Asia Bibi: Deal To End Pakistan Protests Over Blasphemy Case

[naomi24]

// Speaking to the BBC this week, her lawyer said she would need to move to a Western country for her own safety. Several countries have offered her asylum.//

…but ….

Pakistan's authorities have struck a deal with a hard-line Islamist party to end the protest over her acquittal ….

As part of the deal, Asia Bibi will be barred from leaving the country, though it is unclear for how long.

The protesters will also be able to file an appeal to the Supreme Court over its decision to release her.

She was convicted in 2010 of insulting the Prophet Muhammad, but was acquitted earlier this week.

Pakistani Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry defended the agreement against allegations the government was capitulating to extremists://

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46080067

Capitulation to extremists? Clearly. What now for Asia Bibi?

[ummmm]

Dress in western clothes, change her name, and she could blend in easily.

[emmie]

hell for this poor woman, and many like her.

[naomi24]

I'll be surprised if she is ever allowed to leave. The government has capitulated to the mob. I think whichever way it goes her days are numbered.

[emmie]

i think so too.

[naomi24]

I'm wondering how her husband's appeal to Mr Trump and Mrs May is being handled? What can the international community do?

[emmie]

don't know but as a more or less Christian country we should give her asylum.

[naomi24]

I've no doubt we would - if we could - and rightly so.

There are a few people generally pretty vocal in their defence of Islam conspicuous by their absence on this thread. I wonder what they're thinking?

[emmie]

i have some idea, but not going to say at the moment.

[-Talbot-]

Think of the children, it's what they would want.
Yes, hang her for the sake of the nation's children.

https://twitter.com/MJibranNasir/status/1060273262029144070

[naomi24]

"There will be a war if they send Asia out of country," said Cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who leads the Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) party. War with whom? The country that gives her asylum – or civil war? I’m beginning to think that if they decide to blow each other and their corrupt government to smithereens that won’t be such a bad thing. Madmen.

[emmie]

war over one Christian woman, what is wrong with these savages.

[Khandro]

I think the safest place for her on the planet would be Israel, though if they would offer her a safe haven I don't know, but a Jewish writer says;
'For Western liberals who find any criticism of Islam “Islamophobic,” the sheer amount of vitriolic content of more than a millennium of Western writings on Muhammad may beggar belief.'

There is a very long history of people saying exactly what Asia Bibi said, you can read quotes on here;

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/115753/asia-bibi-and-1400-years-of-muhammad-blasphemers-opinion/

[Khandro]

Actually the more I think about it the better the idea. I wasn't sure about Christianity in Israel so I just checked it out and it's interestingly 2% of the population;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Israel

[naomi24]

Muslims make up over 20% of the population of Israel, Khandro. Her safety can't be guaranteed anywhere.

[-Talbot-]

There is a very long history of people saying exactly what Asia Bibi said, you can read quotes on here;


Allegedly said.
She would not be safe in Israel imo.

[Khandro]

n. A good point, but I don't think they are the knuckle-dragging belligerent Muslims found elsewhere ( have you ever heard of any inter-religious murders within Israel?
In fact the Israeli Muslims sound pro-Israel;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_supporters_of_Israel

[Khandro]

^ well not for a long time

[naomi24]

Khandro, //the Israeli Muslims sound pro-Israel//

Are you joking? Don't believe all you read. There's no difference between their religious philosophy and that of the knuckle-draggers you describe.

[naomi24]

Khandro, from your link: //In the Muslim world, support of Israel is a minority orientation, and supporters of Israel have faced opposition and violence.//

[ludwig]

// There are a few people generally pretty vocal in their defence of Islam conspicuous by their absence on this thread. I wonder what they're thinking? //

As I said elsewhere, the usual apologist approach is to say that these are terrorists not muslims. They've hijacked and distorted a peaceful message for their own evil purposes.

Of course, that can't be said in this case, because these are not terrorists, they're just ordinary people, acting in a way that they believe their religion requires. Not so easy to dismiss.