Priyantha Kumara lynching: ATC awards death sentence to 6, hands life imprisonment to 9

[cric_man]

This is horrible. Unless the perpetrators as well as their puppet masters (TLP/Establishment) are not dealt with with extreme prejudice , this cancer will fester and destroy the very fabric of our nation.

I see quite a few of our usual posters are absent from this thread while other usual suspects are using it to bash IK/PTI.

We all need to own this. Unless there are massive protests against this kind of horrific barbarism and "Aam Pakistani" lets these religious extremist know that they are against it, the whole nation will be tarred with the label of extremist nutbags.

 

[Giannis]

Disgusted and frustrated with some of the people of Pakistan. The government needs to crack down on this asap and make an example out of this case.

 

[Devadwal]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The horrific vigilante attack on factory in Sialkot & the burning alive of Sri Lankan manager is a day of shame for Pakistan. I am overseeing the investigations & let there be no mistake all those responsible will be punished with full severity of the law. Arrests are in progress</p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1466770570637422592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

use of 'vigilante attack' makes this an English-medium version of 'baat toh theek hay magar tareeqa ghalat tha'

 

[cric_man]

use of 'vigilante attack' makes this an English-medium version of 'baat toh theek hay magar tareeqa ghalat tha'

Poor choice of words, but I do not believe Imran was in anyway condone this barbaric and horrific event. You are just twisting it.

Vigilante justice
Behavior that resembles or matches that of vigilantes. Vigilante justice often describes the actions of a single person or group of people who claim to enforce the law but lack the legal authority to do so. However, the term can also describe a general state of disarray or lawlessness, in which competing groups of people all claim to enforce the law in a given area.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/vigilante_justice

 

[realitygaf]

If TLP is not permanently banned then pakistan government are willing participants of this injustice

 

[Giannis]

If TLP is not permanently banned then pakistan government are willing participants of this injustice

The thing is mob violence, vigilante "justice" and people being killed over blasphemy accusations has been happening in Pakistan for decades before this party/org/whatever you wanna call it, was created. They're the symptom not the disease, the disease is pervasive across society, that needs to be tackled through re-educating the population - there needs to be a Soviet-style re-education program.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

use of 'vigilante attack' makes this an English-medium version of 'baat toh theek hay magar tareeqa ghalat tha'

I guess feelings are at right place. May be could have used different words.
But only 1 tweet. Usually a barrage of 10 tweets is expected from him in these cases.

 

[Giannis]

use of 'vigilante attack' makes this an English-medium version of 'baat toh theek hay magar tareeqa ghalat tha'

Cause it is a vigalante attack, there is a law and due process that takes places in cases like this but these guys took the law into their own hands. Do you want him to act like he's gonna ignore the laws of Pakistan and pretend like he's the Prime Minister of Sweden?

 

[Napa]

Appreciate the correction. Still learning English, was advised to debate in person and online to improve it.

Do you have anything to add to counter, or concur?

Here is an advice, next time, instead of reminding how many time a person was wrong, just correct it politely, that would appear more genuine.

I only mentioned the number because correcting someone who has made a mistake only once comes across as nitpicking.

I did not mean to imply your language is not up to the mark, it is pretty good, just that we all sometimes have the meaning of some phrase wrong. I was recently wanting to say "go for broke" but only thing I could remember was "go for bust".

Very sad about the person killed, may his family find peace.

 

[street cricketer]

Cause it is a vigalante attack, there is a law and due process that takes places in cases like this but these guys took the law into their own hands. Do you want him to act like he's gonna ignore the laws of Pakistan and pretend like he's the Prime Minister of Sweden?

The troubling thing is that the PM and most educated people think the mob taking the "law" into their own hands is the bigger problem rather than the law itself which awards the death penalty for blasphemy.

 

[Third_Umpire]

Blame the bad actors all you want, they are merely brainwashed sheep following the rules set out in the religion they believe in.

One more instance to prove why said religion has no place in the 21st century.

RIP to the departed soul, sorry you had to go this way.

 

[pillionrider]

Just read the thing about the secret deal with the TLP.

Imran Khan's spectacular fall into Modi's level is shocking. And he's plummeting at a rate that will take him well further down because India still has systems in place that continually slow down Modi's downward progress.

 

[dildilpak]

Sad to see the usual crowd coming over to this thread to make cheap points against PM Imran Khan.

@MIG, if we can hold Modi responsible for everything that happens against minorities in India, dont you think that IK should be held to the same benchmark? Leaders set the tone at the top & in repeatedly negotiating & giving in to the TLP, IK has emboldened them.

