Why the U.S. Must Oppose Blasphemy Laws

Today’s New York Times and Washington Post shed rare light on the latest gross injustices that result from Pakistan’s blasphemy law. They report on yesterday’s arrest of Rimsha Masih, an 11- or 12-year-old Christian girl, who, according to some accounts, suffers from Down’s syndrome. Rimsha has been jailed for allegedly burning pages of the Koran while sweeping a facility in her slum neighborhood near the capital of Islamabad.

Should the case go to trial, the girl now faces a virtually certain sentence of life imprisonment, since under the sharia court, her testimony is worth a quarter of a Muslim male’s and there is only oral evidence in this case. Should she be released back to her community, she will face the wrath of the mob, incited by mosque leaders who are quoted by the Post as condemning her to death by burning. Meanwhile, her mother has been incarcerated with her, and hundreds of her co-religionists have fled their homes, terrorized by vigilantes.

Christians, Ahmadiyyas, Shiites, and Hindu have been disproportionately targeted under Pakistan’s blasphemy law. But moderate and reformist Muslims from the country’s Sunni majority have also been victimized by this very bad law.

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Gringo Infidel

How could any rational educated human being think moslems as anything other than barbaric?

Where is the liberal outrage over this travesty?
- Chris
  
  Right here – we have been working on supporting the guy in India who said that "Mary's" tears were fake. We are fully opposed to blasphemy laws.
  - Evermyrtle
    
    And working on everything that is anti-GOD and anti -America. Liberals know that GOD is in charge just as Satan knows, and they hate that fact, because they love evil, such as baby murder and homosexuality, among other things. I believe that they are scared of the of outcome of living for Satan, but do not have the courage to fight against Satan. I don't believe that they have a clue that GOD will forgive them of their sins if only they will accept JESUS CHRIST as their SAVIOR and confess their sins to HIM. That is all they have to do, except to strive to live according to HIS WORD.
Evermyrtle

This article shows us where we are headed if we do not get off of our rear ends and do something. big.The warning has been give to us many time and "still we do nothing!"

Of course, if we were tearing the pages out of the Bible we would be praised by the Islamists but do not dishonor the Koran.
John Adams

obama is bringing this trash to the U.S.
mallen11

And THEY are the religion of love and peace???? They have no respect for any human being including themselves. Why can't -0 and the demoRats see this? Of course, their eyes are blinded and will continue to run down America unless we vote them out in November.

I Tim 2:1-2 First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil
and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.