Islamist protesters call for Sharia in Pakistan after Salman Taseer blasphemy row

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: The Independent

Thousands have clashed with police in Islamabad in the second day of protests over blasphemy laws in Pakistan.

Demonstrators gathered outside Parliament and other key buildings demanding authorities implement Sharia, or Islamic law.

As many as 25,000 protesters occupied the high-security zone in Islamabad to press their demands, with some setting fire to cars. The army was deployed on Sunday to contain the rioters.

Protesters marched from the garrison town of Rawalpindi to Islamabad against the execution of Mumtaz Qadri, who some hard-line Muslims consider a hero for murdering Punjab province governor Salman Taseer.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/islamist-protesters-call-for-sharia-in-pakistan-after-salman-taseer-blasphemy-row-a6956896.html

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[HeartoftheMidwest]

1. Yes, all those men and women are demanding the implementation ......

of Sharia law.
Oh, wait,..........................

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

10. I don't see any women in the picture - that I can tell.

[HeartoftheMidwest]

15. Oooops.

Forgot this.

[GummyBearz]

2. So you have 25,000 people in one spot

All of whom want to deny basic rights to women, kill LGBTs, stone adulterers, execute women who are victims of rape, and murder anyone who decides to leave their religion.

If I had the power, Pakistan would have 25,000 more people in its jails by tomorrow

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Abso-fucking-lutely. nt

[MariaThinks]

6. so much for the myth of only a few are extreme

sharia law calls for stoning, cutting off limbs, death for a host of nonviolent crimes including blasphemy.

[Oneironaut]

8. Protesting isn't a crime.

Silencing an idea only causes others to wonder if it might be right.

What Pakistan needs is jobs, a better quality of living, and the Internet. I wonder how many of these people are unemployed? The government there is terrible.

[Yo_Mama]

12. Yes, but protesting the execution of Mumtaz Qadri makes them akin to the KKK

The man attacked and killed a governor who spoke out against hanging Asia Bibi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Bibi_blasphemy_case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmaan_Taseer

The governor dared to say that people should not be killed under the blasphemy law. So he had to die. These people regard him as a hero, and want to kill blasphemers.

They may not actively be killing other people for terroristic reasons, but they want the law to do it, meaning that they want a terroristic government.

This is not a "fringe" group. That's the problem. Those who support crimes against human rights in some Muslim countries are at least 30-40%.

These people want a GOVERNMENT that lynches people.

[Oneironaut]

16. The KKK is free to openly protest here.

The problem with jailing these protesters would be that it adds ammunition to the protesters' side. These are protesters who are already sensitive to perceived offenses against their religion.

This is especially true in a place like Pakistan, where these ideas have a decent level of support. If the Pakistani government threw people in jail for supporting Shariah law, it would be instant suicide.

[Yo_Mama]

18. I don't want to put them in jail, I just want to keep them out of the west.

Every single person who comes into our country with a belief system like this is innately at war with our government.

Hell, we didn't import Nazis, why should we be allowing these people in?

There are plenty of Muslims who DON'T want to murder people for no reason, but these people do.

[philosslayer]

21. And how exactly do you propose identifying who "those people" are?

n/t

[Yo_Mama]

23. Ask them. Ask them if they agree with certain basic principles of our constitutional system.

It is true that a terrorist would lie, but the problem in Europe is not so much a few terrorists, but the much larger number of sympathizers who will cloak them and facilitate them.

[christx30]

27. Interviews, background checks.

Give them a vetting that would make a colonoscopy look tame.
If they can't answer certain questions, or answer them wrongly, they don't get to the west.

"You find out your neighbor, Mike, is gay. Do you:
A) Leave him alone. He's doing his thing, I'm doing mine.
B) Blindfold him, take him to the top of a building and drop him to his death. Homosexuality is against Allah."

Anything other than A, and they stay in Pakistan.

[Nihil]

25. FYI

> Hell, we didn't import Nazis, ...

Oh yes you did!

(I still agree with you that we don't want *this* particular bunch of murdering
bastards in but you imported plenty of Nazis after WWII ...)

[TipTok]

17. The thing that would help the most is ditching...

... Their antiquated and regressive religious beliefs.

Actually that's good advice for most of the world.

[Oneironaut]

20. Agreed. Modernization destroys fundamentalism, though.

A backwards society will usually have backwards thinking. I think this is because the population is poorly educated. This makes them less prone to thinking for themselves. Fundies also thrive on chaos and insecurity.

An educated society is usually more Liberal.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

3. As far as I'm concerned

People who protest for Sharia law are just one step down from terrorists who set off bombs.

After all, they want to terrorize gays, apostates, women who don't obey, non-Muslims, and on and on.

Fuck that shit.

[MariaThinks]

7. you are enlightened and right. i hope other people start to understand what we are up against

it is not a small few, it is a major way of life and tolerance is extended in one direction only.

death is acceptable for a whole bunch of causes in sharia law.

[snooper2]

4. it's just a small minority, nothing to worry about and definitely not LBN

[Oneironaut]

9. 25,000 is a sizable crowd.

If 25,000 Americans showed up in one place to demand a Theocracy, I would be pretty worried. These aren't the only supporters - they're just the ones that showed up.

[Democat]

14. Sarcasm

I think the poster is pointing out the way that DU gives certain groups a pass on hating gays, women, and others.

[Yo_Mama]

19. It's more the murder than the hate. Hate is one thing. Killing people because you don't

approve of them is quite another!

[riderinthestorm]

11. There are some parts of the planet I'm glad I'll never see

Pakistan is one of them.

[Democat]

13. We must support them, because they are not Christians

According to DU rules.

[romanic]

22. It's only 25,000 Islamic men calling for punishment against gays, women, "apostates", etc.

They're not as dangerous as White Christian men so no big deal.

[Democat]

24. The tea party is worse and it's Bush and Obama's fault

DU told me.

[christx30]

26. The Tea party wants to ignore you, pretend you don't exist.

These people want to make it so.