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| Pakistan religious parties protest blasphemy law amendments |
| 2011-01-31 |
| [Iran Press TV] Pakistain's main opposition religious party Jamat-e-Islami, along with 7 other parties including, Pakistain Mohammedan League (Q) and the banned Jamat-ud-dawa, staged a rally in Lahore protesting against the amendments to the blasphemy law in Pakistain. The protestors demand the government reject western influence and criticized pope benedict for joining the west in the propaganda against the Mohammedan state. The Pope led international calls to show mercy Asia Bibi, who denies insulting the Prophet Muhammad during an argument in a Punjab province village in June 2009. Pakistain government has said that there would be no change in the blasphemy law as it is trying to gain the confidence of the Pak people. Blasphemy law amendment controversy started when a session court in Lahore, gave death sentence to Asia Bibi, a Christian woman for insulting Prophet Mohammed. It was followed by the killing of Former Governor Punjab, Salman Taseer, who was rubbed out by his security guard, Mumtaz Qadri, in Islamabad. Qadri said he killed Taseer because of his negative remarks against the Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H). Qadri has been made a religious hero by the religious parties across Pakistain, and they have vowed to keep holding such protests until Pakistain government stops playing into the hands of the western countries and western pressure against the blasphemy law. Religious parties want Pakistain to reject western interference in the country which according to them are made through pressure to change the law. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "U.S. the real issue, not blasphemy" |
| Posted by: ryuge 2011-01-31 03:07 |