And politicians are not Gods - tax paying citizens have the absolute right to criticize them & also hold them responsible if there is a breakdown in law & order to this extent as this horrifying case.

 

[RajBan]

The troubling thing is that the PM and most educated people think the mob taking the "law" into their own hands is the bigger problem rather than the law itself which awards the death penalty for blasphemy.

The law not just exists but also gets applied frequently either by the state or by the mob. And it's pretty clear that majority citizens, educated or otherwise truly believe in blasphemy law. I don't know why some are raising shock when such incident takes when they in their own mind think the law is justified.

 

[saeedhk]

Since Imran Khan has come to power, I have been saying every day that his rhetoric of calling himself a true ‘Ashiq-e-Rasool’, castigating Europe every day for committing blasphemy coupled with saying he will always protect the honor of the Prophet Mohammad PBUH is empowering extremists in the country. When your whole 4 year rule has been about furthering extremist narratives and buckling to the rightwing, these incidents are bound to happen. Imran Khan said him and the TLP have the same objectives. This is on camera.

TLP has taken to streets at least 5 times where they vandalised property and killed a total of 20 policemen but they were always forgiven and even provided protocol as seen during the recent Urs of Khadim Rizvi. First, you empower terrorists and then you act innocent.

It is only downhill for Pakistan from here. Third incident in a week!

Arresting culprits will do nothing. There needs to a concerted effort where political parties and military come on TV and discuss blasphemy law and how it destroyed people’s lives. There is a need for promotion of progressive though.

 

[MenInG]

Since Imran Khan has come to power, I have been saying every day that his rhetoric of calling himself a true ‘Ashiq-e-Rasool’, castigating Europe every day for committing blasphemy coupled with saying he will always protect the honor of the Prophet Mohammad PBUH is empowering extremists in the country. When your whole 4 year rule has been about furthering extremist narratives and buckling to the rightwing, these incidents are bound to happen. Imran Khan said him and the TLP have the same objectives. This is on camera.

TLP has taken to streets at least 5 times where they vandalised property and killed a total of 20 policemen but they were always forgiven and even provided protocol as seen during the recent Urs of Khadim Rizvi. First, you empower terrorists and then you act innocent.

It is only downhill for Pakistan from here. Third incident in a week!

Arresting culprits will do nothing. There needs to a concerted effort where political parties and military come on TV and discuss blasphemy law and how it destroyed people’s lives. There is a need for promotion of progressive though.

Imran asking for people to love their Prophet PBUH seems odd to you?

Did he ask people to kill people for that?

TLP was invented in Imran's time?

There are some serious Anti-Muslim stuff which is being mixed up with an act of criminal brutality.

Most people including the Aalims agree that what happened is wrong. Imran Khan's job is not to brainwash people - or would you like us to setup camps like China has done?

Also by the way, when you use this term Aashiq-e-Rasool (PBUH) - you are insulting someone I revere deeply so use PBUH when putting that term down on this forum.

 

[MenInG]

@MIG, if we can hold Modi responsible for everything that happens against minorities in India, dont you think that IK should be held to the same benchmark? Leaders set the tone at the top & in repeatedly negotiating & giving in to the TLP, IK has emboldened them.

And politicians are not Gods - tax paying citizens have the absolute right to criticize them & also hold them responsible if there is a breakdown in law & order to this extent as this horrifying case.

Modi's party and his record in Gujarat is for all to see.

As for negotiating with TLP, would you have liked a bloodbath on the streets so then we can talk about civil rights violations etc?

 

[MenInG]

The troubling thing is that the PM and most educated people think the mob taking the "law" into their own hands is the bigger problem rather than the law itself which awards the death penalty for blasphemy.

Lets not confuse this.

1. Vigilante action
2. Laws of this country which can be challenged or removed if IK is removed from power.

 

[dildilpak]

Modi's party and his record in Gujarat is for all to see.

As for negotiating with TLP, would you have liked a bloodbath on the streets so then we can talk about civil rights violations etc?

So to avoid a bloodbath, you want to see the country permanently plunging into right wing anarchy?

TLP is a hellfire which will engulf the country, but then probably its already too late. Expect more & more such incidents in the name of blasphemy till this is another Afghanistan.

 

[street cricketer]

Lets not confuse this.

