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PokemonYoutube
11/02/18 11:24:15 AM
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/01/asia-bibi-anti-blasphemy-protests-spread-across-pakistan

Asia Bibi: anti-blasphemy protests spread across Pakistan

Anti-blasphemy campaigners bring country to standstill in protest over acquittal of Bibi


Thousands of Islamist protesters have brought Pakistan to a standstill, burning rickshaws, cars and lorries to protest against the acquittal of a Christian womanwho spent eight years on death row on false charges of blasphemy.

Traffic jams held up ambulances and forced mothers to feed their babies by the side of the road, while authorities shut schools across most of the country.

Footage from the protests shows anti-blasphemy campaigners clubbing and throwing shoes at posters of Pakistans chief justice and the new prime minister, Imran Khan, who on Wednesday night threatened a fierce government response if protesters did not disperse.

We are ready to sacrifice our lives for this noble cause, one told the Guardian, and have rejected whatever rubbish the prime minister said in his speech.

The landmark release of Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old farm labourer, has pitched the state into the latest of several battles with supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan(TLP), a rabid, fast-growing political party that exists solely to punish blasphemers. Asia was charged with insulting the prophet Muhammad after she drank from a cup of water before passing it to Muslim fruit-pickers.

Police have so far shied away from arresting protesters and the powerful armed forces, which often appear to align with Islamists, have yet to issue a statement, despite TLP leaders daring to call for mutiny in its ranks.

On Thursday, rightwing religious organisations, including Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD), a charity founded by UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed, and the Jamaat-Ulema-e-Islam, announced that they would join the TLP protest on Friday, in what could become an unmanageable conflagration.

The new government of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) appeared to backtrack on Thursday evening, sending a five-member negotiating team to meet Khadim Hussain Rizvi, the leader of the TLP. Government officials released contradictory statements on whether they had placed Asia on the exit control list, which would prevent her fleeing the country.

In public speeches, Rizvi has said his only demand is that the mother-of-five be put to death, the punishment for blasphemy under Pakistans penal code. Our sit-in will go on until the government accepts our demand, he told the Guardian in a phone interview, denying reports that the sit-in would soon be over.

Imran Khan is scheduled to return on 5 November from a diplomatic visit to China, Pakistans oldest ally. Liberals hope that the prime minister, who echoed the TLPs rhetoric on the campaign trail and has already backed down before the group, will stick to his newfound principles under the most severe test of a turbulent first 10 weeks in power.

Its up in the air, said analyst Fasi Zaka. You still get the feeling they are figuring out what to do.


As if we need any more proof that Pakistan is a total lost cause.
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A_Good_Boy
11/02/18 11:26:49 AM
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Yikes
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PokemonYoutube
11/02/18 11:33:25 AM
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>religion of peace

>entire country in chaos over one non-believer not being executed
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darkphoenix181
11/02/18 11:33:53 AM
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I don't know about this case.

What do they claim the woman did?
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PokemonYoutube
11/02/18 11:34:43 AM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
I don't know about this case.

What do they claim the woman did?

Asia was charged with insulting the prophet Muhammad after she drank from a cup of water before passing it to Muslim fruit-pickers.
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SageHarpuia
11/02/18 11:35:46 AM
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These are people we should let immigrate into our country en masse
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PhazonReborn
11/02/18 11:36:21 AM
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Religion needs to go
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Dampproof
11/02/18 11:36:40 AM
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So a mother of five has spent 8 years on Death Row.... because she as a labourer drank water from a cup before passing to a muslim first.

I.... what?
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ghettoraider81
11/02/18 11:37:04 AM
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. Asia was charged with insulting the prophet Muhammad after she drank from a cup of water before passing it to Muslim fruit-pickers.
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darkphoenix181
11/02/18 11:39:36 AM
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Dampproof posted...
So a mother of five has spent 8 years on Death Row.... because she as a labourer drank water from a cup before passing to a muslim first.

I.... what?


