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| Pakistan: 80 Year-old Arrested for Desecrating the Koran.... You are never to old to start |
| 2008-03-07 |
| Kabeer wala (AsiaNews) – His name is Altaf Husain and he is an 80-year-old man. He was arrested by police in Kabeer wala for desecrating the Qur‘an, a crime which is punishable with life in prison according to the Pakistan Criminal Code. The elderly man belongs to the Ahmadiyya, a Muslim religious movement condemned as heretical in 1974. With perhaps as many as 3 million followers, especially in Punjab, the Ahmadi community has suffered from harassment and persecution. According to police, a student saw Altaf Husain rip pages out of a Qur‘an last Monday and throw them on the ground. When he shouted at him to stop, the old Ahmadi ran off. You are wasting good toilet paper!!! |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #4 Some pious muslim must owe Mr. Husain money. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-07 22:26 |
| #3 The gentleman is an apostate Ahmadi, according to Pakistani law. He hasn't even the "rights" accorded to proper dhimmis. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-07 22:15 |
| #2 In pokestan, they can't even keep track of handcuffed criminals.. and if it is heretical to islam, I'm suddenly curious...but not surprised. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-03-07 18:29 |
| #1 "When he shouted at him to stop, the old Ahmadi ran off. The cops can't run down an 80 year old guy. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2008-03-07 12:44 |