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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan accused of blasphemy stoned to death by mob in Pakistan
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-accused-blasphemy-stoned-death-082512565.htmlMULTAN, Pakistan (AP) An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday.
The custodian of a local mosque said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque Saturday evening and told others before informing police, according to police spokesman Chaudhry Imran. The violence took place in a village in the district of Khanewal in Punjab province.
Imran said police rushed to the scene, where a man was found surrounded by an angry crowd. Officer Mohammad Iqbal and two subordinates tried to take custody of the man but the group began throwing stones at them, seriously injuring Iqbal and slightly injuring the other two officers.
Munawar Gujjar, chief of Tulamba police station, said he rushed reinforcements to the mosque but they did not arrive before the mob had stoned to death the man and hung his body from a tree.
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Of all the strange crimes that human beings have legislated out of nothing, blasphemy is the most amazingwith obscenity and indecent exposure fighting it out for second and third place.
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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Man accused of blasphemy stoned to death by mob in Pakistan (Original Post)
Dial H For Hero
Feb 2022
OP
All it takes is a flimsy accusation for the mob to go nuts and murder someone for
tblue37
Feb 2022
#1
I'm sure as usual there was also coincidentally a personal dispute between the two men
ck4829
Feb 2022
#2
Here the christofascists make laws where you call in and rat somone out and maybe sue...
Thomas Hurt
Feb 2022
#3
tblue37
(65,829 posts)1. All it takes is a flimsy accusation for the mob to go nuts and murder someone for
alleged blasphemy.
ck4829
(35,153 posts)2. I'm sure as usual there was also coincidentally a personal dispute between the two men
Its always weird how if someone has a land dispute or a personal grievance that someone commits blasphemy in Pakistan.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)3. Here the christofascists make laws where you call in and rat somone out and maybe sue...
for blaspheming their ideology or faith. Welcome to the Christian Republic of the United States
Budi
(15,325 posts)4. Can we relocate Q's to a country more like them?
Pakistan seems nice.
Liberal In Texas
(13,765 posts)5. Ah, religion.
Die for burning a book.
rictofen
(236 posts)6. I'm reminded of this Onion article...