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Blasphemy

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varian Mon 05-Nov-18 10:16:28

In Pakistan and many other countries, blasphemy is a crime punishable by the death penalty. The Asia Bibi blasphemy case involves Pakistani Christian woman Aasiya Noreen, who was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court and was sentenced to death by hanging in 2010. In October 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted her based on insufficient evidence. Her husband has appealed to Theresa May for refuge as protests grow.

Should blasphemy ever be a crime, let alone one punishable by death?

PamelaJ1 Tue 13-Nov-18 11:21:01

I had read that the U.K. was not offering asylum to her and her family, Jalima, but didn’t know why.
As you said, if that is true it
is totally appalling that we have such intolerant people who call the U.K. their home.
It does beg the question. Why are they here?

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 11:35:18

I’ve read that the Govt is also concerned about attacks on embassies abroad by IS

Ilovecheese Tue 13-Nov-18 15:26:17

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maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 15:58:51

well your post is a racist lie aimed at inciting racial hatred. You should ask HQ to delete it

lemongrove Tue 13-Nov-18 16:06:39

She would not be safe here in the UK, possibly the US could offer her asylum, they have States that are predominantly Christian. It’s quite shicking seeing the scenes of men in Pakistan yelling that she should be hanged....what a country!

lemongrove Tue 13-Nov-18 16:07:19

Typo grin shocking not shicking.

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 16:30:07

And it’s quite shocking see racist lies on GN

lemongrove Tue 13-Nov-18 16:31:16

Huh? What racist lies maryE ?

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 16:32:14

RTFT

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 16:40:02

If you’re IT literate enough to join GN you’re IT literate enough to find this unless you don’t care whether you are posting racist lies or not

www.citizengo.org/en-ca/pr/166602-lets-get-asia-bibi-out-pakistan

lemongrove Tue 13-Nov-18 16:55:24

Who are you talking to MaryE ?

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 16:59:20

I’m talking to well but alsoanybody else who thinks that it’s OK to post racist lies without checking. Anyway it’s gone now - and don’t anyone start on their right to express an opinion

Nonnie Tue 13-Nov-18 17:03:38

I can't find anything on the Internet about this Muslim petition.

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 17:05:09

Nonnie exactly because it doesn’t exist - it’s s lie

Nonnie Tue 13-Nov-18 17:06:50

So glad that post has been deleted. Well done whoever reported it.

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 17:20:50

It was me of course - I’m not all bad. I had to report iloves as well just because it repeated well s post - no other reason for its deletion.

PamelaJ1 Tue 13-Nov-18 17:23:55

Thank goodness it the information re. the petition is incorrect. It didn’t seem to ring true.

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 17:33:53

Whenever anyone posts ‘facts’ that don’t ring true, if it’s something that matters I always check it out. I just knew this couldn’t be true as if it were the tabloid press would have been spitting tacks. When we log onto GN we shouldn’t leave our critical faculties behind and just believe what we read because it’s been posted.

Elegran Tue 13-Nov-18 17:41:02

But maybe wellwalked had heard the "fact" talked about and believed it and repeated it. No need to blame her as though she invented it herself and posted it here as a downright calculated lie. Not everyone has the background to research everything they hear, or the time, come to that. We'd spend hours checking things like whether today is indeed Tuesday the 13th November or whether it is really Monday the 12th, or possibly Wednesday the 14th.

Ilovecheese Tue 13-Nov-18 17:50:31

It was a very inflammatory thing to repeat without checking though.

Jalima1108 Tue 13-Nov-18 17:51:23

Perhaps a predominantly Catholic country might be a good place as a sanctuary - I think she is Catholic.

Jalima1108 Tue 13-Nov-18 17:53:59

I repeated the post but doubted its veracity and I couldn't find anything at all online to back it up - in fact I think the Muslim Council of Britain would be most vociferous in condemning such a petition.

Should I ask GNHQ to delete my post, do you think?
hmm

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 18:02:25

FFS Elegran we all have responsibilities to not post RACIST inflammatory posts. By posting it without checking she was contributing towards the toxic racism in this country. And again the usual reductio ad absurdum argument - the last refuge of those with no argument at all. Using the example of checking the date - don’t be so ridiculous. Read the guidelines re racist posts - if a post is racist it’s ABSOLUTELY no excuse to say that you heard it somewhere and couldn’t be expected to check it. Why are you being such an apologist for her?

maryeliza54 Tue 13-Nov-18 18:04:16

If in doubt Jal do so.

oldbatty Tue 13-Nov-18 18:06:51

Elegran, something as offensive should have at least prompted a quick google. It takes seconds.