Posted on 10/13/2021 1:25:51 AM PDT by Cronos
Pastor Karma Patras stated in a sermon that animal sacrifice was unnecessary, citing the Bible. Muslims accused him of blaspheming against Islam and threatened to burn his sons alive if they did not leave town. Patras was arrested.
In October 2012, Pakistani Christian pastor Karma Patras delivered a speech at a funeral. In it, he explained the Biblical teaching that animal sacrifice was no longer necessary because of Christ’s sacrifice. The speech came only a few days before Eid-al-Adha, an Islamic holiday where ritual animal sacrifice is a common custom. There were some Muslims at the funeral, but there was no immediate sign of any discontent or anger.
Later that day, however, Karma was arrested. A blasphemy complaint had been registered against him. The complainant, who did not attend the funeral where the remarks were made, had apparently walked near it, overheard the comments, and misheard them as something more severe. He claimed he heard Karma say “the meat eaten by the Muslims on Eid-ul-Adha was like that of a dog.” Karma denied this characterization; however, from the day of his arrest, he would not see the outside world for several more months.
“I had come back home when someone informed me on the phone that the Muslims were angry over the sermon. I asked a few Christians to accompany me and we were just about to leave when the police arrived and arrested me.” - Karma Patras
On the eve of his arrest, angry protesters gathered outside the police station, demanding Karma be turned over to them. Police told them this was impossible, because Karma had already been transferred to a different location. Consequently, they turned their ire on Karma’s five sons, who were still in the village, threatening to burn them alive if they did not leave the village. Taking their threats seriously, Karma’s sons did indeed take their families and flee.
Later, however, Karma’s sons—along with others from the community—contacted the complainant to explain the misunderstanding. Evidently, he accepted their account of the comments Karma made and reconciled it with what he had heard; in February 2013, he contacted authorities and testified that his initial complaint had been a mistake. Karma was released on bail and the charges against him were subsequently dropped.
It is fortunate that in this case the complainant was satisfied that Karma did not really commit blasphemy, as he could well have been sentenced to death. It may be the only publicly-reported-upon blasphemy case in Pakistan’s history where the complainant withdrew their claim.
Always very polite and very generous. They always brought a gift and I always reciprocated with hand packed produce I had put up.
The Pakistani Muslims are well known for having a collectively short fuse whenever “blasphemy” is suspected.
This existential danger makes it all the more remarkable that this is a country in possession of nuclear bombs.
I believe this has been so for the last 30 years. I really expected tempers and bombs to have flared by now, maybe aiming at India. So glad that I have been wrong thus far.
The Pakistani Muslims I knew, certainly were short fused, if anyone dare criticize Islam.
at least that was little to no pain for the lamb
Most my livestock was sold in advance. An electronic auction guy comes to the farm and ultrasound scores the animals for muscling and fat. He then puts them on the electronic auction for bid. Processors from Minneapolis used to buy all my lambs. You must have at least a full semi load though. Otherwise you have to auction them off at your local livestock co-op auction where they pencil shrink you to the poor house. Once they know you've loaded and brought them to sale they know you don't want to load and drive them back home.
Best price and delivery is internet electronic auction.
Yes I agree. The little guys just walk about and collapse to sleep. No crazy violence, stress, or chaos, like on a kill floor operation. (If the person doing it knows what they are doing)
This existential danger makes it all the more remarkable that this is a country in possession of nuclear bombs.
Well, someone tell the Pakistanis I was strolling by the Presidential palace in Beijing and happened to overhear President Xi blaspheming the prophet Muhammad.
Just more evidence that (p)islam is a “religion” of peace right?
They dont belong here...
The Pockis can’t understand Chinese.... :-D
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