How Backward Can Pakistan Be? Torching Churches and Blasphemy Laws

And then Muslims get upset because of Islamophobia. If there is Islamophobia, it is because of barbaric laws and acts of violence like this. Same thing with Zionist Jews: You want to understand why there is anti-semitism? Just look at the barbaric acts of violence perpetrated by Jews in occupied Palestine. Then they get upset because of anti-semitism.

Pakistan is one of the most backward countries on earth, deeply Islamic and poor. The only reason it is "respected" is because it has the atomic bomb. Wait till Iran gets nuclear, then everyone will respect it. Illegally nuclear Israel is respected as well, and it doesn't want anyone else in the neighborhood to be nuclear, which explains the warmongering between the two backward ultra-religious barbarian countries.

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Dozens rally in Pakistan after a Christian man is sentenced to death for blasphemy
Associated Press
Tue, July 2, 2024




Members from Pakistan's minority community and civil society chant slogans during a demonstration against the conviction of a Christian man on charges of blasphemy and condemn the country's blasphemy laws, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. A court had awarded a death sentence to Ehsan Shan after finding him guilty of sharing "hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
ASSOCIATED PRESS

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Dozens of members from Pakistan's civil society rallied on Tuesday in the southern port city of Karachi against the death sentence handed down to a Christian man on blasphemy charges, nearly a year after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the country.

Several Christians also joined the rally which comes a day after a court in Sahiwal in the Punjab province announced the death sentence to Ehsan Shan after finding him guilty of sharing “hateful content" against Muslims on social media.

Shan's lawyer Khurram Shahzad said on Monday he will appeal the verdict.

He was arrested in August 2023 after groups of Muslim men burned dozens of homes and churches in the city of Jaranwala in Punjab after some residents claimed they saw two Christian men desecrating pages from Islam’s holy book, the Quran. The two men were later arrested.

Though Shan was not party to the desecration, he was accused of reposting the defaced pages of the Quran on his TikTok account.

At Tuesday's rally in Karachi, a Christian leader, Luke Victor, called for Shah's release.

He also demanded action against those who were involved in burning churches and homes of Christians in Jaranwala.

Blasphemy accusations are common in Pakistan. Under the country’s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or Islamic religious figures can be sentenced to death. While authorities have yet to carry out a death sentence for blasphemy, often a mere accusation can cause riots and incite mobs to violence, lynching and killings.