Re: Blasphemy Law
Which begs the question: why are these laws interpreted in such an extreme manner in Pakistan, but not in countries like the UK (which I believe, technically, has a state religion and blasphemy law). As always, it’s a combination of things, but it should be noted that extremism was promoted in Pakistan. It’s not a popular, or well known fact but Pakistan was created with the consent of the British, i.e. Churchill. Now why would a racist imperialist want to help Muslims? He didn’t. He realized that India could become a powerful country, which, if it had a large Muslim population, would have cultural ties to the Middle East and its resources. Pakistan was meant to act as a check to India, and even though Pakistan had better economic policies in the 60’s (it could have been where South Korea and Canada are today), India and Pakistan’s ridiculous feud has kept both countries in turmoil. Furthermore, Wahhabis and the US government, with the help of the Pakistani army, systematically eliminated religious leaders who preached tolerance and moderate interpretations of Islam.
My point is that other countries have meddled in Pakistan’s affairs since its creation, and our people have foolishly sold the state out and allowed themselves to be manipulated.