Posted on 06/18/2008 12:06:21 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A Pakistani man was sentenced to death for blasphemy on Wednesday after he defiled the Muslim holy book and used derogatory language to refer to the Prophet Mohammad, a police official said.
Convictions for blasphemy are fairly common in predominantly Muslim Pakistan, with most cases involving members of religious minorities, but death sentences have never been carried out usually because convictions are thrown out on a lack of evidence.
The convicted man, Mohammad Shafeeq, a Muslim in his early 20s, was arrested in 2006 in a village near the eastern city of Sialkot where the trial was held in the court of Justice Shoaib Ahmad Roomi.
"Judge Roomi sentenced him to death for defiling the Holy Koran and using derogatory language against the Prophet," said Shezada Hassan Ali, a senior official at the jail where Shafeeq has been kept.
"He can appeal the court decision."
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has long demanded he repeal of the blasphemy law which, it says, is misused against religious minorities such as Christians.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch group this week urged the abolition of the death penalty in Pakistan where nearly a quarter of 31,400 convicts in the country have been sentenced to death.
In 2007, 309 prisoners were sentenced to death and 134 were hanged, the group said, adding that most of those sentenced to death were poor and illiterate.
Hey, what's that get me?
“All I said was that the piece of fish she cooked was, ‘good enough for Mohammed’ “
Remember the jar of urine with a religious object in it?
that was considered ‘fine art’ by liberals.
I wonder what would happen if it was tried with a koran?
In the USA in 2008? Nothing..it’s protected speech. If Obama wins I can’t say for 2009 and beyind.
How many centuries will it take before these radicals recognize their own insanity?
I believe that’s what I heard when Justice Shoaib Ahmad Roomi visited in our community and explained Islam to us. Oh, my, you don’t suppose they’ll cut off his head or something?.
>>>>Screw Mo’homed.
Hey, what’s that get me?
Prolly your left gonad....
hmmm. Same mindset - hasn’t Obama set up a ‘watch site’ for anyone speaking against him? He calls them rumors.
Tolorance is such a wonderful thing! KUMBAYAAAAAAAA....
More proof that we must cleanse the earth of the scourge of radical Islam.
“Screw Mo’homed.
Hey, what’s that get me?”
Twenty lashes with a wet noodle!
I believe in God, but I also believe he has the power to deal with people who insult him, on his own terms, whether they be alive or dead. Every time a muslim seeks to kill an infidel, they are declaring to the world that their moon god is an impotent figurehead incapable of doing anything for himself.
When I see atheists and liberals insult Jesus Christ, I find it offensive, but it's not up to me to deal with them, it's up to the God I believe in. The muslim faith is a hollow faith, and muslims are constantly proving that their allah is powerless over men. allah is an impotent wimp and Muhammed was his fairy-boy.
My, my - what a bunch of insecure little pig pluggers.
What did he say? Is this journalist afraid of facing a Fatwa?
The difference between the crucifix in urine and this is that our government PAID for that piece of “art”.
The taxpayers who are not permitted to pay for a momument to the 10 Commandments were required to see their money be used to establish a state mockery of Christianity.
It is institutionalized Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Their cleansing rituals make this very clear.
To begin with, I’m a Christian.
Also my patience with anything Islam is full up.
I’ve said and will continue to say terrible things about the religion and its followers. Thing is, the terrible things I say are true.
The same result would likely ensue in Canada and Europe in a few years with the attacks of freedom of expression by the governments and elites of those countries.
Shouldn’t there be a steaming pile of pooh in there, too?
now you dunnit~!
why is the water that color?
As far as Mad Mo is concerned, I pi$$ on his beard and curse his mustache. May he and his followers dwell forever in the bowels of a diseased pig. I throw my shoe at Mohamed and wipe myself with his evil koran. How’s that? Do I get a fatwa?
He said “I tell you, that Mohammed got no respect, when he worked in a pet store, people kept asking how big he would get. I tell you, he once had dog he called Egypt, because he left a pyramid in every room”.
That’s a nasty thing to do to your plumbing system!
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