garden rubbish, which he heaped temporarily against the wall of a mosque in Lahore's Lawrence Gardens section while collecting more that he planned to burn later. This action brought the blasphemy charge, which carries a maximum two-year prison sentence.
He had been held in the Lahore Central Jail for nine months when he had a severe tuberculosis attack and was transferred to a local hospital. According to reports in the Lahore Daily Times, the constable assigned to guard the prisoner's room at the hospital, Officer Faryad Ali, savagely beat Masih with a hammer used for cutting bricks after learning he had been accused of strewing garbage near the mosque's walls.
Faryad Ali, who has been jailed and charged with murder, reportedly told investigators it was his religious duty as a Muslim to kill the Christian man. According to Voice of the Martyrs, he is reported to have said, "I have offered my religious duty for killing the man. I'm spiritually satisfied and ready to face the consequences."
"This is another example of the danger our brothers and sisters in Pakistan face every day," said Todd Nettleton, VOM spokesman.
Baboo Emmanuel, Masih's father, told the Daily Times he did not know his son was in jail until approximately four months ago. A whitewasher by trade, Masih was frequently away for extended periods while working. But even when informed of his incarceration for blasphemy, the family did not pursue the case because of fear of the police. No one defended him on the charge.
"Poverty, society?s pressure and the lawless wild police system prevented me from following my son's case, Masih's father told the Daily Times.
The Christian minority's fear of the police and Pakistan's blasphemy laws were themes echoed by Lahore Archbishop Lawrence J. Saldanha who led the procession of 500 mourners at Masih's funeral.
"Sections 295 B and C and Section 298 A, B and C of the PPC are vague and can be interpreted in ways that cause suffering and death and devastating pain to society," Saldanha said. "The existence of these laws gives rise to injustices. It is usually the poor and weak who are the victims."
Masih's father, emboldened by the support of several human rights NGOs and media publicity, is asking the government to investigate the basis for the blasphemy charge against his son. No one in his senses would attempt blasphemy, he insisted to the Daily Times. "Particularly a person who belongs to a minority would never dare to do so because of the extreme sentence provided in the law," he said. Emanuel believes his son became a victim because he belonged to a minority.
According to human rights groups, Pakistan's blasphemy law is much abused and frequently used to settle personal grudges. Where convictions are made, most are overturned on appeal. However, Reuters notes that several Christians and Muslims accused of blasphemy have been killed by "religious fanatics" while in prison or police custody.
"This is a brutal act of terrorism committed by the police constable and a clear misuse of blasphemy law," said Shahbaz Bhatti, president of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance. "This is the time that government should abolish blasphemy law."
President Pervez Musharraf has called for a review of Pakistan's system of strict Islamic law, including the laws against blasphemy introduced in the 1970s during the regime of military dictator Gen. Zia-ul-Haq.
At first, the police reportedly refused to let the family take Masih's body to the church for a Christian funeral, insisting they take the corpse home and bury him quickly. The assistant superintendent of police told the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan this was done to avoid any political protests.
"This is an individual?s case against an individual," he said. "We do not want to make it a political issue."
The family was latter permitted to take the body to Sacred Heart Cathedral for the funeral which was peaceful and without incident.
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To Please Allah - of course.
It doesn't matter because the victim wasn't a Muslim male. Muslim males can beat their wives, of course, but that also doesn't matter. "And Allah knows best" according to Islamic Q&A websites.
Their god is a blood thirsty one for human sacrifice.
"... the constable assigned to guard the prisoner's room at the hospital, Officer Faryad Ali, savagely beat Masih with a hammer used for cutting bricks after learning he had been accused of strewing garbage near the mosque's walls."
Sick. Doesn't he follow laws or does his hatred of Christians trump that?
Oh, I forgot this is the religion of peace and tolerance.
I just read this on WND.
The fanatics defy explanation; they require extermination.
The only defense against them is a steady offense.
"Sections 295 B and C and Section 298 A, B and C of the PPC are vague and can be interpreted in ways that cause suffering and death and devastating pain to society," Saldanha said. "The existence of these laws gives rise to injustices. It is usually the poor and weak who are the victims."
How convenient.
And these are your ordinary, everyday, good moslems.
Strange law. Sort of like "Don`t get the dirt dirty".
I'm sure this will be reported on all the news media throughout the world, and especially here in the USA, before Monday morning.
YEAH ... right! If this had been a Christian who had beaten a Muslim to death with a hammer it would have been on the front page of the NYT, with photos. But, since this is just another Christian being murdered in the name of Allah, it doesn't merit any attention.
Some religion of peace.
"near the walls of a mosque."
Ayatollah, tear down this wall!
This Islam appears to be a religion of death and not life. The moderate Muslims (not sure if I have ever met one) are either gutless and too frightened to rid their Mosques of the radical vermin (e.g., Things), or they are wishing for the same goals as the extremists (e.g., total Islamification of America and the world) but they do not agree with the violent methods of reaching that goal. In either case, they are the enemy within to a country built on freedom for both men and women.
Europe and its negative population growth is going to have to submit to Islam in about 20 years (Netherlands, France, Germany, England etc…) are all grappling with about 10% of their populations being Muslims and the rapid increase in crime, anti-Semitism etc… Islam does not believe in birth control & abortion and thus will dominate through immigration and birth rates. So much for radical feminism. Let’s hope that America can learn from this pending horror show before it is too late here.
Oh but how can that be? I thought this was a religion of peace! How can so many Muslims mis-interpret a religion of peace? Unless...unmmmm..hmmmmm...Hey, I know! Call me crazy, but maybe, just maaaybe it`s NOT a religion of peace?
"Coming to a city near you"
Hint....Hint.......Dearborn, Michigan. It's already here!
IIRC the call to prayer has been challenged by some sane citizens. It's not a done deal yet.
Typical muslim attack. An armed guard murdering an unarmed man on a hospital bed................his family must be so proud!
http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/QURAN/5.htm --- (People of the Book = Bible – e.g., Jews and Christians)
(Koran – chapter/Sura 5 verses 59 & 60)
59. Say: "O people of the Book! Do ye disapprove of us for no other reason than that we believe in Allah, and the revelation that hath come to us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you are rebellious and disobedient?"
60. Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (as judged) by the treatment it received from Allah. those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath, those of whom some He transformed into apes and swine, those who worshipped evil;- these are (many times) worse in rank, and far more astray from the even path!"
Islam is a mental disease, it is not a religion and I`m not trying to be funny here. It`s a mental disease caused by an overwhelming fear of the after life which puts the mental victim into a constant increasing obsession with death. There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim, only Muslims who show restraint somewhat much like Michael Jackson on a Cub Scout camping trip with other adults present. But there is always that danger that the desire overwhelms them and they lose that restraint. Muslims should not be anywhere in a civilized society, they are too dangerous and safety is never guaranteed around the mental patient as there is no known cure, other than putting them in a solitary padded room with dynamite and cardboard cutouts of Jews. The disease causes the mental patient to become increasingly anti-human anti-life as the mental patient gets older. It`s like letting rabid dogs roam around town while people say "oh, they are so peaceful" meanwhile people are getting bitten all over the place.
I wish you luck....My point being, once this cancer gets
hold (ie majority population) they will begin, inch by inch,
to impose their religion and life style on the minority, or else!!! It's been their mo all over the world. They intend
to out breed others around the world. God help us........
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