Pakistan blasphemy: Gunman shoots accused dead in court

[Longhorn]

Indian 100 times better than pakistan , are you sure ?
The driver, identified as Lukman, was pulled out and brutally assaulted on the suspicion that he was smuggling cow meat in an incident with chilling echoes of the 2015 Dadri mob lynching in Noida, also very close to Delhi.
Just like Dadri, the police were faster at sending the meat to a lab for testing than catching any one of the suspects. No arrests have been made even though the video of the incident recorded by witnesses shows the faces of the assailants.View attachment 657563

Don't forget the sadhu's beaten to death by a mob in the presence of the Indian police.

 

[Nilgiri]

Joe, I lost a very close friend to a brain tumor three weeks ago. We shared the most beautiful music each day for the last three years. Everyday I want to share something special with him, and I'm reminded that he is no longer with me. I sent his daughter a very special recording by the great cellist Gaspar Cassado of the Chopin Opus 9, No. 2. I'll share it with you as well. He would've loved the exquisite rubato. Many people love the cello, but few love it as much as he did.

Spoiler

Buddy, so very sorry about your loss. RIP to your friend.

 

[Joe Shearer]

and while they are it.. they can nuke them selves.....forgot this? and many others like him

I remember that well. It was horrifying then; this reminder is also very disquieting.

 

[pothead]

Haha..this joe guy wants to give an impression to pakistanis here that he is a hindus bashing india so that he stays in their good books.

Guys like him are dime a dozen in India,

experts in ->
defense
Politics
Technology
Social issues
Religion
You name it & these guys are experts at it.

Only commonality is their hatred for HIndus and Hinduism.
They try to hide it by taking umbrage of secularism but every now and then the mask slips and you can see the ugly monster staring at you.

 

[PradoTLC]

Only commonality is their hatred for HIndus and Hinduism.

they must have good reason......

 

[Thorough Pro]

Talk about yourself, we are already a lot better than many, and I don't think Israel will ever dare

Perhaps it would help the world become a better place if Israel dropped a couple of surplus nuclear devices over India and Pakistan.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

By Secunder Kermani BBC News, Islamabad
29 July 2020

Image captionThe suspected gunman was identified by the authorities as Khalid - it's unclear how he brought a gun into the courtroom

A man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has been shot dead in a courtroom during his trial in the northern city of Peshawar.

He had been facing charges for allegedly claiming to be a prophet.

Blasphemy is legally punishable by death. No-one has been executed for it by the state but accusations can often lead to violent attacks.

The victim, Tahir Ahmad Naseem, was accused of blasphemy in 2018 by a teenager.

He was killed at a trial hearing on Wednesday morning. Video shared on social media shows his body slumped over the court's seats.

His attacker was arrested at the scene. Another video shows him in handcuffs, shouting angrily that his victim was an "enemy of Islam".

Mr Naseem was first accused of blasphemy by Awais Malik, a madrassa student from Peshawar. Mr Naseem had struck up an online conversation with him whilst living in the United States.

Mr Malik told the BBC he had then met Mr Naseem in a shopping mall in Peshawar to discuss his views on religion, after which he filed a case against him with the police.

He said he had not been present at court, and had no knowledge of the shooting. The suspect arrested for the killing has been named as Khalid. It is not clear how he managed to bring a weapon into the court premises.

Image captionThe victim was photographed shortly after he was shot dead
Mr Naseem was born into the persecuted Ahmadi sect, according to a spokesman for the community. But he added that he had left the sect and claimed to be a prophet himself.

The community leader suggested Mr Naseem had been mentally ill - he had uploaded videos to YouTube claiming to be a messiah.

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Human rights groups say Pakistan's hardline blasphemy laws disproportionately target minority communities and encourage vigilante attacks. Dozens of people accused of being blasphemers have been killed by angry mobs or militants in recent years.

In an unrelated development, a hashtag campaign accusing a user of committing blasphemy has been trending on Twitter in the country.

But other users, concerned about the individual's safety, have been actively trying to drown out the accusations, using a separate hashtag -#btsarmypakistan - a reference to fans of the extremely popular Korean pop group BTS.

One of those involved in the counter-trend told the BBC it was an attempt to "resist right-wing trolls taking over the internet and possibly killing someone in the process".

Hashtags related to BTS were also used during recent Black Lives Matter protests in the US to drown out racist online counter-campaigns.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53582578#:~:text=A man accused of blasphemy,is legally punishable by death.

So the Ahmadiyya origin victim claimed to be a prophet of God? Lol.

Some people do not have sense at all.

 

[pothead]

they must have good reason......

Every bigot has a lot of reasons - you know, the usual ones.

 

[Redbeanpaste]

So the Ahmadiyya origin victim claimed to be a prophet of God? Lol.

Some people do not have sense at all.

He had been diagnosed as mentally ill.

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/delusions-of-grandeur

 

[Joe Shearer]

Talk about yourself, we are already a lot better than many, and I don't think Israel will ever dare

Your comment on a sarcastic post is a gem.

 

[ThinkLogically]

He's not Israeli just so you know. He is one of at least 3 accounts opened (one permabanned).

It is also very unfortunate he deliberately picked a name very close to an actual Israeli member here too with this one.

Oops, that's why I got confused. Thanks

 

[maithil]

Killer is already a hero..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1289390505843994625

 

[Cherub786]

The murder of Tahir Nasim is a shocking tragedy. It is an absolute failure of security, and it appears to be a nefarious conspiracy. The murderer is a teenage boy. I don't buy the idea he was a "lone wolf". He was definitely directed to that courtroom. I'm pretty sure the real culprits gave him the pistol too. They are the real murderers, and they ought to be brought to justice. Tahir Nasim was a US citizen. I'm disturbed by the fact that this hasn't garnered practically any attention in the American media, unlike the Otto Warmbier case. It screams of racism to me.
So what if Tahir Nasim claimed to be a prophet? Is that against the law? People are free to believe what they want. If you don't think Tahir Nasim was a prophet, then don't believe in him (I don't believe in him). That doesn't mean you shoot him. What kind of stupidity is that? And why was he being charged with blasphemy offenses simply for claiming to be a prophet? Blasphemy is not the same as claiming to be a prophet. Pakistan is descending into a medieval theocracy like the Spanish Inquisition.