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Majlis-e-Ahrar to hold Khatm-e-Nubuwwat Conference in Lahore

Qasim Cheema — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:48:34 +0000

Annual Ahrar Khatm-e-Nubuwwat Conference will be held on September 07, 2019 at Office Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam new muslim town, wahdat road Lahore under the presidency of Quaid-e-Ahrar Syed Ata-ul-Muhaimin Bukhari. Leaders of different political and religious parties, ullama of all sects, journalists, lawyers, student leaders will deliver speech in this conference. Syed Muhammad Kafeel Bukhari vice president of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam, Liaqat Baloch vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami, Maulana Amjad Khan secretary general Jamiat ullama e islam (JUIF), Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema secretary general of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam Pakistan, Maulana Zahidur Rashidi secretary general of Pakistan Shariyat Council, Khawaja Imran Nazir member of provincial assembly punjab (PMLN), Ejaz Chaudhry president of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf Punjab, Dr Shahid Kashmiri central leader of Majlis-e-Ahrar, Barrister Amir Hassan (Peoples Party), Qasim Cheema chairman Ahrar Students Federation, Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal advocate,Mian Awais, Qari Yousuf Ahrar, and Qari Muhammad Qasim will deliver speech in Khatm-e-nubuwwat conferene. Exactly 45 years ago, on September 7, 1974, Pakistani parliament voted overwhelmingly to declare the Qadianis as non-Muslim through what is known as the Second Amendment.

Danish Man Who Burned Quran Is Prosecuted for Blasphemy

Qasim Cheema — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:52:16 +0000

A Danish man who posed a video of himself setting fire to the Quran on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in the first such prosecution for 46 years. The 42-year-old suspect put the clip, entitled “Consider your neighbour: it stinks when it burns” to a group called “YES TO FREEDOM – NO TO ISLAM” in December 2015. Jan Reckendorff, from the public prosecutor’s office in Viborg, said: “It is the prosecution’s view that circumstances involving the burning of holy books such as the Bible and the Quran can in some cases be a violation of the blasphemy clause, which covers public scorn or mockery of religion. “It is our opinion that the circumstances of this case mean it should be prosecuted so the courts now have an opportunity to take a position on the matter.” Judges in Aalborg will heard the case, although a date has not yet been set. The maximum sentence for blasphemy is four months in prison but Mr Reckendorff said prosecutors were more likely to seek a fine. Copies of the Quran are treated with reverence by Muslims and any move to desecrate or destroy the holy book is seen as a grave insult. Rumours of Quran burnings have sparked arrests, lynchings and riots in Muslim-majority countries, while the move has been appropriated by the far-right and anti-Islamic groups, including the Westboro Baptist Church in America.

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Under clause 140 of Denmark’s penal code, anyone can be imprisoned or fined for publicly insulting or degrading religious doctrines or worship. Only four blasphemy prosecutions have ever been attempted in the country. The last was in 1971, when two Denmark Radio producers were acquitted after airing a song mocking Christianity. Two people were previously fined in 1946 after acting out a “baptism” at a ball in Copenhagen, while four others were sentenced for putting up anti-Semitic posters and leaflets in 1938. At least a dozen other cases have been considered but not charged, including in 2006 when prosecutors decided to stop an investigation into the Jyllands-Posten newspaper over a controversial set of caricatures under the headline “The Face of Mohamed”. The publication sparked protests around the world, with insulting the Prophet seen as a grave offence to Muslims and Islamic scholars interpreting Quran verses on idolatry to forbid any representation of Mohamed.
Courtesy: Independent

Ahrar rejected the highly controversial legislation of Sindh Assembly

Qasim Cheema — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 23:08:17 +0000

LAHORE: Majlis-e-Ahrar, the religious party struggling to protect the finality of Prophet (SAW) against Qadiyanis’ hijacking of Islam in the subcontinent for over one hundred years, has rejected the highly controversial legislation of Sindh Assembly which bars any non-Muslim under 18 years of age to embrace Islam in the country, and also bars any adult Muslim convert to announce his new religion within 21 days of his becoming Muslim.
Majlis Ahrar secretary general Abdul Latif Khalid Cheema and deputy secretary general Qari Yusuf Ahrar, have warned that the legislation was against Quran and Sunnah, and the very objectives of creation of Pakistan as an Islamic state. They alleged that the legislation was a continuation of foreign agenda being pursued by Pakistani legislators on the behest of their foreign masters, and expressed sorrow that PPP’s present leadership was being used for this ugly agenda despite that its founding chairman ZA Bhutto was the pioneer who enacted an Islamic constitution declaring the country an Islamic state by protecting it against all secularist conspiracies 45 years ago.

Blasphemy case sought against former LHC judge Islam Bhatti Qadiani

Omar Farooq — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 04:27:45 +0000

Published: June 14, 2014

LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Friday sought comments from the Civil Lines SHO on a petition seeking the registration of a blasphemy case against three people including a former Lahore High Court judge.

Petitioner Qari Rafique sought a case against Justice Islam Bhatti, author of the allegedly blasphemous book Adalat-i-Alia Tak ka Safar, Muhammad Shoaib, who published the book, and Ahmad Tahir who compiled it. Rafique said the book had been written to incite religious unrest and hurt the sentiments of Muslim.
He said on June 11, he informed the police and had copies of the book confiscated. He said the former judge had committed blasphemy by writing the book and the rest through association with it.
He sought a direction for police to register a case against the suspects. The court sought comments from the SHO by June 16.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 14th, 2014.

