Posted on 09/30/2016 9:29:40 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A 16-YEAR-OLD Christian boy faces the death penalty after he was accused of insulting Islam in a Facebook post.
The boy has been arrested and charged with blasphemy after a photo of the Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam, appeared on his profile.
A Muslim man told police the image, which was part of an alleged derogatory post against Islam on the boy’s profile, was insulting and sacrilegious.
The black cube-shape is built around an ancient stone at the centre of Islam’s most sacred mosque Al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Locals reportedly claimed the image showed the Kaaba with a pig’s head on top.
Shahbaz Ahmed, a police official, said the informant contacted officers over a post “hurting religious sentiments of Muslims and desecrating the religious place”.
He said the boy "had done a great injustice to us by badly hurting our religious feelings”.
Police did not release details of the contents of the post, other than it included a photo of the Kaaba.
It is unclear if the boy posted the image, was tagged in the post or liked the post.
But under Pakistan’s strict blasphemy laws, the teenage boy faces the death penalty or a life sentence.
The Facebook post has since been deleted.
His family have been forced to flee their home in Bhai Pheru for fear of violence as their sons awaits trial in prison.
Wilson Chowdhry, chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, said: "This incident again underlines the worthlessness of Christians in Pakistan. A 16-year-old boy who has been accused of a blasphemy, has been placed in a prison without any proper investigation.
“Social media can be a force for good or for bad, and we are all too aware of trolling in the west. However few understand the blasphemy entrapment Christians can face in Pakistan and often on flimsiest evidence, for which I can see social media becoming an ever more prolific weapon.
Pakistani Christians try to be active parts of society and will have friends from the local Muslim community. It is hard to be part of the local community when you exclude the largest diversity, however perhaps in future Christians in Pakistan should observe a more stand-offish approach when adding Muslims to their social media.
"Clearly, even long term friends will bay for your blood if they feel that you have slighted their faith. perhaps it would be wise to prevent such hatred by more aloofness in future."
Human rights organisations say Pakistan’s blasphemy laws often target religious minorities.
Religious offences include “wounding religious feelings”, “derogatory remarks” and “defiling the Koran”.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
The only way to deal with Mohammedans is to recognize that everyone one of them is as insane as Mohammed was and not allow another one into the country and whenever there is an attack on the United States, to randomly incinerate the capital of a Mohammedan nation.
Where is King John II, or is it Richard, the Crusaders, when we need them?
Remember: We haven’t played cowboys and muslims yet...
Go ahead, bring your knives to a gunfight.
No. They will just tell Congress to cut off your gasoline supply.
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This is poor journalism writing. It takes ten paragraphs/sentences before it tells the reader what country this was in.
Religion of Peace strikes again...
I would say definitely a human rights issue. Where are the protests in the streets?
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