Um, Indira Gandhi was assassinated because she went ahead to take out a religious leader in a shrine. She was a- well, not a very nice person.
Look, what I mean is that criticizing is fine. You want to engage with a meaningful discussion about the age of Muhammad's wives, I'm okay with that...
His killer was hanged. And then made into a goddamn saint. There's something wrong with our religious establishment, sir. And we must recognize it and get rid of it, because I am yet to find a religious party that condemned Salman's murder.
Apparently, anything that pisses off snowflakes and tries to pop the bubble they're living in is defined as blasphemy.
What blasphemy should be defined as is anything done/said to INTENTIONALLY hurt feelings of a religious group. But RIP common sense.
I don't see why. The Germans understand good business, and giving a license for the HK 417 A2 isn't such a big deal. We're not talking about SCAR, we're talking about 417. Unless you're just trolling us.
Though if we are trying to get production license for HK 417 and actually fail to do so, the...
My vote would be for H417 A2. Carbine and full rifle. Production license and license to produce spare parts as well as perform upgrades over time. That would be what I would focus on. Maybe pay H&K a small royalty fee too.
Yes, but I don't think that Pakistan would be on the first list of countries approved of buying them when they get available for non NATO countries. But, hell, that's my bias talking since I'm pretty much in love with Leopard 2 series.
Mostly because sect killings were sect killings. They weren't on blasphemy laws. Yes, they were wrong, and should be equally condemned. Yes, many Muslim conservatives have lost their lives too. But I'm talking about legality of laws more than anything. The two laws handing out death sentences...
I absolutely get your point. I hate Tarek Fateh too. But while I don't like the attitude of the extremes of both sides, I really believe that the two laws need to go.
All of the problems that you mentioned are interlinked with radicalization. I have stressed time to time that to win insurgencies a s unconventional warfare you need to win hearts and minds, or at least change them. We can't do that while students are getting lynched like this and people like...
Son, the law doesn't protect people like us. It didn't protect Shahbaz Bhatti. It didn't protect Salman Taseer (it sentenced Qadri, but he was turned into a hero). It certainly will fail to protect anyone who decides to challenge the constitutionality of the laws. When politicians are getting...
I want to add that the Prophet was abused physically, mentally, and verbally by his opponents during his Prophethood spent in Makkah. And how did he reply to that? By sentencing them to death? No, he forgave them. Even though what they did was far more than what "blasphemy" is defined by today...
Clearly the extremist fanaticism around the blasphemy law is astonishing. One would think that they want to act in accordance with what the Prophet would do. Shocker: they don't. When I see people like Mumtaz Qadri and Molana Burqa being commemorated, I am saddened beyond belief. We need to...