Because you are looking at it very narrowly: Salman Taseer the person.
Look at it from a broader perspective: as the governor of the largest province of a nuclear state, as a political leader, as a public figure who spoke out about reforming certain laws, whose murder is another indication that Pakistan is heading for disaster on multiple levels.
Only then will you find that my words are serious indeed.
The problem is not the blasphemy laws themselves..
Its the implementation that is the issue..
However.. Mr Taseer was asking for it..
First and foremost.. the Laws themselves deal with a sensitive issue..
Recently the MQM leaders went haywire and into pithy language after the PML made remarks about their leader Altaf Hussain.
And here the person in question is THE MAN... Rasul-allah.. (PBUH)...
Whether Mr Taseer's statement's were directed at him or not.. he touched on the one topic you cannot touch.. especially one of Mr Taseer's repute..
Mr Taseer and to a greater extent our dear leader.. decided to give a "softer" image of Pakistan to the western world..and tackle the case of Asia.. Now this could have been done quietly.. without pomp and show.. yet our political leaders felt they needed the PR with the west(when they finally "retire" there after their work here)..
So here this man gets up.. out of sheer love for the Prophet..and decided to hell with it.. Im not taking it..
His face.. calm.. content.. he knew what he was getting into..
And now we have another "Ghazi"..
You cannot execute him.. there will be pandemonium in the streets.. things will go from worse..to worst..
The reason I am extremely against his action..even though the man deserves admiration for his one track purpose.. is that like Ilm Din..
This case now will allow any unscrupulous character to carry out a heinous crime.. in the name of protecting "namoos-e-Risalat"..and the protection of minorities and tolerance that all you emotional "revivalists" so passionately speak of...goes into the public loo..
Tomorrow if Maulana Haji anybody decides that somebody Masih is not willing to hand over his land to the mosque so the Maulana can expand his quarters...he can accuse the fellow of Blasphemy(as has been done in the past and present).. and take care of his material needs in the name of our Prophet....
IS THAT NOT WORSE THAN BLASPHEMY ITSELF!!!!!
Is that acceptable to all those that support leaving the blasphemy law AS IT IS??...
What should have been done.. knowing that such innocents do become targets of the blasphemy laws.. and the hudood laws..
Is to simply call up the Mufti Azam of Pakistan..and in clear terms ask him to clear up the issue of innocents being targeted.. whether it is Asia bibi..or a card with the name mohammad dropped in the trash..
Something many here seem to ignore in their emotional comments..emotions similar to what inspired the action of the man today...probably something Mohammad Ali Jinnah foresaw back then..
Not only..(hopefully)..would that have been correct both morally and politically.. it would kill two birds with one stone.
Now if Sherry Rehman(now hiding somewhere)..decides to present the bill..and we all know her public reputation.. its signing her own death warrant..
What this does do..as well.. is send this message to the west..
That the problem in Pakistan is not just confined to the Taliban..
Mess with Islam.. and there are many more Iqbal's praised illiterate but devoted Muslims prepared to take you on...
Be it a hirsi, Rushdie, Limbaugh or others..