1. Vigilante action
2. Laws of this country which can be challenged or removed if IK is removed from power.

Bhai, whenever mob violence happens in India and innocent muslims get lynched on the streets for flimsy reasons, we would be only burying our heads in the sand if we simply attribute those events to "vigilante action" rather than criticising the ideology that's driving those actions, which is hindutva.

The bigger problem in Pakistan is not the vigilante action but the laws that enable the mob violence. Talking about vigilante action and ignoring the elephant in the room, which are the blasphemy laws, would be treating the symptom but ignoring the disease.

 

[saeedhk]

Imran asking for people to love their Prophet PBUH seems odd to you?

Did he ask people to kill people for that?

TLP was invented in Imran's time?

There are some serious Anti-Muslim stuff which is being mixed up with an act of criminal brutality.

Most people including the Aalims agree that what happened is wrong. Imran Khan's job is not to brainwash people - or would you like us to setup camps like China has done?

Also by the way, when you use this term Aashiq-e-Rasool (PBUH) - you are insulting someone I revere deeply so use PBUH when putting that term down on this forum.

You cannot make such claims in a country in Pakistan where majority of the population is illiterate and violent. If you do, you are simply adding fuel to the fire. People get the wrong message from Imran Khan and they feel it is their right to kill blasphemers with their own hands. You do know that Zaheer Hassan who attacked Frenchmen in Paris over blasphemy said he was impacted by Imran Khan.

He is already brainwashing people by opening up Sufi research centers where students would learn how did Pir Abdul Qadir Gillani fly, walked on water and brought people back to life. This is already happening! Imran’s extremist narrative has further radicalised people.

He said him and the TLP have the same objectives. If this is not extremist thought, then I do not know what is!

 

[saeedhk]

So to avoid a bloodbath, you want to see the country permanently plunging into right wing anarchy?

TLP is a hellfire which will engulf the country, but then probably its already too late. Expect more & more such incidents in the name of blasphemy till this is another Afghanistan.

Exactly. Seriously, it is one thing to like a political party but a lot of PTI followers refuse to see how Imran has emboldened extremists.

 

[Third_Umpire]

This is clearly not an Imran khan issue, ave very clearly an Islam issue.

This incident would have gone down exactly the same regardless of who is in power. Nor would any other leader have spoken out any more strongly than Imran khan.

This is a country where mumtaz qadri has a shrine, and where his hanging drew a mob of thousands of mullahs. They draw their inspiration from Islam, not Imran khan.

Anyone who is disgusted by this incident should start asking the hard questions, not take pot shots at Imran khan who is as powerless as any of us in this situation. If he takes too hard a stance, he is the next blasphemer on the block.

Reform must come from within each one of us. Just a question of how many burning bodies do we need to see before we reject bigotry and hatred.

 

[Giannis]

This is clearly not an Imran khan issue, ave very clearly an Islam issue.

This incident would have gone down exactly the same regardless of who is in power. Nor would any other leader have spoken out any more strongly than Imran khan.

This is a country where mumtaz qadri has a shrine, and where his hanging drew a mob of thousands of mullahs. They draw their inspiration from Islam, not Imran khan.

Anyone who is disgusted by this incident should start asking the hard questions, not take pot shots at Imran khan who is as powerless as any of us in this situation. If he takes too hard a stance, he is the next blasphemer on the block.

Reform must come from within each one of us. Just a question of how many burning bodies do we need to see before we reject bigotry and hatred.

It's not an islam issue, it's a combination of widespread ignorance, lack of education, a culture of mob violence enhanced by widespread poverty and a stressed out society a lot of that culminated in this. Blasphemy laws has no basis in Islam and not even in the Prophet's tradition when he went to go help those that berated him.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Can someone clarify what did the victim do?

 

[pillionrider]

Can someone clarify what did the victim do?

He removed, in the process, maybe tore a TLP poster from his factory walls and chucked it in the bin. The poster happened to have verses from the Quran. Most likely, the poor guy didn't even understand the text of a foreign language on the poster.

 

[saeedhk]

Can someone clarify what did the victim do?

He removed a poster of an Islamist party from a wall in the factory. It is being said the poster had religous text on it.

 

[MenInG]

So to avoid a bloodbath, you want to see the country permanently plunging into right wing anarchy?

TLP is a hellfire which will engulf the country, but then probably its already too late. Expect more & more such incidents in the name of blasphemy till this is another Afghanistan.

I am sure you understand how emotive an issue religion is in Pakistan.

The people who were out on the streets for TLP may look foolish to you but they genuinely believe in their cause.

