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Pakistan Sentences Man to Death for Blasphemy on Facebook

posted by martyb on Monday June 12 2017, @06:03AM   Printer-friendly

BK writes:

From Reuters:

A Pakistani counter-terrorism court has sentenced to death a man who allegedly committed blasphemy on Facebook, a government prosecutor said on Sunday, the first time someone has been handed the death penalty for blaspheming on social media.

[...] Shafiq Qureshi, public prosecutor in Bahawalpur, about 500km (300 miles) south of provincial capital Lahore, said Raza was convicted for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad, his wives and companions.

"An anti terrorism court of Bahawalpur has awarded him the death sentence," Qureshi told Reuters." It is the first ever death sentence in a case that involves social media."

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by aristarchus on Tuesday June 13 2017, @12:29AM (1 child)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday June 13 2017, @12:29AM (#524733) Journal

    "Study", hmm, I think that Runaway has a rather unique definition of this activity.

    Terrorism is a tactic, not a religion, and it has been employed in the past 150 years by Muslims, Jews, anarchists, communists, Christians and Buddhists, all of whom were to some extent motivated by their beliefs. Yet there is a persistent belief in the west today that Islam has some unique and visceral connection to violence and intolerance that no other faith approaches. This is wrong in theory and untruthful as to the facts. It tends also to conceal the real damage that some interpretations of Islam can do to the lives of believers, and of unbelievers too.

    The Guardian [theguardian.com] You might study this article, Runaway, if you are interested in realizing just how used you are.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday June 13 2017, @12:40AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 13 2017, @12:40AM (#524741) Journal

    You and The Guardian are still operating under the illusion that Islam is a religion. Islam is a totalitarian regime, that covers politics, law, marital relations, business relations - everything. Everything.