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Control your tongue and do not hurt the sentiments of others, that's clearly in the Quran as well (for those who claim their are no blasphemy laws in Quran - why not preach this too huh instead of just one sided argument with selective references to Quran, eh?!).
Yeah, I certainly preach and practice it. Most Pakistanis today continuously commit blasphemy against people I consider holy, every Pakistani who has signed the passport form on religion with added bits has done "blasphemy", how many attacks have I or people like me carried out?
You may not have a full grasp on the English language as you seem to assume that because I am not for one thing, I must be pro-other. I am not saying people should go out and abuse religious figures/books etc. I am completely against it, but to say that it carries the death penalty? Or that just merely an accusation is enough to kill someone? This is what I am against and all those who sprout this nonsense.
And for your information, The Holy Qur'an does indeed reject the punishment of death for blasphemy. It's not my claim, I implore you to prove otherwise and present the other sides of the argument. It's the internet, I am not going to do what they do in Pakistan and scream blasphemy at you for not agreeing with me and get a mob together to attack you.
As I asked this @Pakistani Exile fellow and he didn't answer so I'll ask again: how would you feel if someone started saying nasty stuff about your dead female relative every day on every forum available (outside your house, on the internet, in newspapers etc etc), would you not want a law to put a stop to that abuse of a dead loved one of yours? Or you'd be totally fine (hence emotionless) with the daily cursing of that dead one?
I am not going to lynch them, I am not going to get a mob together and burn down their house. I am not going to kill unborn children. I am not going to spread hatred back against them or incite others to kill or injure them. I am not going to hang them or shoot them. I am not going to imprison them.
If someone is discussing something for a scholarly discussion, that's one thing, if someone is just being a douche, it's quite another. Even still, it does NOT mean that me or the state has the right to take their life, unless they mean to use these incitements to cause revolts or rebellions etc. In which case an imprisonment and a hefty fine, the encouragement to desist should be fine, IF the person is proven to be sane.
Also, the whole copy paste job with the law does not prove anything you are trying to prove. No one has said that spreading religious hatred should be allowed. This law protects all people, and not the majority from a crime that doesn't actually occur in Pakistan. I would support the so called blasphemy laws if it was in anyway similar to the above Act. But both you and I know that this isn't the case.
There is also no chance of there being a fair trial either in Pakistan. You are trying to compare U.K with Pakistan where the courts are ridden with defenders of oath breakers and killers. No one stands up in the U.K and quoting the above law points fingers at someone and gets a mob to kill them. Not only have you missed the whole premise of my dispute with so called blasphemy but you are foolishly trying to compare the laws of U.K to Pakistan.
I am not going to answer every part of the act, perhaps in your zeal to debate your point, you missed the whole point of my argument. Let me summarize and explain, I would agree with a law like the The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 that does not limit freedom of expression while protecting ALL religions and groups from slander and abuse. The current blasphemy laws and its' various parts that add the death penalty, and the abuse of this law is what I am against. If there is reform along the lines of the act you copy and pasted and its correct implementation, I will have no issue with it.