A nice view on blasphemy
 

[B][I]Isn't it so ?[/I][/B]
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Pakistan has seen murders of their beloved leaders, but the assassination of the governor of Punjab is a new dimension in the old series of killings, i.e. so called religious extremism. Now it is not suitable to say something about his political views. However, his views about blasphemy law, the main reason of his killing, will be discussed for a long time.

His main concern was about the blasphemy law’s use against innocents and not about the law itself as I have understood. This is certainly debatable, but what caused the problem was calling it a “black law” (Naudobillah). This is not the way, appropriate for any common man albeit the constitutional head of a province. For example we have nineteen amendments in our constitution, it means that there are some problems in the constitution and we have to solve those by amending it. But this doesn’t justify calling constitution as “Black Constitution”.

Secondly, he said that convict’s appeal for mercy will be forwarded to the president. This is again not appropriate, as convict was only found guilty at a lower court and her appeal according to the normal procedure will be sent to president after the highest court also ratified the lower court’s decision. The urgency on the part of governor had certainly created apprehensions in the minds of the religious people that he wanted her acquittal at any cost, irrespective of her being guilty or not.

Thirdly, irrespective of the above, main point being that “HE DID NOT COMMIT BLASPHEMY”. There is no justification for killing a person who didn’t commit that crime. So his killing is unjustifiable. However, at the same time one at a responsible seat must consider the sensitivity of the matter. Because, it is not like changing a clause of the Companies Act.

new-student i certainly 2nd ur point of analysis...the killing that is done unlawfully is there fore illegitimate n must b condemned in a country whr u have a well established no doubt an evolving process of justice. but thr r many factors contributing to this emotional act.

now that the murder has been commited, tye best thing is to foresee the faal out. for a certain no of ppl the act is religiously too good to give a second thinking, for some it is illegal n inhuman.

the damage this act has done to the int'l image of paksitan is beyond imagination, a nation which is trying to elimibate the terrorism n extremism from within is again made to face the pungent satire of the global units.

2nly the only non political n non violent organization DAWAT E ISLAMI will now face unprecedented criticism fearing ban like othr orgs....

[B][U]My blood is boiling after reading views of fanatics Jahils:vangry

Extracted from News Published in The Express Tribune, January 5th, 2011[/U]


1.The largest body of the Barelvi group, the Jamaate Ahle Sunnat Pakistan (JASP), whose directions are considered binding on every other organisation that follows the same school of thought, issued a statement saying that “No Muslim should attend the funeral or even try to pray for Salmaan Taseer or even express any kind of regret or sympathy over the incident.”

The statement which has been endorsed by senior Barelvi leaders such as Professor Saeed Shah Kazmi, Allama Syed Riaz Hussain Shah, [SIZE="3"]Syed Shah Turabul Haq Qadri and Hajji Mohammad Tayyab calls the assassin Mumtaz Hussain Qadri ‘Ashiqe Rasool Ghaziye Mulk (Lover of the Prophet, Commander of the Country)’.[/SIZE]

“We pay rich tributes and salute the bravery, valour and faith of Mumtaz Qadri,” the statement said, adding that the ministers, politicians, ‘so-called’ intellectuals and anchor persons should learn lessons from the governor’s death. The scholars said that those who insult the Holy Prophet (pbuh), even if they did not intend to, were liable for death.

2. Senior cleric of the Deoband school of thought and Jamia Binoria chief Mufti Naeem said he could not understand why the slain PPP leader invited trouble for himself, especially given that the blasphemy law was passed in 1985 by the parliament unanimously. “He kept on taking Aasia’s name, but I ask why didn’t he ever make a similar plea for Aafia (Siddiqui).” Naeem said although Islam says that anyone who commits blasphemy is liable to death punishment, what the killer Mumtaz Qadri did was totally wrong as he took the law into his hand.

“The blasphemy law was made exactly to prevent such incidents. Else there will be chaos in the country and everyone would kill everyone,” he said. Maulana Asad Thanvi too supported Naeem’s stance and said although what governor Taseer did was condemnable in the strongest words, he should have been tried in the courts.

3. Allama Abbas Kumaili of the Shia school of thought said the blasphemy law can be misused and there was no doubt about it. “But the way Salmaan Taseer took up the matter was blunt which inflamed the more emotional and ignorant people of our country.”[/B]

There is a conflict of views on blasphemy b/w those who are against it and those who are in favour.
The against views put forward the argument that Islam is a tolerant religion and the Prophet (SAW) in his lifetime pardoned a number of people who passed insulting remarks against him. Therefore, there should be no blasphemy law.
The view in favour not only uphold the existence of that law but also go to the point of acknowledging the murder committed by any individual under blasphemy as is the case in Governor Punjab assassination.
The judicious approach should be:
1) No person can be killed in an Islamic state except through a verdict by its judicial system.
2) A person himself can pardon against whom a mischief has happened. So if our Prophet (SAW) pardoned his insulter in his lifetime, it was his prerogative. We cannot pardon any one insulting our Prophet (SAW) on his behalf.
3) Why there should be a law prohibiting blasphemy? The reason is simple. In its absence the frequency of insulting our religion will increase. There a lot of Salman Rushdis and other mischief makers who will be free to incite the religious sensitivities of Muslims towards their religion.This will increase the bitterness among the religions and the religious minorities will be under a greater threat.
4) The law itself is not incorrect. However, the procedure for handling the accused under this law may be modified so that it may not be misused. The FIR in such cases should only be registered after a thorough investigation by an officer of the rank not less than a DIG or DCO. Also at any stage of the case if the reason behind the FIR is found to be mela fide, then the person who accused should be subjected to the similar capital punishment. This will discourage the misuse of the law.

A Documentary on Blasphemy in Pakistan
 

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Jo b huwa acha nai huwa. Mujay boht afsos huwa. Islam aman ka mazhab n hamarey nabbi ney Fatah Makkah k wakt saray dushmano n gustakho ko maaf kardia tha. Dialogue karney chahye they. Hamari society mey tolerance nai hai. Ab tau har koi gun uthaheyga aur mardeyga aur wo hero kahlahega.
agar mey afsos karoo tau Salman ka hamdard, Khushi karoo tau devoted muslim.

[QUOTE=aariz;253459]Jo b huwa acha nai huwa. Mujay boht afsos huwa. Islam aman ka mazhab n hamarey nabbi ney Fatah Makkah k wakt saray dushmano n gustakho ko maaf kardia tha. [/QUOTE]
Us ka
Nahi. Aik gustakh ki misal milti hai jo Fatah Makkah ke moqay pe ja ke Kaba ke parday se latak gya tha. Us ko qatal kernay ka hukum diya gya tha. His name was Ibn e Khatal.

@Last island. Reference, give plz.

[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black]At the conquest of Makkah Holy prophet Mohammad (S.A.W) announced general amnesty to all except those who were guilty of blasphemous acts and sacrilegious statements, Ibn e Khatal was one of the convict (Tareekh-e-Tabari Page 104 / History written by Al Tabari) This is evident from the following Hadith.

Narrated Anas bin Malik [COLOR=Blue]"On the day of the Conquest, the Prophet entered Mecca, wearing a helmet on his head. When he took it off, a man came and said, “Ibn e Khatal is clinging to the curtain of the Ka’ba.” The Prophet said, “Kill him.”[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black] Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59, Number 582[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black]
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