'Facebook blasphemer' given death penalty

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'Facebook blasphemer' given death penalty

12 June 2017 From the section Technology

A man accused of posting blasphemous content to Facebook has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan.

Taimoor Raza was convicted after allegedly posting remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, his wives and companions within the site's comments.

The public prosecutor involved said he believed it was the first time the death penalty had been awarded in a case related to social media.

Human rights campaigners have expressed concern.

Facebook itself has yet to comment on the case.

The US firm previously announced in March that it was deploying a team to Pakistan to address the government's concerns about blasphemous content on its service, but added that it still wished to protect "the privacy and rights" of its members.

[highlight]Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has described blasphemy as being an "unpardonable offence".[/highlight]​

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40246754

 

[GoneWithTheWindows]

Retards being retards. Put to death for speaking badly about imaginary figures. Eish. I better not speak badly about Mickey mouse :wtf:

 

[konfab]

Not real Muslims I suppose. They are only doing what their religious laws tell them.

 

[vic777]

Blasphemy - a victimless crime

 

[RanzB]

Despicable.

 

[BlackMamba]

Stupid

 

[SkippyRamirez]

He should've been given an imaginary death sentence.

 

[longboy]

Religion needs to wiped of the face of the Earth. Imaginary beings in the sky who will punish you if you rub one out or talk bad about somebody or draw somebody... wtf mang.

 

[SkippyRamirez]

Yea, I don't get it either. We've been around for how long? No one has ever seen any of these alleged gods, lords or prophets. I really question religious people's ability to grasp reality.

 

[lived666]

Yea, I don't get it either. We've been around for how long? No one has ever seen any of these alleged gods, lords or prophets. I really question religious people's ability to grasp reality.

Have you never seen lightning, is this not enough to demonstrate the power of Thor?

 

[SkippyRamirez]

Have you never seen lightning, is this not enough to demonstrate the power of Thor?

That's different. Everybody knows Thor is real. There's even commercials about him - Thoreal comes to mind.

 

[konfab]

Religion needs to wiped of the face of the Earth. Imaginary beings in the sky who will punish you if you rub one out or talk bad about somebody or draw somebody... wtf mang.

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater there. Religion mostly harmless when it isn't hooked up to the power of the state.

 

[vic777]

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater there. Religion mostly harmless when it isn't hooked up to the power of the state.

Mostly... or when kids get raped by catholic priests. Or when doctors get shot by anti-abortion protestors. Or when gays get attacked because some "holy" book says its a sin. Or when jehovas witnesses lets their kids die because they don't believe they must take them to get medical attention, etc etc etc.

 

[Nithan15]

Can we not do this to people that send you candy crush invites or request or whatever it is on FB

 

[KleinBoontjie]

It's like dictators vs freedom of speech, over there.

 

[Polymathic]

Pakistan is a lost cause scary thing is that they have nukes

 

[TrueSeeker]

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater there. Religion mostly harmless when it isn't hooked up to the power of the state.

And has religion not managed to get its barbs into the power of the state often enough yet?

 

[killerbyte]

The religion of peace...
The religion of child rapist...
The religion of a blood thirsty warlord...
The religion of barbarians...

 

[Suspect99]

'Facebook blasphemer' given death penalty

12 June 2017 From the section Technology

A man accused of posting blasphemous content to Facebook has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan.

Taimoor Raza was convicted after allegedly posting remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, his wives and companions within the site's comments.

The public prosecutor involved said he believed it was the first time the death penalty had been awarded in a case related to social media.

Human rights campaigners have expressed concern.

Facebook itself has yet to comment on the case.

The US firm previously announced in March that it was deploying a team to Pakistan to address the government's concerns about blasphemous content on its service, but added that it still wished to protect "the privacy and rights" of its members.

[highlight]Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has described blasphemy as being an "unpardonable offence".[/highlight]​

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40246754

Hi Lightscri... Stoc... hehe. I see what you did there

 

[konfab]

Mostly... or when kids get raped by catholic priests. Or when doctors get shot by anti-abortion protestors. Or when gays get attacked because some "holy" book says its a sin. Or when jehovas witnesses lets their kids die because they don't believe they must take them to get medical attention, etc etc etc.

That is why I said it is mostly. Apart from the Jehovah's witness one which is literally self corrective in nature, all of those things you mentioned would be classified as sinful by most religions. Especially nowadays.

And has religion not managed to get its barbs into the power of the state often enough yet?

Not in the West in 2017. Mostly because it has (sort of) managed to keep with the times.