So

1. Do you kill them and then turn them into martyrs, then deal with a bigger problem as other opportunistic religious parties jump in to make it a nationwide movement?

2. Reason with them and basically unravel their movement by sending them home

 

[MenInG]

SIALKOT:
The nation was shell-shocked and disgusted on Friday when a Sri Lankan national was brutally lynched and his body was set on fire by a mob in Sialkot. The sickening incident outraged the nation as the civil and military leaders denounced it as “horrific” “shameful” and “extra-judicial vigilantism”.

President Arif Alvi said the vigilante attack has nothing to do with religion as Prime Minister Imran Khan promised that those responsible “will be punished with the full severity of the law”.

The gut-wrenching incident took place on Sialkot’s Wazirabad Road, where workers of private factories brutally lynched the Sri Lankan national, Priyantha Kumara.

A police official told The Express Tribune at the crime scene that Kumara was the operational manager at the factory for the past seven years. He was accused by the factory workers of “tearing down Durood Sharif”.

Rumours then started circulating across the factory area and a mob started gathering in the morning, he said, adding that police were informed about it much later, at around 12:15 pm.

Several gruesome video clips shared on social media showed a mob beating the victim while chanting slogans against blasphemy. Other clips showed his body set ablaze, as well as the overturned wreckage of what was said to be his car.

Many in the mob made no attempt to hide their identity and some took selfies in front of the burning corpse. The police claimed that the grisly incident took place inside the factory premises and there was no way of knowing about it before that time.

When the police arrived at the scene, the victim had already been tortured to death and his body was being set to fire. “The police did try to stop the mob from setting the body on fire, but the rioters' strength was overwhelming,” the official added.

The police official further said that video footage from inside the factory, where the torture took place, had been seized to identify the culprits. “Some people have been arrested,” the official added.

Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted that the "horrific, vigilante attack" on the factory and the burning alive of the Sri Lankan man was “a day of shame for Pakistan".

“I am overseeing the investigations and, let there be no mistake, all those responsible will be punished with the full severity of the law. Arrests are in progress,” he added.

Responding to premier’s tweet on the issue, President Dr Arif Alvi also said the Sialkot incident was “definitely very sad and shameful and not religious in any way whatsoever”. “Islam is a religion established on the cannons of deliberative justice rather than mob lynching.”

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar tweeted that he was “extremely shocked at the horrific Sialkot incident”.

“I have instructed the IG Police to thoroughly investigate it. No one is allowed to take law in their hands,” he added. “Rest assured, individuals involved in this inhumane act will not be spared!!”

The military’s media wing issued a statement, saying that the "cold-blooded murder" by the mob in Sialkot was "condemnable and shameful". "Such extra-judicial vigilantism cannot be condoned at any cost," the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) added.

The statement added that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa had directed for all-out support to the civil administration to arrest the perpetrators of this "heinous crime" and bring them to justice.

Addressing a news conference, Special Representative for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi condemned the lynching on “behalf of all Ulema” and said that it had “defaced Islam”.

He was speaking to the media accompanied by Punjab IG Rao Sardar Ali Khan and Special Assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister on Information Hassan Khawar.

“The elements involved in the incident have tried to damage Islamic laws and teachings,” Ashrafi said. “The culprits will be punished for the barbarism.”

The cleric added that that the country had laws when it came to Namoos-e-Risalat -- the sanctity of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) -- and those involved in the incident had neither served the country, nor Islam.

Ashrafi offered his condolences to the victim's family and said the country's religious scholars would hold a joint news conference later. “We will also go to the Sri Lankan Embassy for condolences.”

Later in the day, the Punjab police said that 100 people, including one of the main culprits had been arrested, adding that the Punjab IG was overseeing the matter.

Speaking on the occasion, the Punjab IG said police had first received information of the incident at 11:26am and officials reached the scene at 11:46am. “We are probing the facts and also looking at the police response, whether there was any sort of delay,” he added.

Khawar said officials were working on obtaining CCTV footage so that the culprits could be identified.

He added that the regional police officer and the Gujranwala commissioner were at the site of the incident. “The IG has ordered officials to submit a report within 48 hours.”

Separately, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry said it expected Pakistani authorities to “take the required action to investigate and ensure justice”.

A report by a Sri Lankan media organisation quoted foreign ministry spokesperson Sugeeshwara Gunaratna as saying that the Sri Lankan High Commission in Islamabad was in the process of verifying details of the incident from Pakistani authorities.

