Posted on 05/31/2007 8:27:55 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Wednesday sentenced a blasphemy accused, Younis Masih, to death after a video jail trial. The court also fined him Rs 100,000.
Factory Area police had registered a blasphemy case under Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against Masih on September 10, 2005, after he had allegedly made derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) at a Qawali function on September 9, 2005.
The accused challenged the whole legal process in his case and said that the investigation against him was illegal. He said that according to the law, a police officer below the rank of superintendent of police (SP) could not conduct investigation in a blasphemy case, but a sub-inspector (SI) had conducted the investigation in This case, which made the whole process illegal. He requested that the case against him be quashed.
During the proceedings, the accused was sitting in a special room at Kot Lakhpat Jail and the judge sat in a room at the Sessions Court where he recorded the evidence. The accused was seen in the court on a screen. This was the first video trial in a blasphemy case in the country.
Defence counsel Pervez Aslam Chaudhry said the trial had been arranged at the jail due to security issues, adding that all evidence in the case were also recorded through video.
The lawyer of the accused said that Christians had arranged a spiritual gathering at Chungi Ammarsidhu in September 9, 2005, at which a neighbour, Abdul Aziz, also a complainant in the case, had objected and demanded that they perform Islamic rituals instead of Christian rites. The argument turned hot during which, the complainant alleged that the accused had used the derogatory remarks.
The lawyer said that the case had not been investigated at the proper forum. He contended that the offence required investigation by an officer not below the rank of SP under section 156-A of the Criminal Procedure Code. Chaudhry said he would appeal against the decision.
The court also directed the police to provide security to the lawyer because he had been receiving threats during the trial.
Perhaps if you spent some time in other countries, you might not be so cynical.
Many (not just one guy) do take the oath of office on the Koran where I live.
One rep doing that in the U.S. is just an exercise of the First Amendment.
Mohammad smelled of elderberries dingleberries!
Be especially wary of these (LOL!)
Too much laughing.
Frightening people even if not to the unlawful degrees.
To cause commotion.
To be awkward and not to get on with others.
To be afraid of people.
Doing useless things.
To express grief in hardship.
Love of being praised.
To sleep a lot.
I thought it was a gerbil?
Now, let me commit a serious felony here.
MOOOOHAMMMER PBUH!! (pi$$ be upon him)
There, I am now an official blasphemer!
Boy does that feel good.
See my Post #21 re: cynicism. It's all relative.
You have it comparatively easy - wrinkles and all.
See my other comments.
You are so correct.
Once you begin down that path, it takes you straight to where zealots of all stripes live.
I will fight it forever.
In case you missed it, Christianity went through a major reformation a few centuries ago. Islam never has and never will reform, unless it 'reforms' to new yet-to-be-imagined extremes.
I suppose there are. I don't really know. The countries that blend Islam with their constitution have extremely harsh and bizarre laws, though. Saudi Arabia and Iran are perfect examples.
Before anyone condemns Islam for this, think of Galileo and Jacques DeMolay. Both were charged with heresy and blasphemy. DeMolay was burned at the stake.
So are you implying Christianity and islam are the same?
It is not difficult to thumb through a couple millennia of history and find many examples where alleged Christians did bad things.
Yes, man is a sinner in desperate need of a new heart, and new birth, and a Saviour.
That is the essence of the Gospel message ('Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved').
The fact that man acts badly is man's nature, and does not mean these actions are condoned by the Bible.
Galileo was not condemned by the Bible, and in fact was on fairly good terms with the 'pope'. The 'scientists' of the day didn't like Galileo mucking around with their Ptolemaic models, so they put pressure on the Vatican to punish Galileo -- which eventually led to his house arrest where he was confined to his villa.
The problem is that the koran codifies punishments for the 'infidels' - and this death sentence is consistent with the islamic (un)holy book.
Allegra, do any Saudis and Iranians keep slaves?
Are women inferior in status in either country?
Are other religions inferior in either country?
How about the other Islamic countries?
Stay safe, FRiend.
I beg to differ-
1.There have been more than 'just one rep' that has done this. A judge in NC has allowed witnesses to swear an oath on this book. M. Osman Siddique, the first Muslim ambassador in U.S. history, was sworn in on a Koran in 1999, when he became U.S. Ambassador to the Fiji Islands, and I seem to recall a CA rep doing the same thing.
2.You may want to call it freedom of speech, but I prefer to call it spitting in the face of American culture.
Sorry. My post wasn’t cynicism. There is no distinguishing “country of origin” in the shamnesty bill. I fully expect millions of muslims to exploit our system and become legal residents - after all we’re going to offer legal residency for the discount price of $1000. France is a little further along toward the path of destruction than the US and we’re not paying attention to the consequences of a large muslim population there.
Every extreme act committed by Islam can be compared to those committed by Christianity in times past. Witch burnings, the Inquisition, the Crusades, and the Genocide against Native Americans were every bit as extreme as those perpetrated by Islam.
No. I'm stating as fact that Christianity perpetrated as many or more outrageous acts in its past as Islam commits today. Islam is a few hundred years behind, that's all.
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