Bloody Blasphemy Laws and Society Descent into fanaticism .. Land Of Pure...
VERY recently, we witnessed the occurrence of two terrifying incidents of vigilante justice..................First, there was the horrific murder of Imran Hanif, a bank manager in Quaidabad, who was gunned down in broad daylight by a security guard employed at the same establishment. Although later reports indicate that there may have been an element of personal enmity involved (apparently the two had had an earlier tiff), once the deed was done, the guard declared the manager a blasphemer. This was not murder, he asserted, but an execution. His motive was pious — all he wanted was to avenge the honour of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
As word spread, a throng of people gathered around the killer. But, rather than decry the fact that he had taken another life, they showered him with admiration and praise.
Videos made shortly after the incident depict the murderer not being taken into custody but marching to the police station, boldly and defiantly. And he does not march alone. Escorting him is a whole coterie of fans. They are in thrall, it appears. One kisses his cheek, overwhelmed by emotion. Another caresses him, almost in awe, as though he is an object of reverence. As for the rest, they rally behind and around him, making videos and snapping pictures and chanting slogans....................
The second incident took place at Kohat University of Technology, and is eerily reminiscent of the brutal lynching of Mashal Khan only three years prior. A young student accused of posting blasphemous content on social media was assaulted by a gang of his colleagues — on university premises, no less. Thankfully, due to the timely intervention of the vice chancellor (VC) the student was escorted to safety and law-enforcement agencies promptly alerted. This, however, was not the end of the saga.
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Most disturbing, though, is the muteness of the state. The incumbent government, while bemoaning Islamophobia globally and passionately championing the case for making ‘defamation of religion’ an internationally recognised crime, has here at home chosen to exercise silence in the face of such barbarity. No hue and cry has been raised. No denunciation delivered. This bout of paralysis is telling — even the state has succumbed to fear.................
]Writing on the subject of fanaticism in his rather peculiar encyclopaedia, the Philosophical Dictionary, Voltaire likened the phenomenon to a disease, remarking that once it has “gangrened the brain of any man, the malady may be regarded as nearly incurable”.
That and more is written by Asfand Yar Warraich in to days' dawn because of these following horrific incidents in the land of pure..
6 Major Blasphemy Related Murders In Pakistan's Historyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec5-bzvUUi8The Tale of Blasphemy Law in Pakistanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS9ORJoxtX8Murder on Campus: The story of Mashal Khan - BBC Newsnighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZexWiSO_QUINow in the name of International Islam this religious horrific rubbish Islam is transported and transplanted into France and other western Nations .....
So how do we solve the problem in East & West across the globe without continuing to fall in to same hole year after year in the name of blasphemy??..well it is worth exploring in detail...
Topic: Bank manager shot dead by security guard allegedly over blasphemy