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2004-05-26 Afghanistan/South Asia

Blasphemy suspect not safe in police custody

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Posted by Fred 2004-05-26 12:39:25 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Although the case has been brought into the open, the authorities are still trying to keep the whole matter a secret.

Non-stop, hourly updates will begin...

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-05-26 12:56:19 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-05-26 12:56:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 There's something to be said for these blasphemy laws. I would have liked to use a brick cutter on the Palestinian "freedom fighters" who defecated in the Church of the Nativity and hitting them in the head wasn't what I had in mind.

Posted by RWV 2004-05-26 12:57:39 PM|| 2004-05-26 12:57:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, rereading the article I think that the tubercular Samuel may just have spit blood near the wall of the mosque near the library, an upgraded version of spitting on the sidewalk. It's OK to bleed on a mosque, just don't spit blood near it.

Posted by RWV 2004-05-26 1:00:14 PM|| 2004-05-26 1:00:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 What is this about the "Softer Side of Pakistan" elswhere on RB today?

I don't think brick cutters are very soft.

But, Allah akhbar, and all that kind of stuff. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. . . .

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-26 1:16:38 PM|| 2004-05-26 1:16:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 ... charged with blasphemy under Section 295 of the Pakistan Penal Code ...

Seeing the words "blasphemy" and "Penal Code" appear in the same sentence together is utterly disgusting. Any country that has this sort of legal tripe needs to be put on the hit list.

Posted by Zenster 2004-05-26 2:23:52 PM|| 2004-05-26 2:23:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Zenster says (#5) " Seeing the words "blasphemy" and "Penal Code" appear in the same sentence together is utterly disgusting. Any country that has this sort of legal tripe needs to be put on the hit list."

Right Zenster, but I'm sure you are aware that the same thing goes on here. At many unversities, homosexuals can have other students expelled for "looking at them funny," which is "classified" as "hate speech" by the "Politically Correct" crowd--according to rules codified by the university adminstrations. The expelled students are condemned, based on unsubstantiated charges brought by the homosexual accuser.

See, Zenster, it's not really about the "R" word. Because religiosity comes in all shapes and sizes.
Truth , however, trumps mere "religiosity"--whether that religiosity hides behind a Taliban turban, secularism "at any price," deconstructionist homosexual/lesbian militancy, political "correctness," KKK idiocy, fascist fundamentalism, or undies with nasty anti-Bush one-liners. Truth wins every time.

I hope that's what you think, too.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-05-26 2:58:06 PM|| 2004-05-26 2:58:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The expelled students are condemned, based on unsubstantiated charges brought by the homosexual accuser.

And a big helloooo from Salem.

Truth wins every time. I hope that's what you think, too.

Just like there is no substitute for quality, I've not seen any sort of acceptable alternative to truth.

Posted by Zenster 2004-05-26 3:09:55 PM|| 2004-05-26 3:09:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Does anybody know enough about the Pakistani blasphemy code to know whether cursing God is as big an offence as cursing Muhammed?

Posted by James 2004-05-26 7:00:42 PM|| [http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2004-05-26 7:00:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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