Pakistan: Man accused of blasphemy shot dead at court trial

[JackTheRipper]

A Pakistani man was arrested on Wednesday after he entered a courtroom in the northwestern city of Peshawar and shot and killed another man who was standing trial for blasphemy.

The man on trial was facing charges of having insulted the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, an offense that carries the maximum sentence of death under the country's blasphemy laws.

The suspect told police that he had been ordered to carry out the killing by Muhammad because the accused had belonged to the Ahmadiyya faith, a minority that Pakistan declared non-Muslim in 1974 for regarding its founder, Ghulam Ahmad, as a prophet. In orthodox Islam, there can be no prophets after Muhammad.

The group, which numbers some 4 million members, has faced persecution for decades.

One police officer, Azmat Khan, told the Associated Press that the accused had himself claimed to be Islam's prophet and had been arrested on blasphemy charges two years ago.

https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-man-...r, Azmat Khan,blasphemy charges two years ago.

https://urdu.nayadaur.tv/42408/?fbclid=IwAR2OScc9b6SzMfClgSu2gwb3djIxgSwmCERtpMZZrGMZVMubwtvS5yLhiHM

 

[Imran Khan]

pakistan is sinking in extremism and can not breath under this monster .

 

[pak-marine]

Another Ahmedi killed in the name of islam by a retard extremist ..

 

[Imran Khan]

Wtf do we still have this colonial era law

that was old now we have dozen more laws . just wait till we have law insulting KADDO SHAREEF will be 20 years jail insulting green color will be life time prison and insulting PAGRI will be 10 years jail . this nation and its politicians went on a road which never ends .

 

[SilverKnights]

Another Ahmedi killed in the name of islam by a retard extremist ..

Don't be too smart and pretend yourself sane. Qadiyani must control themselves they are the one who asking for trouble otherwise their mini presence will not be bothered by anyone.

 

[Imran Khan]

Don't be too smart and pretend yourself sane. Qadiyani must control themselves they are the one who asking for trouble otherwise their mini presence will not be bothered by anyone.

انیس سو انچاس میں لیاقت علی خان نے مولیوں کے ساتھ ملکر جو قرارداد مقاصد منظور کروائی تھی جس میں یہ پراپیگنڈا طے ہوا تھا کہ الباکستان کے آئین کا ڈھانچہ یورپی طرز کا قطعی نہیں ہوگا بلکہ اس کی بنیاد "اسلامی جمہوریت" و نظریات پر ہوگی
(یہ غور کرنے کی بات ہے کہ جمہوریت اسلامی یا غیر اسلامی نہیں بلکہ سیکولر ہوتی بلکہ اس طرح کی شرائط کے عائد ہونے کے بعد جمہوریت،جمہوریت رہ ہی نہیں جاتی)
اس وقت مشرقی پاکستان سے تعلق رکھنے والے کانگریس کے ممبر قومی اسمبلی چٹرپاڈیا
نے لیاقت علی خان کو احتجاجاً مخاطب کر کے کہا تھا کہ
لیاقت علی ہم اپنے آپ کو اس ملک میں برابر کا شہری سمجھتے تھے ہمارے آباؤ اجداد صدیوں سے یہاں کے باسی تھے آپ کی اس قرارداد نے ہم سے ہماری برابری چھین کر ہماری حیثیت کو ثانوی بنا ڈالا
سب سے اہم بات جو چٹر پاڈیا نے کہی کہ ہمارے ساتھ جو ہوا سو ہوا تم نے مذہب کو ریاستی معاملات میں شامل کرنے کا جو فیصلہ کیا ہے اس کی گونج مجھے مستقبل میں واضح سنائی دے رہی ہے
اسی بحث کے دوران چوہدری ظفر اللہ خان قادیانی جو کہ اس وقت وزیر داخلہ ہوا کرتے تھے اور سرکاری طور پر مسلمان بھی انہوں نے قرارداد کے حق میں بولتے ہو ئے کہا کہ
آپ کو پریشان ہونے کی کوئی ضرورت نہیں اسلام میں اقلیتوں کو پورا پورا تحفظ حاصل ہے وغیرہ وغیرہ۔۔
پھر 1973 میں بھٹو کے دور حکومت میں قادیانیوں کو کافر قرار دے کر آج تک جو کچھ ہو رہا ہے وہ سب کے سامنے ہے
بات یہاں تک آ پہنچی ہے کہ عدالت میں جج کے سامنے قادیانی کو گولی مار دی گئی
آگر آج ظفر اللہ خان اور چٹر پاڈیا زندہ ہوتے تو وہ پوچھتے ظفر اللہ خان اقلیتوں کے تحفظ کیا ہوتے ہیں

 

[Mugen]

Don't be too smart and pretend yourself sane. Qadiyani must control themselves they are the one who asking for trouble otherwise their mini presence will not be bothered by anyone.