The recently unbanned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Sialkot wing said its activists were not involved in the incident.

In a statement, its leader Mohammad Siddiq Rizvi said the TLP was a religious and political party and not connected to the incident in any way.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Supreme Court lawyer Saiful Mulook said the police and civil administration should be tried under Section 302 for their gross negligence in the matter, as he called them "co-murderers". "Whoever [in the police and the civil admin] didn't seek high-level intervention facilitated the murder," he added.

According to the lawyer, who fought Aasia Bibi's case in the Supreme Court, it reportedly took the mob a few hours to gather outside the factory and the civil administration should have known that it could not stop the mob from the entering factory.

"As soon as the situation started getting serious, the civil administration should have requested the government to use Article 245 to call in the army or the paramilitary force,” he said, adding that the civil administration did not have the capacity to deal with such blasphemy-related mobs.

The lawyer said that as per an earlier SC ruling, nobody could take the law into their hands, not even in blasphemy cases.

According to a statement issued by the Sialkot police, a case had been registered against unidentified people under sections 431 (mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel), 427 (mischief causing damage amounting to Rs50), 149 (unlawful assembly of people), 147 (rioting), 297 (trespassing of burial places), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender), 302 (intentional murder) and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

(With input from agencies)

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Jaahils , such a barbaric incident. Which ever party or movement responsible for it, should be named, shamed and prosecuted.

Stringent actions in the form of arrests and death sentence (which those uneducated people think as death for defending islam ) will only calm the situation down but will not stem the recurrence that is waiting to happen.

Leaders keep their people poor and uneducated so that they can rule and be elected again and again to power undisputedly.

Educating these people and those who brainwash these uneducated people and turn them into extremists should be prosecuted and such acts of especially the Mullahs should not be tolerated

Slowly and steadily cleaning up those stupid leaders who are the roots behind such extremism, could be the ideal solution.

Need to educate people on both sides , those who commit such crimes and also those who co-relate this incident for Imran Khan's steps to tackle Islamophobia in the West.

 

[ARK Rafay]

We can't completely blame any government. It's about society and mindset of individuals.
People won't accept diversity.

Pakistan is a country which has come into being on the principle of religious affiliation.

The religious beliefs are confusing, inconsistent , contradictory to reality, unnecessary and really irrelevant. The sooner this gets disposed the better for the country and society.

Need to invest more on Education. Once new generation of Pakistan takes up responsibility, problems will be solved in no time!

100%.

As a society we have fallen. We need to raise our people's thinking levels. This is absolutely necessary and might take time. But at least the next generation will be saved this way.

 

[MenInG]

The Sri Lankan government and the Opposition were united in urging the Sri Lankan authorities to have talks with Islamabad to ensure the safety of the rest of the Sri Lankan workers in Pakistan.

Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Saturday condemned the lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Pakistan and urged the authorities there to ensure the safety of the rest of the Sri Lankan expat workers in the country.

In a grisly incident on Friday, Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, who was in his 40s, was lynched and his body burnt by angry supporters of a hardline Islamist party which attacked a garment factory in Pakistan's Punjab province over blasphemy allegations.

Diyawadana, from Sri Lanka’s Kandy, was working as the general manager of the garment factory in Sialkot district, some 100 kms from Lahore.

The Sri Lankan government and the Opposition were united in urging the Sri Lankan authorities to have talks with Islamabad to ensure the safety of the rest of the Sri Lankan workers in Pakistan.

"We are glad that the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had very strongly condemned this brutal act," education minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Parliament.

Mr. Khan said in a tweet: “The horrific vigilante attack on a factory in Sialkot & the burning alive of a Sri Lankan manager is a day of shame for Pakistan. I am overseeing the investigations & let there be no mistake, all those responsible will be punished with full severity of the law. Arrests are in progress.”

President Arif Alvi tweeted: “The Sialkot incident is definitely very sad & shameful, and not religious in any way whatsoever. Islam is a religion that established cannons of deliberative justice rather than mob lynchings.”

Diywadana had graduated from the University of Peradeniya in Kandy. He came from a poor background, Parliament was told.

He was murdered by the supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a hardline Islamist party, which was previously banned.

"Mr Kumara allegedly tore a poster of the hardline TLP in which Quranic verses were inscribed and threw it in the dustbin. The poster of the Islamist party was pasted on the wall adjoining the office of Kumara. A couple of factory workers saw him removing the poster and spread the word in the factory," according to a police official in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Hundreds of men, enraged over the “blasphemy” incident, started gathering outside the factory from adjoining areas. Most of them were activists and supporters of the TLP.

