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On Friday, the imam of a major mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar offered a $6,000 reward for anyone who kills Asia Bibi, an illiterate Christian woman and mother of five. Bibi was recently convicted of blasphemy against Islam and sentenced to death by hanging. She has appealed the conviction, saying that she was wrongly accused by her neighbors as the result of a personal dispute, but the imam, Maulana Yousef Qureshi, seems determined to have her killed regardless of whether the government will carry out the death penalty.
ITTAN WALLI, Pakistan In early November, in the dusty city of Sheikhupura in Pakistans heartland, Asia Bibi, an illiterate Christian woman and mother of five, was sentenced to death by hanging under the countrys blasphemy laws.
Her crime? She allegedly insulted the Prophet Muhammad.
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She was picking berries with other women, when she was sent to get water, her husband said. One of the women refused to drink the water after my wife dipped her cup into the bucket. This woman said it was contaminated because it was touched by a Christian. According to Masih, all the women then started taunting his wife, and shouting insults against her mother and their children. Bibi just repeated the same insults back at them. The name of the holy prophet never came up.
At the time, Masih said he thought that was the end of it. It wasnt.
Five days later, the local cleric came to our house, followed by an angry mob, and dragged my wife away, he said, recalling the incident that took place in June 2009. They beat her, ripped off her clothes and accused her of insulting the prophet. Then they locked her up in a house until the police came to take her away.
A Pakistani court has barred President Asif Ali Zardari from pardoning a Christian woman sentenced to death on charges of insulting Islam, in a case that has prompted criticism over the country's blasphemy law.
Why is it ok for Muslims to chase Christians out of their country, and than they expect to be welcome in countries that are predominantly Christian?
Yep pretty bad, but it is there and not here.
And unlike some I do not believe we should be nor have the right to be the morality police force for the world.
Yep pretty bad, but it is there and not here.
And unlike some I do not believe we should be nor have the right to be the morality police force for the world.
Yes, but isn't Pakistan an alleged ally?
I think it would be fine to demand a bit more from our allies, don't you?
Yep pretty bad, but it is there and not here.
And unlike some I do not believe we should be nor have the right to be the morality police force for the world.
Yes, but isn't Pakistan an alleged ally?
I think it would be fine to demand a bit more from our allies, don't you?
Yep pretty bad, but it is there and not here.
And unlike some I do not believe we should be nor have the right to be the morality police force for the world.
Yes, but isn't Pakistan an alleged ally?
I think it would be fine to demand a bit more from our allies, don't you?
I just believe that you should treat people the way you want to be treated, I just don't understand why Muslim countries feel like it is ok to treat Christians in their country like dirt but they expect the red carpet treatment when they go to a Western country.
Yep pretty bad, but it is there and not here.
And unlike some I do not believe we should be nor have the right to be the morality police force for the world.
Yep pretty bad, but it is there and not here.
And unlike some I do not believe we should be nor have the right to be the morality police force for the world.
I don't think its asking too much for Pakistan to stop treating its Christian citizens like pariahs, Muslims expect equal rights when they come here so why can they not offer Christians in Pakistan equal rights? I don't think thats being unreasonable or asking too much.
Yes, but isn't Pakistan an alleged ally?
I think it would be fine to demand a bit more from our allies, don't you?
I just believe that you should treat people the way you want to be treated, I just don't understand why Muslim countries feel like it is ok to treat Christians in their country like dirt but they expect the red carpet treatment when they go to a Western country.
I understand your frustration, however should we become like them and lose ourselves in the process?
Yep pretty bad, but it is there and not here.
And unlike some I do not believe we should be nor have the right to be the morality police force for the world.
I don't think its asking too much for Pakistan to stop treating its Christian citizens like pariahs, Muslims expect equal rights when they come here so why can they not offer Christians in Pakistan equal rights? I don't think thats being unreasonable or asking too much.
Just as they would like for the USA to stop killing Muslims? Or imprisioning them without trials?
Their country is their business, Our country is our business.
Has somethign to do with being a sovern nation.
