Source: Aljazeera
Hundreds of thousands of people have held protests in Bangladesh to demand that the government introduce an anti-blasphemy law that would include the death penalty for bloggers who insult Islam.
Protest organisers called Saturday’s rally the “long march”, with many travelling from remote villages to the capital, Dhaka’s Motijheel area that became a sea of white skull caps and robes.
Supporters of Hefazat-e-Islam, an Islamist group which draws support from tens of thousands of religious seminaries, converged on Dhaka’s main commercial hub to protest against what they said were blasphemous writings by atheist bloggers, shouting “God is great – hang the atheist bloggers”.
“I’ve come here to fight for Islam. We won’t allow any bloggers to blaspheme our religion and our beloved Prophet Mohammed,” said Shahidul Islam, an imam at a mosque outside Dhaka who walked 20km.
Categories: Asia, Bangladesh
I guess, these protesters themselves are blaspheming against the prophet, by demanding usurping of freedom of speech and religion of others.
The Holy Quran has not prescribed any punishment for blasphemy.
Blasphemers are ultimately accountable to God Almighty and He can deal with them in the best manner.
Makes one ponder, does God need man to create laws to protect God’s interest? Is man really that arrogant?
Moreover, the Qur’an instructs us to remain patient in the face of insult:
[3:187] “… you shall surely hear many hurtful things from those who were given the Book before you and from those who set up equals to God. But if you show fortitude and act righteously, that indeed is a matter of strong determination.”