Man accused of blasphemy stoned to death by mob in Pakistan

[Dial H For Hero]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-accused-blasphemy-stoned-death-082512565.html

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday.

The custodian of a local mosque said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque Saturday evening and told others before informing police, according to police spokesman Chaudhry Imran. The violence took place in a village in the district of Khanewal in Punjab province.

Imran said police rushed to the scene, where a man was found surrounded by an angry crowd. Officer Mohammad Iqbal and two subordinates tried to take custody of the man but the group began throwing stones at them, seriously injuring Iqbal and slightly injuring the other two officers.

Munawar Gujjar, chief of Tulamba police station, said he rushed reinforcements to the mosque but they did not arrive before the mob had stoned to death the man and hung his body from a tree.

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“Of all the strange “crimes” that human beings have legislated out of nothing, “blasphemy” is the most amazing—with “obscenity” and “indecent exposure” fighting it out for second and third place.”

― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

[tblue37]

1. All it takes is a flimsy accusation for the mob to go nuts and murder someone for

alleged blasphemy.

[ck4829]

2. I'm sure as usual there was also coincidentally a personal dispute between the two men

It’s always weird how if someone has a land dispute or a personal grievance that someone “commits blasphemy” in Pakistan.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Here the christofascists make laws where you call in and rat somone out and maybe sue...

for blaspheming their ideology or faith. Welcome to the Christian Republic of the United States

[Budi]

4. Can we relocate Q's to a country more like them?

Pakistan seems nice.

[Liberal In Texas]

5. Ah, religion.

Die for burning a book.

[rictofen]

6. I'm reminded of this Onion article...

NSFW

http://www.theonion.com/no-one-murdered-because-of-this-image-1819573893