Police told to seize hate material but with caution

[third eye]

Why with ' caution" ?

Police told to seize hate material but with caution - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

RAWALPINDI: As part of the National Action Plan against terrorism, hate material seized by Rawalpindi district police reveals that various schools of thought promote hatred against one another and stand divided over many issues.

According to police sources, in the seized books, sects attack one another and also disagree over the celebration of Eid Miladun Nabi, the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

“Out of the four books seized in Attock, one presented the views of Deobandis against Barelvis, another spoke against Ahle Tashie (Shia) and the remaining two provocatively called for jihad,” District Police Officer Israr Ahmed Abbasi told Dawn.

All those who were found selling hate material were arrested, he added.

A book seized from the Quran Mahal bookshop at Iqbal Road contained strictures against celebrating Eid-Miladun Nabi. The owner of the bookshop was arrested. In a second raid conducted at Maktaba Usmani, also on Iqbal Road, police found material provocative to both Barelvis and Debandis. The owner of this book shop and his business partner were also arrested.

Inspector Raja Abdul Rasheed said police were hunting for Muhammad Zaheer accused of selling the book ‘Bint-a-Abu Jehel’ at Ahmed Book Corporation.

All those arrested have been charged under Section 9 and 11 of the Anti-Terrorism Act and face five to seven-year imprisonment, if convicted.

Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has directed the divisional police chiefs of the province to carefully peruse the alleged hate material before registering cases.

This directive came after Sunni Tehreek took up issue with the chief minister over the registration of cases against clerics of the group over misuse of loudspeakers.

Punjab police chief Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera subsequently instructed concerned Deputy Superintendents (DSPs) to verify hate material and violation of the ban on use of loudspeaker prior to the registration of cases.

A senior police officer, requesting anonymity, said that although many cases had been genuine some might have been registered to make the authorities appear active against extremism.

Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2015

 

[Joeblow]

Why with ' caution" ?

Probably to avoid harassing nice folks who're just trying to make a living peddling hatred against Yindoos and juice

 

[Not Sure]

Muslims take their holy books and their teachings as Absolute.

But when any Absolute is diluted, its becomes relative and the Absolute property is destroyed.

So when some people modify the books, dilute the teachings, and take Islam for a ride, should they be charged for blasphemy, which carries death sentence, or should they be merely charged for 'distributing hate material'?

Somehow, those, who inadvertently end up destroying the holy book (which can be reprinted at a very low cost), face death sentences, while those who dilute the religion itself and make it appear abhorrent, barely face 5-7 years behind the bars.

 

[waleed3601]

Atleast it's something lol
Similar ops are being conducted across the country (though I still haven't heard of any from Karachi, maybe we don't have that many idiots down here ) so it's a good step towards eliminating extremist mindset.
If the shopkeepers see what happens if they sell such stuff they'll automatically stop selling it because of it will be a loss-loss situation.
Happy hunting police officers