[ April 24, 2024 ]
Expect the West to do nothing, say nothing, to address the ongoing plight of the Christians in Pakistan. Authorities in the West are far too cowed and compromised to say a word about Pakistan’s legal double standard. And it’s even worse than that. Not only won’t they act, but Western elites strictly adhere and enforce the blasphemy laws under the sharia. They attack those of us, like me, who refuse to submit to the most savage and extreme ideology on the face of the earth. Because our stand in defense of freedom shows them to be the craven quislings that they are. They won’t depict Muhammad or say a cross word about that mass murderer, but they viciously attack decent Americans who stand in defense of freedom. And they let this ongoing miscarriage of justice in Pakistan continue without a word.
“Court in Pakistan Acquits 20 Muslims Suspected in Brick-Kiln Killing of Christian Couple,” Morning Star News, March 25, 2018:
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – An anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday (March 24) acquitted 20 Muslims suspected of involvement in the killing and burning in a brick kiln of a Christian couple in 2014, sources said.
Story continues below advertisementA frenzied Muslim mob of hundreds, incited by announcements made over a mosque loudspeaker, tortured and killed Shahzad Masih, 26, and 24-year-old Shama Masih in November 2014 after they were accused of blasphemy in Punjab’s Kot Radha Kishan area. In 2016 five Muslims were sentenced to death for the killing and eight others were sentenced to two years in prison for their involvement, but Christians believe Saturday’s verdict dashes hopes of complete justice for the family of the slain brick-kiln workers.
The mob tore the clothes off the couple, struck them, broke their legs, dragged them behind a tractor and threw them into the burning furnace of a brick kiln – even though Shama Masih, a pregnant mother of four, was illiterate and could not have known even if koranic verses were among debris that she had burned. Under Pakistan’s widely condemned blasphemy statutes, intent must be shown for a conviction of desecrating the Koran.
Attorney Aneeqa Maria, who is representing Shama Masih’s family, said the court acquitted the 20 men on Saturday (March 24), giving them the benefit of the doubt. She said the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had already granted bail to the lead suspect, Yousaf Gujjar, in April 2016, raising doubts about the Punjab government’s intention to deliver justice to the family.
“The government itself is complainant in the case, while the police officials present on the scene witnessed the entire incident and identified the accused,” she said. “Yet, we were appalled when Gujjar walked out on bail, and now more suspects have been let off by the court due to insufficient evidence.”
She added that of 140 suspects named, police had been able to arrest 81, while 59 were still absconding.
The police First Information Report (FIR) filed at the time said between 500 and 600 people were in the mob that burned the couple in Chak 59 village, Kot Radha Kishan, Kasur, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Lahore.
Gujjar’s name was on top of the list of 52 suspects that police believed were directly responsible for the incident. The investigation at that time found Gujjar and his son “guilty of egging on a prayer leader to declare Shama and Shahzad guilty of blasphemy from the loudspeaker of a mosque.”
Five relatives of Shahzad Masih, including his two brothers, however, told the ATC that Gujjar was not present at the crime scene. A police official who is the complainant in the case also retracted his statement in court regarding Gujjar’s presence at the time of the incident. Shama’s family insists that Gujjar had played a major role in the lynching, as he had forcibly stopped the couple from leaving the kiln since they owed him money.
Senior Supreme Court Advocate Saiful Malook told Morning Star News that the acquittals showed that police had intentionally built a weak case.
“This case could have been a watershed moment for the Pakistani government to regain confidence of its minorities and the international community regarding concerns over the violence perpetrated in the name of blasphemy, however the developments in the case are very disappointing,” he told Morning Star News.
Malook, who is pleading the appeal in the Supreme Court of Christian mother Aasiya Noreen (commonly known as Asia Bibi) against her death sentence under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, said that violence against minority communities, particularly Christians, cannot be contained unless the government fulfills its responsibility completely.
“The government made an unprecedented move by becoming complainant in the case,” he said. “It should have ensured that the case was watertight so that no accused would be able to escape justice, however grant of bail to the lead suspect and acquittals of several others shows the government lacked the commitment to follow the case in the first place.”