Aren't they saying she insulted Mohammed or is not letting a muslim drink first enough to be put to death?
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Twin3Turbo
11/02/18 11:40:20 AM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Yikes

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apolloooo
11/02/18 11:41:08 AM
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PhazonReborn posted...
Religion needs to go

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VectorChaos
11/02/18 11:44:02 AM
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PokemonYoutube
11/02/18 11:44:09 AM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
Dampproof posted...
So a mother of five has spent 8 years on Death Row.... because she as a labourer drank water from a cup before passing to a muslim first.

I.... what?


Aren't they saying she insulted Mohammed or is not letting a muslim drink first enough to be put to death?

She was acquitted because there was no evidence that she actually insulted Mohammed. Still spent eight years on death row, though.

If you basically offend a Pakistani in any way, they will insult you of blasphemy and let the state sort it out. Best case scenario, you get acquitted after years of prison. Worst case scenario, you get lynched on the spot by an angry mob. Gotta love Pakistan.
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Tyranthraxus
11/02/18 11:44:40 AM
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How is it blasphemy for a Christian to insult Muhammad? Any Muslims here want to comment?
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Zikten
11/02/18 11:44:44 AM
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What in the fucking shit?
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spudger
11/02/18 11:44:52 AM
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apolloooo posted...
PhazonReborn posted...
Religion needs to go

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masterpug53
11/02/18 11:50:36 AM
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PokemonYoutube posted...
Asia was charged with insulting the prophet Muhammad after she drank from a cup of water before passing it to Muslim fruit-pickers.


This is how a nuclear superpower acts.
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Dampproof
11/02/18 11:50:50 AM
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darkphoenix181 posted...
Dampproof posted...
So a mother of five has spent 8 years on Death Row.... because she as a labourer drank water from a cup before passing to a muslim first.

I.... what?


Aren't they saying she insulted Mohammed or is not letting a muslim drink first enough to be put to death?


It looks like she had a long standing fued with someone else and "caught" her drinking from a cup which may or may not have been used by someone else. Apparently its bad for a christian and muslim to use the same cup?

Anyways the chick returned with a mob a couple days later claiming he said she said blasphemy and a lynching starts.

Five days after the incident, a local Muslim leader, Qari Salem, jumped into the matter and pressured some people in the area to claim that she committed blasphemy. When finding no way to get Ms. Bibi to confess, Salem used the loudspeakers of the mosque, as other Muslim leaders usually do in the cases of alleged blasphemy acts, to spread the news of blasphemy and instigate the people of the locality to punish the alleged blasphemer. The people of the locality beat her severely in the presence of her children

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The Great Muta 22
11/02/18 11:51:24 AM
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This is why hard religious conservativism is fucking awful.
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darkphoenix181
11/02/18 11:52:42 AM
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Dampproof posted...
The people of the locality beat her severely in the presence of her children


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spudger
11/02/18 11:54:08 AM
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The Great Muta 22 posted...
This is why hard religious conservativism is fucking awful.

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SageHarpuia
11/02/18 11:54:29 AM
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I love how when a Christian group does something awful you guys have no problem calling all Christians specifically out on it but when another group does something awful it's "religion in general"
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Twin3Turbo
11/02/18 11:55:58 AM
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Dampproof posted...
The people of the locality beat her severely in the presence of her children

Yikes
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Twin3Turbo
11/02/18 11:56:25 AM
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SageHarpuia posted...
I love how when a Christian group does something awful you guys have no problem calling all Christians specifically out on it but when another group does something awful it's "religion in general"

Here I'll do it for you

Islam needs to go

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teepan95
11/02/18 11:56:32 AM
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TIL: a number of protestors in the thousands = the whole country -_-
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nemu
11/02/18 11:58:41 AM
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SageHarpuia posted...
I love how when a Christian group does something awful you guys have no problem calling all Christians specifically out on it but when another group does something awful it's "religion in general"

This is a large population of a "developed country" and it is in line with very common views held by people following the religion coming from that region.
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SageHarpuia
11/02/18 11:59:48 AM
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Twin3Turbo posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
I love how when a Christian group does something awful you guys have no problem calling all Christians specifically out on it but when another group does something awful it's "religion in general"

Here I'll do it for you

Islam needs to go

Feel better?

