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Afghanistan/South Asia
Lynch mob demands immediate hanging of blasphemer
2005-09-20
Difa-e-Islam Mahaz (Front for Islam’s defence), an alliance of 22 Sunni religious organisations, demanded that alleged blasphemer Younis Masih be given the death sentence. Dozens of Mahaz activists and Kainchi Amer Sidhu residents staged a peaceful demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Monday and displayed placards with slogans ‘Hang the blasphemer’, ‘Blasphemer of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) must be hanged immediately’ and ‘We are ready to sacrifice everything for the defence and protection of the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) dignity’.

Mahaz speakers opposed the recent amendment made in the Criminal Procedural Code of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) that a superintendent of police must investigate the blasphemy case before lodging the first information report. They declared the amendment “anti-Islamic” and demanded the restoration of the original procedure for registering blasphemy cases. “The Mahaz is not against the Christian community but want to punish the culprit. We are also ready to lodge a blasphemy case against any Muslim who commits blasphemy against Christ or his mother Mariam (AS),” said Mahaz speaker Irfan Shah. They said that they would continue their struggle till Masih was sentenced to death.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Difa-e-Islam Mahaz (Front for Islam’s defence), an alliance of 22 Sunni religious organisations, demanded that alleged blasphemer Younis Masih be given the death sentence.

If a 22-group religious alliance calls for the death penalty for blasphemy, are we able to conclude that this is a mainstream idea within the religion, or are we to believe that a small band of fanatics has misread the tenets of its own faith?

Is Islamic a great civilization with a noble history of tolerance, or an insecure medieval death cult baying for the blood of the unbeliever? Hmmmm....
Posted by: Baba Tutu   2005-09-20 18:15  

#2  "..We are also ready to lodge a blasphemy case against any Muslim who commits blasphemy against Christ or his mother Mariam..."

One of the wacky things about the Koran is that they identify the mother of Jesus (Issa in the Koran) as the sister of Moses. Another wacky thing is that Jesus seems to be Esau the brother of Jacob (see verses below)

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When the wife of Imran [Amran in english translations of the hebrew] said, 'Lord, I have vowed to Thee, in dedication, what is within my womb. Receive Thou this from me; Thou hearest, and knowest.' And when she gave birth to her she said, 'Lord, I have given birth to her, a female.' (And God knew very well what she had given birth to; the male is not as the female.) 'And I have named her Mary, and commend her to Thee with her seed, to protect them from the accursed Satan.' 3:35-36

Then she brought the child to her folk carrying him; and they said, 'Mary, thou hast surely committed a monstrous thing! Sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother a woman unchaste.' 19:27-28

And Mary, Imran's daughter, who guarded her virginity, so We [Allah uses a plural verb most of the time] breathed into her of Our Spirit, and she confirmed the Words of her Lord and His Books, and became one of the obedient. 66:12

Posted by: mhw   2005-09-20 12:48  

#1  peaceful demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Monday and displayed placards with slogans ‘Hang the blasphemer’

Can you feel the love?
Posted by: Dreadnought   2005-09-20 10:59  

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