The gruesome incident prompted the Pakistani government itself to become the claimant against the double murder, the first such move by the government in a blasphemy case, but it slowly began to lose interest in the case, attorney Maria said.
In the November 2016 convictions, the ATC also directed the convicts – Muslim cleric Hafiz Ishtiaq, Mehdi Khan, Riaz Kumboh, Irfan Shakoor and Muhammad Hanif – to pay 100,000 rupees (about US$1,000) each as compensation to the heirs of the victims.
The eight convicted of aiding and abetting the crime are Muhammad Hussain, Noorul Hasan, Muhammad Arsalan, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Muneer, Muhammad Ramazan, Irfan and Hafiz Shahid….
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18 Comments
6 years ago
Forkin’ pakky moslems … The mayor of loontown simply cannot get enough of them. Time for him to bring a few million more … Diversity is the strength of loontown.
6 years ago
There is no reason for have anything to do with pakistan, it is regressing back to the primitive conditions of medieval islam, there is no hope for a country that demands to be subhuman. Their goal is to emulate democrats.
6 years ago
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Mahou Shoujo
“Their goal is to emulate democrats.” Quite observant. REALLY on a roll.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
David Hogg should visit Pakistan at the expense of George Soros to advocate gun laws – and see how long he lasts after the authorities have him arrested.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Yes, they do, their delivery system consists of the postal service.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
I believe Paki has SRBM’s and they are nuclear capable.
https://www.dawn.com/news/785266
I hope JP has an extensive anti-missile defense system, the 21st century is going to inevitably have nuclear fireworks.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
… and get still jizyah‘protection money’ 9:29 from USA, Trump want to stop!! 🙂
p166 ‘… this is how the mafia operates’ AliSina.org
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Amen, Mahou; well said, their goal is to emulate Democrats, exactly. Pakistan is a swamp of disaffection, perversion; simply, an incubator for breeding Muslim Terrorists. Admittedly, Pakistan isn’t the only incubator. The EU and America are becoming incubators for this parasitical scourge. Certainly, America is not at the EU’s extreme but it is only a matter of time, unless the Patriots fight the Jihadist-breeders and their allies, the Democrats and numerous others. I break out in a rash at the mention of Democrats, a so-called political party that weighs no allegiance to this Republic.
6 years ago
“desecrating the koran”.
Take a look at what (former) Navy SEAL Ben Smith did to the koran.
F- pisslam.
6 years ago
LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – An anti-‘terror’ism 8:12 court ….
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWvFntOhkxY
6 years ago
OT: Tolerant, ‘… I will cleanse my country of EVERY Jew’ https://sunnah.com/bukhari/56/138-139 https://sunnah.com/muslim/54/101-105
https://youtu.be/BoXByM9RUZ0
6 years ago
All you have to do is read up on Nissar Hussain’s story. He’s a convert here in the U.K. and in doing so almost cost his life.
Yes, in the U.K..
6 years ago
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Osip Mikhailov
Mafia godfather (40:2) -> ‘… kill them wherevery you find them’ (‘turn away’, ex-Muslims) 4:89
… to allah’ss ‘law’ (known as sharia) https://quran.com/5/48 OVER man-made laws Art 1; 2, 2 German Basic law (Constitution),
Section 241 Criminal law, …
ISSLAM IS A ONE-WAY ROAD!!
6 years ago
It is because of Islam loving, non repentant souls who do things like this, that I love the existence of Hell. It is just. I could not respect God if Hell didn’t exist.
6 years ago
Ah blasphemy laws, the cornerstone of Shari’a law and enforced in all 58 muslum sh!ttystans that comprise the muslum world today — incl. Dearbornistan, Michigan.
6 years ago
Muslims show no mercy. Christians should do the best that they can to leave Muslim countries.
6 years ago
These are signs WAR is coming. The tribes are getting restless.
6 years ago
So the only punishment was a blood money payment? Same punishment as in Soddy Barbaria.
