Girl accused of blasphemy for a spelling error

[BlueBells]

Re: Girl accused of blasphemy for a spelling error

Honestly speaking, it's hard to imagine an Eight grader making a mistake between laanat and naat in Pakistan (it isn't just a nukta like KKF implied).

However it's not impossible and punishing the child for it is beyond retarded. Forget the extremists who are confirmed retards, the overreaction by the teacher and principal in this case is even more disturbing.

[Mirch]

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@Theorist

^Yes, exactly! Which is why the current system is so dangerous for the nonmuslim minorities in Pakistan. Phir jab secularism ki baat karo to they turn a blind eye to things like this.

Pakistan is adha teeter adha batair . If it was true Islamic state , there would be no injustice, no extremism . A true Islamic state is supposed to be real secular state. Since this girl and her mother apologized for an unintentional mistake , In a true Islamic state they would have been pardoned and would maintain their dignity.

[Decent_6Chora]

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Stupidity has no boundaries

[Theorist]

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Pakistan is adha teeter adha batair . If it was true Islamic state , there would be no injustice, no extremism . A true Islamic state is supposed to be real secular state. Since this girl and her mother apologized for an unintentional mistake , In a true Islamic state they would have been pardoned and would maintain their dignity.

What an oxymoron!

How can Islamic state be secular? Unless you meant to say something else. Besides, I don't feel they should have been even asked to apologize. It was a mistake. A mistake is a mistake and it wasn't a meditated one. And it's not like she needed to repent for her sins.

[queer]

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given that theorist almost got lynched for something harmless by educated maadratars of religion forum, i'm not surprised such stuff happens..

[Lucid_Chaotic]

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What else do you expect in a country where your love for the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is assessed on the basis of whether you keep a beard like him and whether you hang your trousers above your ankles, but not by whether you act like Muhammad (PBUH) or you forgive like Muhammad (PBUH).

Only these radical Muslims would assume God & Prophet to be so insecure that they need to “protect” their honour from the conduct of a child... Wretched Thaikeydaars of Islam!

[hareem01]

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@aurchaepiyo

ANd if the girl was Muslim, there would be no question of accusing her of blasphemy or of punishing the entire family – it would be the obvious spelling or orthographic error that it is. What Christian in Pakistan is going to purposely poke the bear? Ridiculous!!

it’s a CHILD for God’s sake.

[TLK]

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In a move that was apparently meant to pacify the religious elements clamouring for action against the teenage ‘blasphemer’, the POF administration expelled her from the school on Saturday. Faryal was not the only one who got in trouble for her spelling error, however, as her mother, Sarafeen Bhatti, who was a staff nurse at the POF Hospital Havelian for several years, was immediately transferred to POF Wah Cantonment Hospital.

Did anyone even read this part . I personally think that POF admin did a good job by taking enough action to put a lid on otherwise violent reaction by some fundamentalist public elements. WHat admin did is to transfer the mom away from the known crowd to prevent her for any possible hate crime. Same with expelling the girl. She can go to another school where people may not be aware of this incident.

Har baat ka ghalat matlab naa nikala karain aap loug

[Monk]

Re: Girl accused of blasphemy for a spelling error

^ boss jao ja ker humari numa'edngi karo..
bachi ko bachani ki koshish kareen.

[BlueBells]

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@TLK

Did anyone even read this part . I personally think that POF admin did a good job by taking enough action to put a lid on otherwise violent reaction by some fundamentalist public elements. WHat admin did is to transfer the mom away from the known crowd to prevent her for any possible hate crime. Same with expelling the girl. She can go to another school where people may not be aware of this incident.

Har baat ka ghalat matlab naa nikala karain aap loug

Yeah but it shouldn’t have blown out of proportion in the first place. The teacher and principal could have dealt with it much better. If it was a mistake, ignored it and if it was deliberate then maybe give her a lecture on how one should be respectful of of other religions instead of letting the fanatics get a hang of the situation.

[Mirch]

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@TLK

Did anyone even read this part . I personally think that POF admin did a good job by taking enough action to put a lid on otherwise violent reaction by some fundamentalist public elements. WHat admin did is to transfer the mom away from the known crowd to prevent her for any possible hate crime. Same with expelling the girl. She can go to another school where people may not be aware of this incident.

Har baat ka ghalat matlab naa nikala karain aap loug

With so much publicity , media coverage and real names and identities revealed , do you think that those extremist fundamentalists will relax. Pretty soon they will be calling for a case to be registered or some extremist morons might file a case. I hope and pray that this ends here. Ameen.

[TLK]

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@ monk .But admin took a wise step to bachaa'o the bachchi already. its stupid moron tribune.pk who is advertising the full name of bachchi and her mother.

[TLK]

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With so much publicity , media coverage and real names and identities revealed , do you think that those extremist fundamentalists will relax. Pretty soon they will be calling for a case to be registered or some extremist morons might file a case. I hope and pray that this ends here. Ameen.

Yes that is why I said what I said in #32

[BlueBells]

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With so much publicity , media coverage and real names and identities revealed , do you think that those extremist fundamentalists will relax. Pretty soon they will be calling for a case to be registered or some extremist morons might file a case. I hope and pray that this ends here. Ameen.

True, who is to say she's any safer now and other Christians/minorities won't be targeted for hate crime as a result of this.

[Enigmatic]

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@TLK

But admin took a wise step to bachaa’o the bachchi already. its stupid moron tribune.pk who is advertising the full name of bachchi and her mother.

tribune.pk are also the one who had this blaring headline of the blasphemy error leading to expulsion of a Christian child.

Now even if the girl and her mother had been transferred, the names have been broacasted enough for them that could potentially harm them (God forbid)

[Gaia]

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@Theorist

^Yes, exactly! Which is why the current system is so dangerous for the nonmuslim minorities in Pakistan. Phir jab secularism ki baat karo to they turn a blind eye to things like this.

What if this little girl was Muslim, would the reactions have been any different?

And

Fareeda Bibi should be the one beat.

[Muzna]

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I'd like to have someone go interview this teacher and principal...........ask them what they hoped to accomplish with these actions.....

sad to see this sort of stuff can happen in an educational institute at the hands of those that we trust to teach our kids right from wrong.

[Lucid_Chaotic]

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I'd like to have someone go interview this teacher and principal...........ask them what they hoped to accomplish with these actions.....

sad to see this sort of stuff can happen in an educational institute at the hands of those that we trust to teach our kids right from wrong.

That's what irks me about this news story... while many of us have condemned the execution of the blasphemy law before, it's the context of this case that is bothersome. Didn't the teacher or the principal have the brains to discuss and confer the benign nature of this mistake and stop the word from getting out? Why was this even made into an issue in the first place?

[Theorist]

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^and what makes you think this doesn't happen all the time? I bet this happens more than we'd like to acknowledge.

[Asif1981]

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Makes me glad my family left Pakistan before I was born.