"The mob dragged the suspect (the Sri Lankan national) from the factory and severely tortured him. After he succumbed to his wounds, the mob burnt his body before police reached there," the official said.

Several videos were circulated on social media showing hundreds of men gathered at the site surrounding the body of the Sri Lankan national. They were chanting slogans of the TLP.

The Pakistan government led by Prime Minister Khan had recently lifted a ban on the TLP after signing a secret agreement with it after which its chief Saad Rizvi and over 1,500 activists accused of terrorism were released from jail.

The TLP in return had ended its week-long sit-in in Punjab after withdrawing its demand of expelling the French ambassador on the issue of blasphemous cartoons in France.

Late on Friday evening, Punjab Police said they have arrested 100 suspects, after identifying them through video footage.

“We have arrested 100 suspects allegedly involved in the lynching of the Sri Lankan national under terrorism and other charges,” Inspector General Police (Punjab) Rao Sardar Ali Khan said in a statement.

“More arrests are being made and those involved in this gory incident will not be spared,” he said.

Condemning the incident, global human rights watchdog Amnesty International demanded an impartial investigation.

“PAKISTAN: Amnesty International is deeply alarmed by the disturbing lynching and killing of a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot, allegedly due to a blasphemy accusation. Authorities must immediately conduct an independent, impartial and prompt investigation and hold the perpetrators accountable.”

“Today’s event underscores the urgency with which an environment that enables abuse and puts lives at risk must be rectified,” it said in a series of tweets.

A U.S. government advisory panel report says Pakistan used blasphemy laws more than any other country in the world.

Mere allegations of blasphemy have triggered violence against minorities like Christians.

Several persons accused of committing blasphemy have been lynched in recent years.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/inter...nals-lynching-in-pakistan/article37835681.ece

 

[ARK Rafay]

He removed a poster of an Islamist party from a wall in the factory. It is being said the poster had religous text on it.

I think having quranic verses on your party posters should be banned in our country. You do not deserve to write quranic verses under your own or party name if you can't even understand them yourself.

 

[Ryw]

I think having quranic verses on your party posters should be banned in our country. You do not deserve to write quranic verses under your own or party name if you can't even understand them yourself.

Liberals and feminists in this thread are blaming Imran Khan for this, shame on you for pushing your cheap agenda and mixing it with this incident. Thats why more Khalil ur Rehmans needed in this society so your pointscoring can be blocked.

 

[cric_man]

I think having quranic verses on your party posters should be banned in our country. You do not deserve to write quranic verses under your own or party name if you can't even understand them yourself.

Exactly. Plus they are disrespecting the Quran as poster get ripped/torn up and thrown in garbage all the time.

 

[MenInG]

The police have arrested a prime suspect and booked at least 800 people under the Anti-Terrorism Act a day after a mob tortured a Sri Lankan man, employed as a manager in a factory on Wazirabad Road, Sialkot, to death and set his body on fire.

The police said Farhan Idrees, the key suspect, has been detained.

They said hundreds of people armed with sticks and batons were present inside the factory at the time of the murder of the foreign national, Priyantha Kumara.

After the murder, the mob dragged his body on the streets, the police said, adding that it failed to stop the crowd due to a lack of strength.

As per the initial investigation, the police said that the Sri Lanka citizen was killed over allegations of blasphemy. They added that they were investigating the matter from all angles.

Meanwhile, an initial report of the incident has been submitted to Prime Minister Imran Khan by the Punjab Police. As per the report, at least 112 suspects have been detained who were identified with the help of the factory managers. The provocateurs have been arrested as well.

The detained suspects have been moved to unknown locations, they said, adding that investigation was still underway.

Separately, the body of the deceased has been handed over to the police after post-mortem for legal formalities.

In a statement, cleric Mufti Taqi Usmani condemned the killing of the foreign national over blasphemy allegations. He said blasphemy was a “grave crime” but the evidence to prove the blasphemy charges must be beyond doubt.

The Sialkot incident has tarnished the image of Pakistan and Muslims across the world, he added.

He expressed concerns over the violent state of affairs in Pakistan, saying instead of using force, the government should table the matter before parliament to resolve such issues. He also urged the protesters to use peaceful means instead of destroying national properties and violence.

Lynched over 'blasphemy'

The nation was shell-shocked and disgusted on Friday when a Sri Lankan national was brutally lynched and his body was set on fire by a mob in Sialkot. The sickening incident outraged the nation as the civil and military leaders denounced it as “horrific” “shameful” and “extra-judicial vigilantism”.

