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Olde Tyme Religion
Ulema support Christian woman against ‘blasphemy threats’
2023-01-18
[Dawn] In a rare move, religious scholars have announced that they would stand by a female Christian official of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) who had been threatened by a Moslem colleague of implicating her in a false blasphemy
...the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, or sacred objects, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Some religions consider it to be a crime. In Pakistain you can commit blasphemy by looking cross-eyed at a Koran...
case to settle a "personal dispute" in the metropolis recently.

Religious leaders from both Moslems and Christians said that the move aimed at showing solidarity with the victim that she was not alone.

A viral video showed a CAA official, identified as Salim, threatening a female colleague to accuse her of allegedly committing blasphemy for disallowing entry of a vehicle without number plate in the cargo area at Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
airport. Later, a CAA spokesperson said the male official had been suspended.

In the latest move, a delegation of Learned Elders of Islam from different sects led by Allama Ziaullah Sialvi, the chairman of the Ulema Amn Council Pakistain, met with the woman.

"We met our sister and assured her that we stand by her both on the religious as well as legal grounds," Allama Sialvi told Dawn.

"If she wants to take a legal action and lodge an FIR of the incident against the CAA official, we will fully support her during the investigation and in court as well," he declared.

He said that no one would be allowed to misuse religion against ’our non-Moslem brethren’ since it not only defamed the country, but also set wrong examples to victimise anyone for personal benefit.

Bishop Khadim Bhutto, who is leading an interfaith initiative with Allama Sialvi, told Dawn that on his request the Learned Elders of Islam had also visited the CAA office and submitted a joint application with the director general, requesting him to take disciplinary action against the official involved.
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