Bahawalpur Pakistan was the scene of a horrific crime after thousands of Muslims were told by religious leaders to raid a police station and punish a man accused of ripping pages out of a Koran. The mentally ill man was accused of blasphemy, but never saw a courtroom. The mob pulled him from the police station, beat him to death and then set his body on fire.
Pakistan’s blasphemy law imposed the death penalty on those who insult Muhammad or the Koran. However, no charges are being considered against the people who used the loudspeakers of the local mosques to send the mob into the police station to brutally murder the man. Thousands responded, burning police cars and wounding officers before breaking into the station. Even the police chief’s home was attacked.
I am not sure why (since this took hours) additional help from the military or other police units could not be acquired.
I have written extensively on the rise of blasphemy or hate speech prosecutions against religious critics in the West. The Obama Administration has been working with Pakistan and other Muslim nations to develop an international standard for blasphemy prosecutions. The West has steadily yielded to the demands of religious groups that free speech must be curtailed in the name of faith. At the same time, West governmental and religious leaders have denounced agnostics and atheists as one of the greatest threats facing the West (here and here and here and here). President Obama and Hillary Clinton have been facilitating this trend by working with Muslim nations to develop an international standard allowing for the prosecution of those who insult religion. The Administration has drawn a dangerous line with Muslim countries in first supporting the concept of an international blasphemy standard. As I have mentioned before, the efforts of the Obama Administration to work with these countries on an international blasphemy standard is a threat to free speech around the world. After first supporting an international blasphemy standard, the Administration sought to get Pakistan and other countries to adopt the Brandenburg standard as the basis for such prosecutions. This case also shows why the use of the Brandenburg standard is so dangerous in the hands of such officials who view free speech as the cause of imminent violence. Because any joke or image of the Prophet can trigger violence, the standard is immediately satisfied in countries like Egypt, which can then claim some legal legitimacy under the standard created with the United States.
Of course, it remains a mystery how such deeply religious people would believe that God wants them to beat a mentally ill man to death and burn his body — after attacking police officers and destroying property. Such horrific scenes will continue absent prosecutions of the ring leaders. The failure to bring such charges would add an element of complicity to this unspeakable crime.
Source: Brisbane Times as first seen on Reddit
This is the kind of news that Leftists and LIberals take great delight in. They hate America and they Love Islam. They already have Sharia Law in many areas of the UK and France, and they want the same thing and more to happen in the United States. Law, order, decency, culture, and civilization are anathema to the Liberals/Leftists. Obama is best suited to help the Leftists and Liberals in these objectives.
Te one above is not a religion. He is a true Christin that sees the terribleness of Islam. Those Islamic humans are slick talkers that bite like an adder. The french and UK need to toss them out like they toss out trash. The liberals,and leftists are outside of religion. They are the humans Obama need to support.They are the down trodden like the gays which is supported but the zoosexuals, furry of the furry fandom and others the legal system to oppress.. Christianity is not in a religion. Most definably not in Islam. Obama needs to pull support from them never to give it back.. The Muslims will not crush to powder all that they bow too. They will continue to kill; humans that they say do not respect the name of Mohammed.
And illusion of knowledge is the greatest danger. This is a war between education and ignorance. Between knowledge and the illusion of knowledge.
Sorry, write too fast, think too slow: Lotta = man.
And mnemonic: SouthwestMom, and blouisy Lake Erie.
Or was it vice-versa. Nah!!!
I detect slight hysterical tones here and there. Some usual from Hughes, several unusual. Obviously overstressed. In myself, signs of senility when I still can’t keep SwM and Blouise apart as to residences. Will have to make up a mnemonic. Lesseee…..
Not to torture but inform—5 day outlook for Stockholm:
One day high ca 78, rest lower. Mostly cloudy days, clear nights. No rain. Currently from my balcony: Sun through light hazy clouds, balmy, light easterly wind. Perfect even for elderly men. Nighttime tropical temps>20C/68F.
Won’t ask how Woosty is making out. Miserable. Lotta has suffered with her cactii, succulent, etc. My wife had the opposite problem in June: nightfrosts could take early outed plants, put them under the porch roof was her solution. Maybe a sunshade would help them there.
A plastic sack with icecubes and a glass of cold tea is recommended for all.
Oddly at 3AM yourtime WashDC was expecting major cooldown today. 85 I believe, long before the front on Sunday.
The current worldwide consensus of meteorologists is that dry places will get drier (and hotter) and wet places wetter. (I could say it scientifically but trying to talk “normal” now. Arid, precipitation etc)
So generalizing more, those with oceanic climates will get more rain (Stockholm), and those with continental will get less. Do your own figuring where you are. Nice desert developing in St. Louis,MO. A little tip.
Climate change? Nah, it’s always like this in Texas. That’s why we all are nuts here—-except SwM.
Answer: Stake the 0.1 percent out in the Sahara, face up.
Add 0.1 percent a week. Action guaranteed.
BettyKath: Your right. Stirring up people who a programmed into relgious beliefs cannot be saved. But I will relate one story which is true about what Christians will do when desparate and seemingly in private.
