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Pakistan Court Sentences 5 People to Death For Killing Christian Couple They Accused of ‘Blasphemy’ Against Islam!

This is highly commendable because if it were to be in Nigeria, the perpetrators will walk away freely smiling and Nigerian government and the judiciary needs to emulate Pakistan on this if they truly want to curb the rising religious extremism that has been going on in the northern part of Nigeria. If Pakistan, a more Muslim nation can do this, why can't Nigeria

Read the sad news below:

A Pakistani anti-terror court sentenced five people to death on Wednesday over the killing of a Christian couple who were lynched and burned in a kiln after being falsely accused of blasphemy.

The deaths of Shahzad Masih and Shama Bibi caused outrage in Pakistan and saw other Christian families living near their home in Punjab flee the area in fear.

The illiterate couple had been falsely accused of tossing out pages of the Koran along with the rubbish, desecrating the Muslim holy book.

Blasphemy is legally punishable by death in the deeply conservative Muslim country, where even unproven accusations can stir violence.

Critics say the laws are abused to wage personal vendettas, often against Christians.

Witnesses described how an angry mob of hundreds of people set upon the couple near the town of Kot Radha Kishan in Punjab in 2014, attacking them and then throwing their bodies into a brick kiln.

It is unclear whether they were still alive when tossed into the kiln.

Riaz Anjum, the lawyer representing the couple’s family, said a total of 103 people had been charged in the case. But the court in the eastern city of Lahore had acquitted 90, including the owner of the brick kiln.

He had been accused of locking the couple up as they tried to flee for fear they would default on their debt to him.

Apart from the five sentenced to hang, eight others were given two years’ imprisonment.

“The five people awarded the death sentence were involved in dragging, beating and burning the couple while the other eight played a supportive role according to the judgement,” Anjum said.

Senior prosecutor Khurram Khan confirmed the ruling.

Police have traditionally been reluctant to clamp down on mob violence for fear of enraging Islamists, a fact not lost upon the relatives of the deceased.

It was not clear when the death sentences would be carried out.

After the attack it emerged that the couple had been falsely accused.

Shahzad’s father, a faith healer who used pages with inscriptions in many languages for his work, had died shortly before the incident. The family was burning documents that belonged to him.

Culled from: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-sentences-five-to-death-over-burning-of-christian-couple/story-aZCaR1UcoFHjkHuqPkvYdL.html

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wow i like that!

if it were to be in Nigeria,were we have two constitution .... they would have been release and given the go ahead to kill more by one idiot judge.....may the Saul of the redeem female preacher RIP...and may thunder strick the judge who freed her killers...

Hmm. If a Muslim wants you killed in a Muslim dominated region, all he needs to do is to accuse you of blasphemy / disrespect to their prophet / desecration of the quran. His fellow Muslim brethren will ask no questions and demand no proof before dispatching you quickly.

Religion of peace indeed.

blessedvisky:
Hmm. If a Muslim wants you killed in a Muslim dominated region, all he needs to do is to accuse you of blasphemy / disrespect to their prophet / desecration of the quran. His fellow Muslim brethren will ask no questions and demand no proof before dispatching you quickly.

Religion of peace indeed.

Really a pathetic situation, which makes me wonder atimes

ever811:
if it were to be in Nigeria,were we have two constitution .... they would have been release and given the go ahead to kill more by one idiot judge.....may the Soul of the RCCG female preacher RIP...and may thunder strike the judge who freed her killers...

Her blood and that of the other Igbo woman killed in the north will sure cry for justice now or in future, but most people will think its a forgotten issue

I believe that for any society to grow there has to be socio-cultural, political, ethnic, religious and educational openness.
Most islamic countries allow secular social structures, the seperate social life from religion. They dont force you to be religious but they set moral standards, of which has nothing to do with religious inclination.

When we allow people to us religion, ethnicity, political affinity, creed, organization, class and race as a cover to pervert the laws of the land then there is a big problem. For such a society will nt grow, but would certainly grow apart. Wonder why Nigeria is facing threat of seccession and factionalism?

When there is perception of selective injustice, there is always tendency for factionalism and there will always be conflict and retrogression.

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