Disgusting attitude. How about all Pakistanis start behaving more civilised?

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Qadiyani must control themselves they are the one who asking for trouble

How are Ahmadi's 'asking for trouble'?

By simply following their faith?

If they are such an insignificant minority, why don't you just ignore them and their beliefs and let them practice THEIR faith freely without such terrorism?

 

[TruthSeeker]

Don't be too smart and pretend yourself sane. Qadiyani must control themselves they are the one who asking for trouble otherwise their mini presence will not be bothered by anyone.

It is amazing how fragile are some believers. Their faith is so weak they cannot stand the temptation of simply hearing a contrary thought. Blaming the victim is also a telling refuge of the weak. Blasphemy laws are a clear sign of a society's intellectual laziness and conformity to the lowest of the low common denominator.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

One police officer, Azmat Khan, told the Associated Press that the accused had himself claimed to be Islam's prophet and had been arrested on blasphemy charges two years ago.

So what if he calls himself a prophet?

Are a billion plus Muslims globally such idiots that they'll start following this man as a prophet just because he claims to be one?

And what if he was mentally ill?

Why do people oppose even simple reforms that prevent arrest/detention under Blasphemy allegations until the entire investigation and appeals process has been exhausted?

Why do innocent people have to rot in jail for years and have their lives, and those of their families, ruined because some imbeciles made false allegations of Blasphemy?

What is the punishment for those who have made false allegations of Blasphemy and ruined the lives of others?

 

[Imran Khan]

The murderer said prophet mohmmad PBUH have came to his dream and ask him to kill this man. Now this is blasmephy .

 

[Waterboy]

Why do we become the judge jury and executioner. Why do we think Islam needs protection from us?. Can we just let salvation remain in the hands of Allah subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Day by day were falling into the pit of hatred and extremism fuelled by politicians, introducing new Islam protection laws. Why can't we just live and let live?. Allah is the most merciful and what if the guy repented?. He was killed in cold blood. Literally murder.
“My mercy embraces everything” (7:156)
"Limitless is your Lord in His mercy…” Qur’an 6:147
Say: O my servants! who have transgressed against themselves (by sinning), do not despair of the mercy of Allah; surely Allah forgives all sins; surely He is the Forgiving the Merciful.”

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Far too many Qadiani sympathizers on this forum .

Supporting the right of everyone to follow their faith and practice their beliefs freely and without persecution is something Islam strongly advocates.

People promoting violence, intolerance, prejudice and hatred in violation of Islamic principles are the real problem.

 

[TruthSeeker]

Supporting the right of everyone to follow their faith and practice their beliefs freely and without persecution is something Islam strongly advocates.

Well, there you lose me. There is no factual evidence that I can see that your statement above is true. There is a a sliver of tolerance for "People of the Book", but none for the majority of the world's people who believe in non-Abrahamic religions.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Well, there you lose me. There is no factual evidence that I can see that your statement above is true. There is a a sliver of tolerance for "People of the Book", but none for the majority of the world's people who believe in non-Abrahamic religions.

The Qur'an emphasises free choice. "The truth [has now come] from your Sustainer: Let, then, him who wills, believe in it, and let him who wills, reject it," it says (18:29). And also: "Whoever chooses to follow the right path follows it but for his own good; and whoever goes astray goes but astray to his own hurt" (17:15). Resoundingly, the Qur'an declares that "there shall be no coercion in matters of faith" (2:256). Belief is an individual choice ― or, rather, it is a choice involving the individual and God. Therefore, forced conversions are simply unacceptable, and anyone who would use force rather than persuasion to promote religion must ignore the view of the person central to the Qur'an.

Coercion
The capstone of the qur'anic case for religious liberty is the fact that not even the Prophet Muhammad could impose or force people to profess Islam. When people were unreceptive to the message of Islam, the Qur'an explicitly reminded him that he was never to resort to coercion: "Your task is only to exhort; you cannot compel them [to believe]" (88:21). Evidence from Islamic history suggests that this view was held not only by Prophet Muhammad but also by his political successors. In one recorded example, an elderly Christian woman came to see the caliph Umar and then refused his invitation to embrace Islam. He became anxious that she might have perceived his invitation as compulsion. "O my Lord," he said, expressing his remorse, "I have not intended to compel her, as I know that there must be no compulsion in religion ... [R]ighteousness has been explained and distinguished from misguidance."

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/religious-freedom-in-islam/10419798

And there is a lot more material available on this.