Yes.
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Tyranthraxus
11/02/18 12:05:04 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
I love how when a Christian group does something awful you guys have no problem calling all Christians specifically out on it but when another group does something awful it's "religion in general"


As if the thousands of posts that were just "religion of peace" being moderated on a daily basis wasn't enough for you. Have to make sure Islam is specifically called out in every single thread everywhere.
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The Great Muta 22
11/02/18 12:09:41 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
I love how when a Christian group does something awful you guys have no problem calling all Christians specifically out on it but when another group does something awful it's "religion in general"


I don't care for the influence that of religion as a whole on how it shapes nations around the world and wish it's influence was minuscule, at best. However, for the practitioners and different sects anyway, I can recognize that there's a scale between "hardcore fundamentalism bastardizing their religion to control the population" and "liberally using religious doctrine as a positive influence in their life". Quite frankly, it doesn't matter what the religion is, be it mono or poly theistic in nature, for me to feel that way.
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Twin3Turbo
11/02/18 12:22:34 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
Twin3Turbo posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
I love how when a Christian group does something awful you guys have no problem calling all Christians specifically out on it but when another group does something awful it's "religion in general"

Here I'll do it for you

Islam needs to go

Feel better?

Yes.

Sorry to hear your poor little feelings couldn't handle Christianity being shitted on without it's cousin being shitted on as well
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Kolibri X
11/02/18 12:50:40 PM
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They also have nukes.
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PokemonYoutube
11/02/18 12:51:47 PM
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Kolibri X posted...
They also have nukes.

I'm still not entirely sure how such a backwards nation managed to get their hands on nuclear technology.
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Tyranthraxus
11/02/18 2:06:32 PM
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PokemonYoutube posted...
Kolibri X posted...
They also have nukes.

I'm still not entirely sure how such a backwards nation managed to get their hands on nuclear technology.


They developed the tech when nobody was looking because America and USSR were busy having a cold war.
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11/02/18 2:08:54 PM
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Peaceistan
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solosnake
11/02/18 2:11:16 PM
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I really hope that woman has gotten out of the country by now. Hopefully the international community can help rescue her
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The Great Muta 22
11/02/18 2:16:36 PM
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PokemonYoutube posted...
Kolibri X posted...
They also have nukes.

I'm still not entirely sure how such a backwards nation managed to get their hands on nuclear technology.


Long story way too short: China
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Dampproof
11/02/18 2:22:48 PM
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solosnake posted...
I really hope that woman has gotten out of the country by now. Hopefully the international community can help rescue her


Government officials released contradictory statements on whether they had placed Asia on the exit control list, which would prevent her fleeing the country.

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UnholyMudcrab
11/02/18 2:26:16 PM
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Hulkasaurusrex
11/02/18 2:26:35 PM
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Hulkasaurusrex
11/02/18 2:27:56 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Let's see how long that post lasts


Lets see how long your activist mod leaves that one up
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ALLCAPSNOSPACES
11/02/18 2:29:06 PM
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Hulkasaurusrex posted...

You need help
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Hulkasaurusrex
11/02/18 2:33:26 PM
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You might be surprised by this but thats not the first time i have heard that. Oh also you didnt dispute anything you just insulted me good debate.
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The Great Muta 22
11/02/18 2:42:03 PM
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Hulkasaurusrex posted...
You might be surprised by this but thats not the first time i have heard that. Oh also you didnt dispute anything you just insulted me good debate.


No one was trying to debate you lmao.

Why do your type always think everything online needs to be an "official fact bases debate where there's a winner and loser!"? Sometimes it's just people mocking you
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Twin3Turbo
11/02/18 2:51:10 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Let's see how long that post lasts

What did it say
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Solar_Crimson
11/02/18 3:07:07 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
These are people we should let immigrate into our country en masse

Because all Muslims are like this.
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PokemonYoutube
11/02/18 5:07:18 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
These are people we should let immigrate into our country en masse

Because all Muslims are like this.

Not all of them, but definitely a substantially large portion of them to give reasonable cause for concern.
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The Great Muta 22
11/02/18 5:22:32 PM
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PokemonYoutube posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
These are people we should let immigrate into our country en masse

Because all Muslims are like this.

Not all of them, but definitely a substantially large portion of them to give reasonable cause for concern.


Which is why the US has had one of the stringiest vetting programs in the world for the last few decades.
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