Posted on 06/23/2024 5:57:16 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
A tourist has been dragged from a police station and killed by a mob in north-west Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy.
The police had been attempting to protect the man from the large group in the town of Madyan, a town in Swat district.
The mob had gathered after the man was accused of desecrating the Quran, Islam's holy book, on Thursday.
Lynchings are not uncommon after an accusation of blasphemy, which is punishable by death in Pakistan.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
"Religion-fuelled violence in Pakistan has risen since the country made blasphemy - made a crime under a 19th century law brought in by the British - punishable by death in the 1980s."
Dang, I was planning on a Pakistan vacation. Not a good time?
The people of Pakistan obey the letter of the law.
Only if you plan to burn a koran in the public square...
Na they’re just Bloodthirsty , islam does that
NEVER travel to a muslim country.
They want you dead.
Come to Pakistan...we’ll get together...have a few laughs...they said.
Well that settles it, I’m cancelling my vacation in Pakistan .
Well, except they shortcut any sort of judicial proceeding and dragged him from alleged protective custody and then beat him to death.
“ Historically, the Indian Penal Code 1860 was the first law in the Indian subcontinent that introduced the idea of ‘blasphemy’ in the criminal laws. For the first time, this law made it a criminal offence for anyone to defile religious symbols of any other religion.
“The offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel were fairly established as common law offences in the UK, at least from the 16th century, even though prosecutions were rare beyond the 19th century. The offences were abolished in England and Wales by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, but they remain, to date, a part of the common law in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The remit of blasphemy in the UK was largely the Christian faith. However, in recent times, the main obstacle to prosecution has been the Human Rights Act 1998, which requires UK courts to interpret the criminal law in a manner compatible with the European Convention. In the case of blasphemy, it is argued that such an offence in common law imposes undue restrictions on individual rights to freedom of speech.
“The legislative journey in Pakistan has been notably different. In the 1980s, there was a resurgence of state interest in the blasphemy laws, and there was an augmentation of the blasphemy laws, both in terms of expanding the remit of the laws to cover several further categories of behaviours that could be considered blasphemous, as well as an increase in the harshness of punishments on conviction.”
A quote from an 1899 book by Winston Churchill, "The River War", in which he describes Muslims he apparently observed during Kitchener's campaign in the Sudan
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science - the science against which it had vainly struggled - the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.”
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
There is nothing about where the man was visiting from or what he allegedly did.
There must be nothing from God in Islam if desecrating some pages of a book is so threatening to it; a very insecure religion.
I would never burn a religious symbol anytime, anywhere.
But just to be accused of doing it results in lynching?
I traveled to Malaysia last year. They all wanted to serve me food and sell me high-rise condos. :)
Just a tourist. Does Pakistan have a Dept. of Tourism?
Don’t know why I find this concept humorous.
How Malaysia Became One of the Most Anti-Semitic Countries on Earth
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/anti-semitism-in-malaysia
First the Saturday people.
Satan worshippers love to kill people...
Exactly
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