President Arif Alvi said the vigilante attack has nothing to do with religion, while Prime Minister Imran Khan promised that those responsible “will be punished with the full severity of the law”.

The gut-wrenching incident took place on Sialkot’s Wazirabad Road, where workers of private factories brutally lynched the Sri Lankan national.

Several gruesome video clips shared on social media showed a mob beating the victim while chanting slogans against blasphemy. Other clips showed his body set ablaze, as well as the overturned wreckage of what was said to be his car.

Many in the mob made no attempt to hide their identity and some took selfies in front of the burning corpse. The police claimed that the grisly incident took place inside the factory premises and there was no way of knowing about it before that time.

 

[Rajdeep]

Modi's party and his record in Gujarat is for all to see.

As for negotiating with TLP, would you have liked a bloodbath on the streets so then we can talk about civil rights violations etc?

Not that this thread has anything to do with Modi but just for the record he and his party has made Gujarat as one of the most progressive states in India. So much so that example of 'Gujarat Model' was given to all states. Due to his impeccable performance as a CM of the state, he was pushed for BJPs prime minister candidate in 2014 when in reality LK Advani was in line for that spot.

2002 riots were unfortunate but it started with Godhra train buring...lets not forget that. Every action has equal and opposite reaction. Then again supreme court and SIT committee under congress govt investigated Modi for years but couldnt find a shred of evidence against him.

The entire comparison of Imran Khan and PM Modi is wrong. Imran was an ATG cricketer who used his popularity (as a great cricketer and WC winning captain) to rise at the top of political power. Modi was a tea seller, cleaner in RSS office, poster delivery boy during emergency era who rose to political power not due to his fame but due to sheer hard work, proven track record as a leader of Guajarat and selfless patrotism.

 

[Jeetlodil]

Also by the way, when you use this term Aashiq-e-Rasool (PBUH) - you are insulting someone I revere deeply so use PBUH when putting that term down on this forum.

Suggestion - Can you put this as a requirement in the T&Cs to everyone who posts on this forum. Only then would everyone know this has to be followed strictly. Ignore if I am wrong on this.

 

[saeedhk]

I think having quranic verses on your party posters should be banned in our country. You do not deserve to write quranic verses under your own or party name if you can't even understand them yourself.

It was an excuse. The whole story is out now. Check out my post below.

 

[Major]

Being a Pakistani, one thing that I have to accept here is that this death of the Sri Lankan person on the basis of Blasphemy is not gonna be the last death on such cases. More lynchings and murders will take place. Just accept that.

We will move on from this guys death, forget about it, only to come accross another lynching where we whine about the country and than move on from that too.

The only way that these lynchings on the basis of blasphemy could be reduced is by having the controversial blasphemy law removed and have also have a police force that demands respect when it approach's the public.

Journalist in sialkot have said they called the district police chief who did not bother to answer or come to the spot.

The current govt doesnt even have the guts to rectify the law, so cant even have hopes

Future cases will come, and Pakistan only learns to behave when we have foreign institutions or countries slapping us and imposing restrictions on us until we rectify the root cause.

Hopefully in future, IMF or even China should try to bans on us until we fix these laws.

 

[saeedhk]

-The manager had reprimanded workers over bad performance

- The workers were angry as the manager was telling them to get serious about work and be more diligent

- The manager ordered all workers to clean up the factory as a foreign investor was coming

 

[Major]

Liberals and feminists in this thread are blaming Imran Khan for this, shame on you for pushing your cheap agenda and mixing it with this incident. Thats why more Khalil ur Rehmans needed in this society so your pointscoring can be blocked.

if you knew anything about Pakistans politics you would know why Imran is being blamed for it.

But as usual, you dont want your favourite person be targetted, and than you wonder why such cases happen.

 

[saeedhk]

Being a Pakistani, one thing that I have to accept here is that this death of the Sri Lankan person on the basis of Blasphemy is not gonna be the last death on such cases. More lynchings and murders will take place. Just accept that.

We will move on from this guys death, forget about it, only to come accross another lynching where we whine about the country and than move on from that too.

The only way that these lynchings on the basis of blasphemy could be reduced is by having the controversial blasphemy law removed and have also have a police force that demands respect when it approach's the public.

Journalist in sialkot have said they called the district police chief who did not bother to answer or come to the spot.

