#Blasphemy: Quran has a different view dailytimes.com.pk/668567/blasphe… via @dailytimespak
The Pakistan Tehreek Insaf #PTI government on Tuesday introduced the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2020 in the National Assembly to make intentional ridiculing and defaming the armed forces as a punishable crime.
In June this year the National Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution making it mandatory to write ‘Khatam-un-Nabiyeen’ along with Prophet Muhammad’s name in official documents, books and wherever the holy name is used.
#FinalityoftheProphet
Pakistan’s anti-blasphemy law enacted by President General Zia-ul-Haq in1986 and later amended by the parliament in 2004.Prior to 1986, only 14 cases pertaining to #blasphemy were reported. An estimated number of 1,500 people have been charged under the stringent blasphemy laws.
Junaid Hafeez: a university lecturer was arrested in March 2013 and accused of posting derogatory comments about the Prophet Muhammad on social media. 34 year-old has been imprisoned without trial for six years, in solitary confinement. He was sentenced to death in December 2019.
In April, 2017, a large group of students formed into a mob, accusing these students of running a Facebook page where Mashal was allegedly publishing blasphemous material. Mashal was killed inside the premises of the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.
He was in the hostel of the university when he was stripped naked and severely beaten by a group of students and then shot. He succumbed to his injuries.The mob was seen kicking his lifeless body and beating it with wooden planks.
He was also thrown from the second floor of the building. At least 25 policemen were present in the university premises when Khan was killed. On the following day, Mashal Khan’s funeral was led by his father. Most neighbours kept away from the funeral.
Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; but turn away from the ignorant.
The Quran, Al A’raf 7:199
And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace.
The Quran, Al-Furqan 25: 63
On the Finality of the Prophet:
“#Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all things.”
The Quran, Al-Ahzab 33: 40
Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from ERROR.
The Quran, Al-Baqarah 2: 256
According to an insertion 500A in the Pakistan Penal Code Act 1860, whosoever intentionally ridicules, brings into disrepute or defames the armed forces or member shall be guilty of the offence.It will be punishable with two years’ imprisonment or Rs0.5 million fines
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