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| Another nut sentenced to death under blasphemy laws... |
| 2002-07-28 |
| A local additional district and sessions judge on Saturday awarded death penalty and a fine of Rs200,000 to an accused for committing blasphemy against the Prophet. Judge Sardar Ahmad Naeem based the conviction on the "extra judicial confession" by accused Wajihul Hassan, 26, in front of two prosecution witnesses. The court also convicted Wajih under Section 295-A PPC (deliberate malicious act intended to outrage the feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs). That sounds familiar. Don't they have the same law at Antioch College? Or is it Brown? Or both? Wajihul Hassan allegedly wrote letters to advocate Mohammad Ismail Qureshi, the complainant, containing derogatory remarks against the Prophet. The complainant, however, burnt the letters out of anger. Mr Qureshi received another series of five letters in 1998, followed by some obnoxious phone calls. However, according to the complainant, Wajih could not be traced although he kept making obnoxious calls. Sounds like some sort of hate crime, doesn't it? Guess he's getting what he deserved, then. Like they say in Pakland, "Y'gotta honor other people's diversity, unless they're different; then you can kill them." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |