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Muslim Blasphemy Laws?
Another Victim of Muslim Blasphemy Laws
“This is a competition for the soul of Islam, at the moment held by extremist ideologues” said Kamran Bokhari, an expert on South Asia at the global intelligence.
The alleged killer was calm, well-composed, with no visible signs of repentance on his face and probably confident about his bright future in paradise. He may have read the fatwa issued by the Aalami Jamaat Ahle Sunnat on November 24, declaring Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer an ‘apostate’ for raising his voice to free blasphemy convict Aasia Bibi. He may have seen the burning of effigies of Salmaan Taseer and Sherry Rehman during protest processions organised by the Sunni Ittehad Council on December 31. He may have been convinced that killing for religion is justified and that he would be amply rewarded in the afterlife. The textbooks he read in school may have taught him to hate people of other religions. Hatred, once engrossed in a raw mind, does not confine itself to any boundaries. It breeds intolerance, which has been encouraged by various pillars of the states. Anyone who dares to raise their voice against intolerance and bigotry is termed a ghaddar or kafir. People with open minds and rational thinking are coerced through different means. Murder is one of them.
Another Victim of Muslim Blasphemy Laws