-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger
We have previously discussed the case of Rimsha Masih, an 11-year-old girl who was accused of burning pages of a Quran. In an unusual turn of events, an imam at an Islamabad mosque, identified as Khalid Jadoon Chishti, has been arrested and charged with blasphemy for planting torn pages from a Quran in Rinsha’s trash bag which contained ashes.
A member of the cleric’s mosque has come forward claiming the imam had placed the evidence in the bag and that the imam said it was a good way to get rid of Christians. The fact that the witness came forward two weeks after the girl’s arrest is troubling. Some news reports reference multiple witnesses. The imam denies the allegations.
Christians make up four percent of Pakistan’s population and claim that blasphemy convictions rely on witness testimony that are often linked to vendettas. While blasphemy convictions are common, most are thrown out on appeal, if the accused is not murdered before then.
Although bail on blasphemy charges is unheard of, a Pakistani court has order the release of Rimsha on bail. Her bail was put up by an independent advocacy group. She is expected to be placed in protective custody when she is released from the adult maximum-security prison where she has been held for three weeks in solitary confinement.
Blasphemy laws are designed to prevent criticism of religious views. When a religious worldview cannot stand on its own merit, blasphemy laws help prop it up. If their influence is jeopardized, religious leaders turn to violence and threats of violence to maintain their position of power. When this violence is sanctioned by the state, or propagated under the color of state authority, speaking your mind risks your life.
In a secular state, the separation of church and state removes the color of authority from church actions. To achieve support for its actions, the church must persuade through argument and suffer counter-arguments. The weakness of religious arguments is evidenced by the contempt many leaders espouse for secularism.
H/T: Christian Science Monitor, The Seattle Times, The Times of India, The Daily Mail, Enquirer-Herald.
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They basically believe you should do whatever you want. Sound familiar?
There is freedom, but no biblical truth being an environment to be easily deceived by whatever wind of doctrine.
The agnostic is the Christian seeing the devil in religions like this running the other way into the arms of God.
I wasn’t always an agnostic, but some of this is a bit much.
Islamic religion is a religion just like the religion of the scribes, and chief priests of the Israelites they say they are against.
Mark 14:1-9 KJV the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. John 12;10 the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Military death penalty want to do the same as well as the people outside lots house.
KJV,Genesis 19:. 9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
Legal system = religion, Military = religion, sodomites wanting to be a condemning judge = religion,. Islamic religion is religion. What do they all have in common? they condemn, and end life calling it very good..
Islamic religion is a religion just like the religion of the scribes, and chief priests of the Israelites they say they are against.
Mark 14:1-9 KJV the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. John 12;10 the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Military death penalty want to do the same as well as the people outside lots house.
KJV,Genesis 19:. 9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
Legal system = religion, Military = religion, Islamic religion is religion. What do they all have in common? they condemn, and end life calling it very good..
Amy Alkon,
You say you studied the trio of Islam, Koran and Hadith. How much time did you spend on this? 20 years or less?
Your ocnclusions lead me to believe that you have had actuallly little contact with these sources. Particularly the people of Islam.
And an old snart. Did you acquired your opinions before or after your acquisition of facts?
You are a sweet person. And I lie a lot too.
I guess you are dealing the PTSD caused by 9/11. Get to know some muslims in America. See how many want to slaughter you and yours.
Does anyone know for sure in which order and at what time the different verses were written? No, is the answer, just as it is for the NT books.
Scholars answer, but don’t really know.
I have studied Islam and the Quran and Hadith. The Quran is to be taken literally and unquestioningly as the word of god, including the passages that command the death of those who don’t believe in Allah. These passages abrogate earlier, more peaceful passages (from the time before Mohammed had power).
Islam looks like a religion but it is really a totalitarian system masquerading as a religion. (I, too, thought it was like chocolate to Judaism’s strawberry and Christianity’s vanilla until 9/11 when I started reading up about Islam.) Muslims are to wage jihad, overthrow democracies, subjugate women, slaughter gays, and install The New Caliphate around the world.
I’m an atheist, but I have no problem (and defend your right to worship) should you believe in Santa, Jesus, the tooth fairy or that the moon in Capricorn has relevance to your day — providing you don’t aim to slaughter those who believe differently.
Islamic is a religion just like the religion of the scribes,and chief priests of the Israelites they say they are against.
Mark 14:1-9 KJV the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. John 12;10 the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Military death penalty want to do the same as well as the people outside lots house.
KJV,Genesis 19:. 9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
Legal system = religion, Military = religion, Islamic religion is religion. What do they all have in common? they condemn, and end life calling it very good..
ArtieWhiteFos,
You are stuttering again.
You are an idiot, you don’t know it however. Each of your “points” can easily be rebutted.
Esample: “They physically bow in one direction just like sun worshipers.”
Their actions may be similar in the bowing in one direction, but the reason is quite different. They bow to Mecca, once they bowed to Jerusalem, but Mohammad changed his mind after accepting the old place where idols had been worshipped before (Mecca). I wiil leave it to the muslims to explain why, you are incapable in spite of your “study”.
If you have actually studied the Koran (doubtful), I see what you say as only proof of self-delusion, determined to find that which confirms (in your mind) your POV.