27 November 2014

Veena Malik and the modern witch-hunt of Pakistani blasphemy laws

It’s hard to read about the blasphemy convictions handed down to Pakistani actress Veena Malik and her husband Asad Bashir, media owner Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, and television presenter host Shaista Wahidi without a sense of frustration and confusion over the arbitrary application of the country’s blasphemy laws.

Malik and Bashir took part in a restaging of their wedding on a programme on Geo TV, owned by Shakil-ur-Rahman. Playing in the background was a song about the marriage of one of Mohammad’s daughters. That, apparently, was enough to trigger a prosecution.

[A TOP RATED COMMENT] Has David Cameron said "This has nothing to do with Islam" yet? I hope I haven't missed it because it cracks me up every time. One of the funniest catchphrases ever.

It's like Tommy Cooper and "Just like that!" You know it's repetitive nonsense and not really even funny at all - but the sheer unadulterated, predictable daftness of it always has you in stitches. Theresa May has taken to using it but it doesn't have the same effect. It's the way Dave tells 'em!

[ANOTHER] And the lesson is - don't let any more followers of the Prophet into this country!

[ANOTHER] In other news, "men of Somali heritage" (i.e. Muslims) have been convicted of "sexual abuse" of vulnerable non-Muslim girls in Bristol.

Pursuant to the Koran (4.3), some Muslim men consider "sex with vulnerable non-Muslim females" to be their "entitlement".

So, there have now been groups of "men of Pakistani heritage" and "men of Somali heritage" convicted of "sexual abuse" of non-Muslim females. [The Telegraph] Read more