Right on the point. I am not done reading it but I do agree with it. What “Pain Di siri” is doing is very obvious. We all knew his reaction after the verdict. There he is doing what he is asked to do.
What are your thoughts on it?
I have read most of it.. and I agree.
In my honest opinion, Islam puts a lot of emphasis on the number and quality of witnesses. A crime which is witnessed by one person can't be punished, even if there is a reasonable chance that the accused has committed the crime. If the crime is witnessed by fewer than the required number of persons according to Islamic law, it becomes a matter between the accused and the Lord.
After going through the verdict, it is clear to me that there is a problem with the quality, and the number of both the prime witnesses. In this case, even if Asia committed the blasphemy, she can't be awarded with capital punishment. Now it's between her and her Creator..
I have a doubt that even if she had committed the blasphemy in response to the abuses hurled against her religion, she can't be punished in current circumstances..
If this time we submit to the demands of these religious goons, tomorrow a new era of accusations and then forcefully getting favorite judgments will start. That will be the end of Pakistan as a society..
Illiterates think that 1400 years back, Islam didn't guide us about all this.. they live in an alternate dimension.. There is a reason that quality and number of witnesses carry enormous importance in Islamic jurisprudence..
Having said that, I am amazed.. actually disturbed.. that most of our religious scholars, who know about the importance of witnesses in Islamic jurisprudence, are going against Supreme Court.
They don't even realize that this will haunt themselves in future.. These religious scholars are themselves involved in so much blasphemous content, and that too in public domain, that these goons will start accusing and killing each other.. and that time is not very far away from now.
Imagine... Shia killing Ahle Hadith, Ahle Hadith Killing Barelvi, Barelvi killing Deobandi, and Deobandi killing Shia.. amazing society ours will become..
We may see in future that an individual (belonging to Deobandi sect) will one day announce that he and his friend has heard Khadim Rizvi of committing blasphemy in private.. and they both are ready take oath on Quran.. it will then be the duty of people who follow deobandi sect to kill Khadim.. or a Barelvi announcing in a market that he has heard Maulana Tariq Jameel hurling abusus at prophets.. and his goons will then kill Maulana..
This hasn't been taught by our deen..