Blasphemy

maryeliza54 According to Al Jazeera, the Pakistan Foreign Office has denied that she has left the country. Apparently rumours started because she was flown away from the prison but they say she is at a safe house within Pakistan. She has only just been freed.

maryeliza, mocking a person or section of society, whether it be for religious beliefs, feminist views, veganism or political views seems to have been turned into a national pastime.

There is a fine line between mocking and bullying which is being crossed more and more nowadays. If everyone would just take a few seconds before speaking /posting it could be a small step in making this world a more pleasant place.

Oh dear Jaycee I actually thought IK had done the decent thing. Well I don’t rate her chances then

GG I agree that mocking is far too widespread and frequently ( but not always) unnecessary. My point is that religious mocking is not deserving of extra criticism.

I have never understood why those who believe in some sort of god should have rights over those who don't believe in any or believe in a different sort of god. If there IS some sort of god then it's about time he/she came down and sorted out the mess the world is in and, if there ISN'T, then the human race will eventually ruin the planet with their greed so the end result will be the same anyway!

I can understand quizqueen why you as an atheist say you don’t understand

I find it sad that people feel it necessary to mock other people's religious beliefs by using terms such as 'sky-fairy'.

I think it was Dave Allen who used to end his programme with the words: 'May your god go with you.'; the term is acceptable; it is the use of a capital G that dignifies it.

How do you know Dave Allen was referring to your god and not your God?

I think Imran Khan will put his "popularity" in Pakistan before Aasiya Noreens human rights.

I agreeGG I actually have always thought of him as an opportunist westernised play boy turned politician.

maryeliza what an accurate description of IK!

Today the Pakistan authorities have reiterated what I posted earlier, they won't allow her to leave the country. Not much point in UK offering her a home.

Imran Khan was a sportsman not a playboy.

Well, I think he managed to be both!
He was termed 'Cricket's greatest playboy' now politician

A multi-tasker

Two seperate careers

Agree Jal he was in a very smart London set and ab when you become a politician everything you did before is relevant and says something about you.

But maryeliza, it has been many times on this forum Corbyn leaving his second wife because she wouldn’t agree to his wishes on their sons education has nothing to do with him as a politician

ab I don’t know where to even start with that so I think I won’t even try

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I wasn't surprised by this. I've been hesitating to post this before. Pakistan has been a dangerous place for years.
Around the early 80s a member of my close family became an evangelical Christian. He teamed up with a few others and they traveled by lorry over to Pakistan. A few breakdowns on the way.
After handing out leaflets etc they were arrested and put in prison. Appealed to the british ambassador and were to told to leave the country. So this has been going on for years.

Someone will offer her asylum, possibly the UK, we will never know which country, offers it, because if it was known where she has gone she would be immediately vulnerable to a murder squad.

Imran Khan was both a sportsman and a playboy, - and he played very hard in both roles. I was never entirely convinced by his sudden transformation into a devout Muslim and honest politician.

As we have seen his party already has a reputation for being as corrupt as all the rest. Imran Khan will let this lady and her family leave the country, knowing that nothing will be said about where she is outside Pakistan and then fudge some reason like settled safely elsewhere in the country, escaped from prison or some such to get him and his country out of this hole.

Pakistan has been a religious extremist country since its formation in 1947. Why Christian religious activist's even think public proselytising in countries like this will serve any purpose, other than enable them to indulge in the atavistic thrill to be got from making themselves martyrs for their religion, I do not know.

Or it could just be that they have faith.

UK government will not offer Aasia Bibi asylum due to 100,000 British Muslims signing a petition agreeing that the original sentence should be upheld.
Well, if true (and I have not heard that), it is shocking and very sad that the UK will not offer sanctuary because of fears of the reactions of extremists in this country.

Having faith does not preclude the possession of common sense.

Or common decency and humanity.