The Express Tribune: by Sunara Nizami.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday demanded the United Nations and other international organisations for a law that bans hate speech aimed at fermenting hatred and sowing discord.
He said that President Asif Ali Zardari would convey the people’s emotions and views in his address to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next week.
“Our demand is simple,” he said. “Blasphemy of the kind witnessed in this case in nothing short of hate speech, equal to the worst kind of anti-Semitism and bigotry.”
The prime minister said that, “for us, becoming emotional upon the disrespect of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) is innate as he is an essential aspect of our faith.”
Categories: Asia, Blasphemy, Pakistan, United Nations
Biggest joke of the day !!!!!
It is better that the Pakistani representative does not make any such demand to the UN. They will laugh at him and may tell him to correct the existing laws in its own country before giving advice.
The Pakistani leaders are not in a position to defend the honor of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) anymore. They have by their own conduct been deprived of this noble task.
In my opinion such a honor will be given to whose who truly love the Holy Prophet(PBUH), to those who always send blessings upon him (PBUH); Not to those who destroy public property and murder innocent people.
Thank you Dr. Mohamed S. Boodhun for your comment.
I would suggest that as Muslims try to influence public policy at different levels including UNO, they should give up the term blasphemy laws, as they now have tremendous negative baggage, given the fact that Pakistan herself has made them notorious, by the way they were formulated and implemented.
Pakistan should implement, suggest and promote, similar laws both within the country and in the global village, with universal appeal, through UNO and other forums. I have touched on some aspects of how laws, against hate speech and holocaust denial, can serve as a template for a peaceful and rational Muslim uprising: The Muslim Times’ Response to an Anti-Islam Film.
Yes there is a dire need for implementing an international law passed in UNO that would make sure no one insulted any religious Figure or scripture at all.
Ooops I meant that there is a dire need that soon there should be such a law passed in UNO.
How about banning anti-Ahmadiyya speech in Pakiristan ?