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| Iman offers Reward for Killing Christian charged with 'insulting' Islam |
| 2010-12-03 |
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A hardline, pro-Taliban Pakistani Muslim cleric Friday offered a reward [about $6k] for anyone who kills a Christian woman sentenced to death by a court on charges of insulting Islam. [the other day a self professing "highly knowledgeable" fellow told me that "Christianity is as bad as Islam" I asked him how many Ministers set up reward funds for killing people who insulted Christianity? He told me I was a fool and left indignantly before I could ask him if he thought his synagogue's security upgrades had been funded to thwart Christian radicals] The sentence against Asia Bibi has renewed debate about Pakistan's blasphemy law which critics say is used to persecute religious minorities, fan religious extremism and settle personal scores. Non-Muslim minorities account roughly 4 percent of Pakistan's about 170 million population. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #6 by using an assassination dead pool. Not something I'd even want to know the possible existence of, Anonymoose. It could so easily get out of hand, given even one member with an odd sense of humour. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-12-03 18:19 |
| #5 I agree that this Imam should have just issued his own death warrant. I also know how this could be done with minimal exposure, by using an assassination dead pool. An anonymous source posts a list of names in some isolated part of the Internet, then bettors place bets that someone on the list will die. With each bet, the bettor gets a random, 13 digit code number. The bettor whose bet is closest to the time when the person named on the list dies wins the pool, less a small fee for administration. This means that those who place bets are either those paying for the assassination, or the assassin. They never meet and know nothing of each other. Of course, whoever is managing the assassination pool could cheat the assassin, but even with considerable anonymity, that might not be a very wise thing to do. The trick is to get the location of the pool known to just those individuals with a stake in having someone die, and those who might be interested in speeding up the process, and winning a whole bunch of money. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-12-03 18:00 |
| #4 I'd donate for this IMAN to be hunted. Someone should invent WikiBounty. |
| Posted by: Uleger Barnsmell4617 2010-12-03 17:21 |
| #3 Pakistan Anti Terrorist Act, Article 7: 'Prohibition of acts intended or likely to stir up sectarian hatred. ---A person who--¬(a) uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviors, or (b) displays, publishes or distributes any written material which is threatening, abusive or insulting; or (c) distributes or shows or plays a recording of visual images or sounds recording of visual images or sounds which are threatening, abusive or insulting; or (d) has in his possession written material or a recording or visual images or sounds which are threatening, abusive or insulting with a view to their being displayed or published by himself or another.' 'Whoever commits a terrorist act shall--- (1) if such act has resulted in the death of any person be punished with death; and (ii) in any other case be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but may extend to life imprisonment, and shall also be liable to fine. |
| Posted by: Uleger Barnsmell4617 2010-12-03 17:19 |
| #2 You wouldnt want to be one of the 4% minority in Pakistan. How about we treat muslims the same way they treat christians in muslim countries.They would quickly leave the West! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-12-03 16:48 |
| #1 How about an award for this mook's head, on a platter? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-12-03 15:53 |