The boys in the dogpak removed the toilet paper in the outhouse along with the Sears Roebuck catalogue. They put in a version of the Sears Roebuck Bible instead. Well the attendees did not bring any toilet paper and after push came to shove and they were in desparate need of a b___ wipe they went ahead and tore some pages out of the book of Job and wiped. The dogs report that when they left the outhouse they were to a man, all cussing. Four out of five defiled the good book and one left with his left hand concealed.
Could we please lock these people up in a large room with the Westboro Baptist Church and American Family Association crowds for a few hours? Be sure they have a large supply of blunt objects on hand. They deserve each other.
HA,HA.,HA great plan,They would have to be in suspended animation,, and awaken on their own in the room with the Westboro Baptist Church and the humans from the American Family Association . Have a page or two out of the Koran, and accusations would fly. it would be like having nitroglycerine.in the room.
Mumbo. Jumbo.
Obama is in gross error wanting to protect such monsters. Obama would-have to be a Muslin to be willingly blind to the atrocities they have done,and want to protect them in that way.
Religion has proved its self to be demonic by their actions. The way they behave prove to all that the Muslims beliefs are demonic. They should of their own accord destroy the temples, and whatever they bow down to to worship. The Muslims have the Kaaba, Mecca, and Koran which they kill whoever damages that book. .Obama should not protect those heartless religions with anything that is written on paper at all. The Muslims need to repent or they will populate Gog,and Magog.
Rligon has proved its self to be demonic by their actions. The way they behave prove to all that the Muslims beliefs are demonic. They should of their own accord destroy the temples, and whatever they bow down to to worship. The Muslims have the Kaaba, Mecca, and Koran which they kill whoever damages that book. .Obama should not protect those heartless religions with anything that is written on paper at all. The Muslims need to repent or they will populate Gog,and Magog.
“Of course, it remains a mystery how such deeply religious people would believe that God wants them to beat a mentally ill man to death and burn his body — after attacking police officers and destroying property.”
REALLY? This is a mystery? We’ve been writing history for, what, 3,000 years and this is TODAY considered a “mystery”?
Deeply religious people have “believed” that God wants them to burn women alive as “witches,” right? Deeply religious people “believed” that God wanted them to torture homosexual men until they cracked under the pain and revealed others with whom they had had sex so they too could be tortured and/or killed. Deeply religious people have “believed” that God wanted them to bury people up to their upper chest and throw smallish stones at their heads until they were dead, while cheering and screaming, right? Deeply religious people have “believed” that God wanted them…
Nevermind.
If this is a mystery, we have no right to be wowed when the odd dolphin bursts into flames on a lovely day in spring.
raf,
I know what you mean. I feel like I’m in Phoenix!
lotta,
Our local farmers are in trouble also though we have enjoyed some localized storms thanks to the Lake-effect. The storms have done nothing to break the heatwave.
id707,
That was SwM who went to the mountains in Colorado … I went to West Virginia which was as hot as hell even up in the mountains. Now I’m back home on Lake Erie suffering.
mespo,
I was fascinated with the discussion and insights offered on Obama and other Presidents. One particular comment about Jefferson’s expanding the powers of the office which weren’t fully utilized till Jackson came along intrigued me … can’t wait to read all about it.
Blouise:
Thank you very much for that video. I really enjoyed it.
Mark
Idealist, Its (again 107.5 here today, the third day in the 10 days, 90-100+ is the rule here for a couple of weeks and more days have been above 90 degrees than below it since June 1. It’s brutal and rain has been very scarce. Most of the outdoor plants I overwinter indoors that I took outside (mostly cacti, caudex and succulent plants) have been sunburned and are not doing well! Our local farmers are hurting.
“President Obama and Hillary Clinton have been facilitating this trend by working with Muslim nations to develop an international standard allowing for the prosecution of those who insult religion. The Administration has drawn a dangerous line with Muslim countries in first supporting the concept of an international blasphemy standard. As I have mentioned before, the efforts of the Obama Administration to work with these countries on an international blasphemy standard is a threat to free speech around the world.”
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This is an incredibly dangerous path to go down. Considering how closely religion is tied to some governments this will criminalize political speech in many countries and other countries will be required to assist in the prosecution of it. I see this working like the whole copyright law enforcement situation across borders is currently working, the Kim Dotcom/Mrgaupload would be a good example.
I was thinking this Wednesday that if the holiday meant anything to us anymore a space across from every city hall would be set aside so that citizens could come and burn flags, holy books and effigies of politicians. It just seemed appropriate.
Rewligon has proved its self to be demonic by their actions. The way they behave prove to all that the Muslims beliefs are demonic. They should of their own accord destroy the temples, and whatever they bow down to to worship. The Muslims have the Kaaba, Mecca, and Koran which they kill whoever damages that book. .Obama should not protect those heartless religions with anything that is written on paper at all. The Muslims need to repent or they will populate Gog,and Magog.
…Record-Breaking Heat wave Continues into Weekend…
The record-breaking heat wave currently affecting parts of the central and eastern U.S. will continue into the weekend. Heat Advisories, Excessive Heat Watches and Warnings are in effect from the central Plains to the Atlantic coast. Some relief will come from a frontal boundary that will move across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes on Saturday and into the Ohio Valley and Northeast by Sunday.”
Raleigh expecting 105 tomorrow Saturday.
NB no storm warnings but could be with frontal passage.
Blouise,
Great Lakes? I thought you were in Colorado cooling off.