Over text messages: Bail petition dismissed in blasphemy case

Omar Farooq — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 05:03:50 +0000

LAHORE:
An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday dismissed the petition for an after-arrest bail by a man accused of blasphemy. Asif Parvaiz said that he was innocent. He said he and the complainant worked in the same factory. He said the latter held a grudge against him and had framed him.
The complainant said that he had received blasphemous text messages from Parvaiz. Parvaiz said that someone had stolen the SIM card from his phone and used it to send the messages a month before the FIR was registered. He said the complainant was trying to blackmail him. Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhary, counsel for the complainant, said that the complainant had a record of the petitioner’s blasphemous text messages. He said the petitioner was lying. Saeed Ahmed Khokhar had filed a blasphemy complaint against Parvaiz with the Green Town police on September 25, 2013.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2014.

Pakistan: Sawan Masih Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

Omar Farooq — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:01:37 +0000

March 28, 2014
LAHORE:
A Christian man was given the death penalty on Thursday on charges of blasphemy. Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ghulam Mustafa announced the verdict at the trial held in jail due to security concerns.
Sawan Masih, a resident of Joseph Colony and the father of two, was also fined Rs200,000. The incident of blasphemy was followed by the arson at Joseph Colony, a Christian locality, where more than 200 houses were destroyed in 2013.
Seven witnesses recorded their statements against Sawan during the trial while two appeared in his favour. In his statement before the court, Sawan said he did not commit any blasphemy and accused Shahid Imran, the complainant in the FIR, and Shafiq Ahmed, who he says have made him the scapegoat in the case.
On March 7, 2013, hundreds of protesters set ablaze more than 200 houses belonging to Christians in Joseph Colony, after Sawan was accused of blasphemy. Three churches were also burnt in the locality. A day before the incident, police forced the Christians to vacate their houses, saying they would also be attacked otherwise.
An FIR was registered under the Anti Terrorism Act against 83 people accused of the arson; a supplementary statement nominated 50 more in the FIR. The case is still pending in the Anti Terrorism Courts.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 28th, 2014.

Blasphemy accused sentenced to death

Omar Farooq — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:11:10 +0000

January 24, 2014 ISLAMABAD:

A court in Rawalpindi sentenced a self-proclaimed prophet to death on Thursday after convicting him of blasphemy. Additional district and sessions judge Naveed Iqbal also imposed a fine of Rs1 million on Mohammad Asghar, a 65-year-old British national. Asghar was arrested in Sadiqabad in 2010 after he wrote letters to different people, a police officer among them, claiming that he was a prophet. Police booked Asghar under section 295-C of the PPC. The section reads: “Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.” Public prosecutor Javed Gul produced before the court a copy of letters which Asghar wrote to an SHO of Sadiqabad. Four police officials testified against Asghar. The prosecution also submitted opinions of handwriting experts testifying that the letters were written by the accused. In addition to the above-mentioned evidence, the prosecution used Asghar’s confessional statement to support its case. Initially Sarah Bilal of Lahore appeared as defence counsel but later the government appointed a lawyer for Asghar’s defence after she expressed reluctance in pursuing the case. The defence lawyer contended that since Asghar was suffering from mental disorder, his case should be treated on humanitarian grounds. The court constituted a medical board to verify the lawyer’s contention. But the medical board said in its report that Asghar was psychologically stable and did not suffer from any disorder.

Source Dawn.com

Death sentence given in blasphemy case

Omar Farooq — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 06:33:53 +0000

December 28, 2013

MULTAN:
Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal on Friday awarded death sentence to a man he found guilty of blasphemy.
According to the prosecution, Imam Ali, 63, a resident of Haroonabad, was found drawing pictures of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) on the walls of his room. Police said Ali had been a devotee of Habib Abdullah Shah and the caretaker of his shrine in Bahawalnagar. He was arrested in 2011. Qari Muhammad Ahmed, 27, the complainant, said, “I found the drawings in his room.” Saddar police registered a case against Ali in March 2011.
The judge also fined Ali Rs100,000. Ali told The Express Tribune he believed blasphemy law was unjust.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 28th, 2013.

Blasphemy trial: Last prosecution witness to testify Dec 7

Omar Farooq — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 05:58:39 +0000

December 3, 2013
LAHORE
The final prosecution witness in the blasphemy trial of Sawan Masih – the case which sparked the arson attack on Christian homes in Joseph Colony last May is to testify on December 7.
The witness is the former investigation officer for the case, SP Syed Ameen Bokhari, who was later transferred to the Balochistan Constabulary in Quetta.
The trial court has written to the Balochistan Constabulary asking that Bokhari be sent to testify in the case on December 7.
According to Shahid Imran, the complainant in the case, he and his neighbour Muhammad Shafique heard Sawan Masih insult the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Masih has been charged under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of death.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 3rd, 2013.

JUP to oppose amend to blasphemy law

Omar Farooq — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 04:40:39 +0000

November 12, 2013
Multan.JUP to oppose amend to blasphemy law: Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP-Noorani) Senior Vice President Shah Owais Noorani has said that any amendment in blasphemy law will be rejected, asking Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi to seek pardon on his statement regarding blasphemy law instead of beating about the bush.
Talking to a local delegation of JUP here on Monday, he added that the statement given by Javed Hashmi in National Assembly hurt the sentiments of all Muslims and Hashmi must seek forgiveness from Allah.
He maintained that the slaves of West continuously targeted blasphemy law to appease their foreign masters. He added that the statements given by misled elements shook Pakistanis, who would thwart all conspiracies hatched by the enemies of Islam.

Daily “The Nation” Lahore