Blasphemy - Christian couple killed and burnt

[Med911]

Re: Blasphemy - Christian couple killed and burnt

@Captain1

The law is THE result of extremism that existed when it was created… you can consider it chicken-egg scenario, but to me the law came into being because there was extremism in the society. The extremism in the society is what we need to take care of first before we can do anything about the law. You can eliminate the law for all I care but the mob-kill-alleged-blasphemer cases will not disappear.

Well then the law made it worse… It certainly didnt help the situation. They took a bad situation and added even more fuel too it. You dont tackle extremism by enabling it. One of the reasons there is so much extremism is because the govt never does anything about it. Whenever the conservative right wing barks, the govt cowers and gives in to all their demands. Instead of punishing Mullahs who preach hatred and instigate violence, they make laws like the “blasphemy” law which only emboldens them further. And then when people get hurt, everyone forgets that laws like the blasphemy law were made in order to avoid such situations. Enko sar peh sawar rukha hai and this is what you get.

There was some hope that after the 1953 Anti Ahmadi riots the people who instigated the violence would be punished (thats the only time I have ever heard they arrested the offending mullah). But then everything went to sh1t when instead of fighting extremists, they decided to cave into them and declare Ahmadis non muslim. That really made it all better didnt it!

Bottom line, stop enabling extremists with such laws. Create an environment where such extremism is not tolerated. Start by undoing idiotic laws like this one (and continue with deposing of all discriminatory laws, including those against Ahmadis).