Re: Blasphemy Law
Is it so hard to imagine that a law which calls for the death of those who insult a religion, which in most cases is Islam, would lead zealots to go on a hateful rampage? Never mind the fact that the man was wrongly accused. This is what you’re not getting: the law provides justification which inevitably results in escalation.
What if the normal response to a religious offense was a fine? Or perhaps a law suit? The masses are idiotic, and this applies to the majority in every part of the world. They will swim in the ocean that’s created for them. If you consider the murder of blasphemer to be just, and a cause for praise, then the average idiot goes on a rampage because that’s what the culture, judicial system, state, and molvi saab have taught him.
Furthermore, for those defending such laws, what do they provide society?** If the law was removed today, would Pakistanis (the overwhelming majority of whom are Muslim) suddenly start insulting their religion?**
If the law was removed today, would the incident wherin the Christians’ properties vandalized not have happened. It is the mentality that has to change. Changing the law might help, but unless something is done about the upbringing nothing can change.