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Christian Pakistani girl arrested for 'blasphemy'
BBC ^ | Sunday, August 19, 2012 | BBC

Posted on 08/19/2012 10:48:41 AM PDT by Jyotishi

An 11-year-old Christian girl has been arrested after being accused of desecrating pages of a book containing Islamic text.

She was detained for blasphemy after an angry mob demanded her arrest and threatened to burn down Christian homes outside of the capital, Islamabad, Pakistani media say.

The girl is known to have learning difficulties, officials say.

Police have taken her parents into protective custody following threats.

According to Dawn newspaper, police said the girl had been unable to answer questions properly during the interrogation.

Dr Paul Bhatti, Pakistan's minister for National Harmony, told the BBC that the girl was known to have a mental disorder and that it seemed "unlikely she purposefully desecrated the Koran".

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antichristian; blasphemy; caliphate; christian; deathcult; islam; islamicnazism; islamicsocialism; islamofascism; jihad; koran; muslim; pakistan; pockiston; reincarnation; religionofdeath; religionofhate; religionofmurder; religionofpeace; religionofpieces; ummah
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To: Jyotishi
...minister for National Harmony...

Closely aligned with the Department of Silly Walks.

FMCDH(BITS)

21 posted on 08/19/2012 12:31:13 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: popdonnelly

> Muslims are so tolerant!
> (The first priority is get Obama out of the White House.)

Obama enables those (that is, Muslims) who want to spread their Islamic Sharia law throughout the US. Sharia especially terrorizes women and children. Obama must be voted out.


22 posted on 08/19/2012 12:34:15 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi
Thanks ~ people imagine that religious authorities have formalized all the reincarnation beliefs, or banned them, and succeeded at doing just that.

Actually, they never did get around to formalizing all of them pro or con, and banning didn't work ~ although in some places folks imagine banning did work.

When Arab and Persian Islamic armies invaded India ~ they opened the doors for all sorts of modifications of Islamic belief. People in Pakistan still know what castes their families were, and even what their family names might be ~ in local languages.

Islam is a thin patina in many places, and probably thinner than Islamic authorities would like you to believe.

23 posted on 08/19/2012 12:44:43 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

I said I shouldn’t have to rely on anecdotal evidence. I should see a significant number of web documents stating that a significant number of Pakistani Sunnis (at least) believe in reincarnation.


24 posted on 08/19/2012 12:47:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Jyotishi
Jesus himself stated that John the Baptist was Elijah.

Please, this is reincarnation? Nice try. Jesus was referring to Malachi and the prophet that was to be a forerunner to Christ "in the spirit and power of Elijah" Luke 1:17.

Clearly, if a man is born blind due to his own sins, those must have been committed in a previous life.

Clearly you are reaching for a reincarnation proof. No, he still has the original sin from Adam, but as Jesus says: 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 I[a] must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

25 posted on 08/19/2012 12:53:38 PM PDT by xone
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To: xone

> ...Jesus was referring to...

Anecdotal evidence is okay as proof then? Good.


26 posted on 08/19/2012 1:36:17 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi
Thought this posting was about the travesty per this child; instead; it is an argument/debate as to where - or 'where not'; 'reinarnation' fits into Muslim belief.

Whatever the hell they believe; this 'evil'; freaking; absolute ignorance of these believers; is a planetary scourge. We worry about every deadly virus in the 'chute'; and yet; ignore this.

27 posted on 08/19/2012 6:23:55 PM PDT by cricket
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To: Olog-hai
I shouldn’t have to rely on anecdotal evidence

Why don't you 'google'? On your own, yet. . .

28 posted on 08/19/2012 6:26:05 PM PDT by cricket
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Islam is a war plan.


29 posted on 08/19/2012 6:27:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: cricket

I did and I’m still looking.


30 posted on 08/19/2012 6:38:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Jyotishi
Anecdotal evidence is okay as proof then

Better than non-contexual proof.

31 posted on 08/19/2012 7:41:51 PM PDT by xone
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To: Olog-hai

(’Technically; they do not’; but who knows what lurks in the ‘minds of men’.) That said; reincarnation - or not - does not alter the horrific circumstance of this child; or help her family to deal with it; nor does it help any and all; who are so threatened by this darkest of vile ignorance; that passes itself off as a wisdom.


32 posted on 08/19/2012 8:17:46 PM PDT by cricket
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To: Jyotishi
Oh yes; and this 'kindness'. . .

Police have taken her parents into protective custody following threats.

According to Pamela Geller; they are 'missing'. As for 'protective custody'; that simply leaves a 'cold chill' - or should.

33 posted on 08/19/2012 9:21:53 PM PDT by cricket
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To: Misplaced Texan

B-b-b-b-b-but the war would have ended so soon, and without regard for hearing out the other side!

What, are you a WWII-er?

How 20th century of you!


34 posted on 08/19/2012 10:00:51 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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Arrest of Pak girl on blasphemy charges deeply disturbing: US

PTI
The Pioneer
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Washington: The US today called the arrest of a young Pakistani girl on blasphemy charges “deeply disturbing” and praised President Asif Ali Zardari for coming out against it.

“This case is obviously deeply disturbing, the arrest of a young Pakistani girl on blasphemy charges,” State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily news conference.

“President Zardari, to his credit, went out very quickly. So conceivably, we’ve been welcoming of that move in Islamabad, as well,” Nuland said appreciative of the move of the Pak president.

“Zardari has now asked the Interior Ministry to look into the arrest and has underscored that vulnerable populations have to be protected from misuse of the blasphemy law,” she said.

“We would call on the Pakistanis to have that investigation in a transparent way. And we think that the president’s statement is very welcome, and we urge the government of Pakistan to protect not just its religious minority citizens but also women and girls,” Nuland said.

http://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/top-story/88820-arrest-of-pak-girl-on-blasphemy-charges-deeply-disturbing-us.html


35 posted on 08/21/2012 11:01:57 AM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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