Posted on 11/09/2010 5:47:57 AM PST by markomalley
Islamabad (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Pakistan has “crossed a line” in sentencing a Christian woman to death for blasphemy. Asia Bibi, a 37-year-old farm worker mother of two, was convicted of committing blasphemy before her fellow workers during a heated discussion about religion in the village of Ittanwali in June last year.
Some of the women workers had reportedly been pressuring Bibi to renounce her Christian faith and accept Islam. During one discussion, Bibi responded by speaking of how Jesus had died on the cross for the sins of humanity and asking the Muslim women what Muhammad had done for them.
The Muslim women took offence and began beating Bibi. Afterwards she was locked in a room. According to Release International, a mob reportedly formed and “violently abused” her and her children.
The charity, which supports persecuted Christians, said that blasphemy charges were brought against Bibi because of pressure from local Muslim leaders.
Release International’s chief executive, Andy Dipper, expressed his shock at Sunday’s ruling.
“Pakistan has crossed a line in passing the death sentence on a woman for blasphemy,” he said.
In addition to the death sentence, Bibi was also fined the equivalent for an unskilled worker of two and a half years’ wages.
Another Christian woman, Martha Bibi (no relation to Asia), is also on trial in Lahore for blasphemy.
According to the National Commission on Justice and Peace (NCJP) of the Catholic Church, between 1986 and August 2009, at least 974 people have been charged for defiling the Qur’an or insulting the Prophet Muhammad. They include 479 Muslims, 340 Ahmadis, 119 Christians, 14 Hindus and 10 from other religions.
The blasphemy law has often been used as a pretext for personal attacks or vendettas as well as extra-judicial murders. Overall, 33 people have died this way at the hands of individuals or crazed mobs.
Good thing this isn’t one of the meanings of islam, that obama was talking about. people might get a bad impression of the “religion of piece”, if it was.
CAIR....calling CAIR....Please respond to this situation...we need you in aisle 4 for clean up.
7th Century Stone Throwers don’t care about the subtleties of differing opinions.
NOW will soon issue an apology. /s
There’s obviously no hope for that country to join the civilized world.
I triple dog dare them (pun intended) to host their show from Pakistan.
I think they would care a little about differing opinions if those opinions were expressed through relentless carpet bombing.
I wonder if Obama will mention this, since he is in that part of the world.
probably not.
“Bibi responded by speaking of how Jesus had died on the cross for the sins of humanity and asking the Muslim women what Muhammad had done for them.”
Wow. The woman did not even insult Mohammed, she simply asked a rhetorical question about what Mohammed did for Muslim women, and they want to kill her for this.
They must have run out of “Coexist” bumper stickers!
Islam and its adherents need to be wiped off the face of the earth, starting in America.
Oklahoma is ahead of the curve.
Christians need in the worst way to get out of those wretched hell-holes fast.
I wonder if Imam Obama will discuss THIS in his current “outreach to muslims.”
I so despise those creatures. Filthy, sub-human, knuckledragging vermin.
I guess they know the answer. Now they must kill the messenger.
Obama, Joy Behar, and Whoopie keep telling us Islam is a religion of Peace!
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There was precedent for this brazen lie.
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