The current govt doesnt even have the guts to rectify the law, so cant even have hopes

Future cases will come, and Pakistan only learns to behave when we have foreign institutions or countries slapping us and imposing restrictions on us until we rectify the root cause.

Hopefully in future, IMF or even China should try to bans on us until we fix these laws.

Same sentiments as you! This madness is not going away anytime soon and no leader is willing to do anything about this law.

 

[saeedhk]

Another case of misuse of blasphemy law to settle personal disputes! I am sad but not surprised one bit!

 

[90MPH]

-The manager had reprimanded workers over bad performance

- The workers were angry as the manager was telling them to get serious about work and be more diligent

- The manager ordered all workers to clean up the factory as a foreign investor was coming

This is making more sense and seems much more plausible that these workers had a vendetta against the poor guy.

The poster theory was just an excuse to whip people up.

Still feel disgusted and ashamed that this is happening in Pakistan.

 

[Major]

Jaahils , such a barbaric incident. Which ever party or movement responsible for it, should be named, shamed and prosecuted.

Stringent actions in the form of arrests and death sentence (which those uneducated people think as death for defending islam ) will only calm the situation down but will not stem the recurrence that is waiting to happen.

Leaders keep their people poor and uneducated so that they can rule and be elected again and again to power undisputedly.

Educating these people and those who brainwash these uneducated people and turn them into extremists should be prosecuted and such acts of especially the Mullahs should not be tolerated

Slowly and steadily cleaning up those stupid leaders who are the roots behind such extremism, could be the ideal solution.

Need to educate people on both sides , those who commit such crimes and also those who co-relate this incident for Imran Khan's steps to tackle Islamophobia in the West.

TO be honest, it has nothing to do with education....

I go to an academy where all the students have 16 years of education and they are preparing for the Top CSS exam of the country.

In the classroom the lecturers always go on talking about how evil the west is and the evil is corrupting the world. It even becomes more hilarious when your teacher talks smack about Capitalism being the evils of the West while the same teacher, being a govt employee, is also teaching in an academy.

As I have said before, I have sat in a class where the holocausts event was laughed at or where many students under their breath said that whatever happened they deserved it.....

The problem isn't education because even our educated are parhay likhay jahil.

The problem is infusing religion into the brains of the people. State and religion should be seperate, but in pakistan religion is mixed with our politics.

You talk about cleaning up these stupid leaders, but than you also dont want anyone to say bad to imran khan.
How do such groups emerge? They dont emerge from the thin air. First you mobilize as a group, but to become strong you need support.

The first mistake that has been by the leaders of our past is by appeasing to the religious fanatics. If a group of people want to make Ahmadiyyas as Kafirs, our leaders listened and made laws, and hoping that that group will vote for them now as leader. Not knowing that any religious law your bring in place will never get rectified, thus creating problems for that now minority group.

When we want to cause the downfall of a politcal party and remove the from govt we again eitehr make religious parties or give them support. When we make these parties we are helping them in mobilizing. Many dont know how to mobilize. When we give them support we are empowering them.

Islami Jamohriya Ittehad (IJI) was created on the basis of Islam and to remove PPP in power. This was created by Hamid Gul to tackle the PPP support that existed. What did that give you? It gave you a Nawaz Shareef that now everyone on this forum criticizes, but no one wants to talk about how Nawaz enter in the governance circle.

TLP was made on the basis of protecting the honour of the Prophet. They did their first march in 2017 when a sane law minister realized that believing in the finality of Prophethood shouldn't be enforced on the people. But the group got empowered with political parties like PTI giving them support through verbal, twitter or in person. Why? Because for PTI only one thing mattered. They wanted to remove PML N at all cost.

PTI came into power, and whenever TLP protested, PTI listened to them. People think this was a great way to disburse the crowd but they dont realize when you listen to the demands of TLP they become empowered. The public starts to join them. We removed Atif Mian just because TLP did not want him.

People say govt isn't to be blamed, but the current PTI govt has started to infuse religion on us. Recently, school children were being forced to say the Durood Shareef in assembly, on twitter after every 2 weeks Imran either rants about the evil Western society ruining the family system or how he will fight for the protection of the Prophets honor overseas. All these things get infused and the end result you get is the society that is infront of you. A society that will lynch anyone too death because of religious fanaticism that is infused in the brains of the people.

We have people even on this forum that think the honor of the Prophet needs to be protected. Funny thing is we and the Prophet are the creation of God. I think God can protect the Prophets honor better than us. However, if people think that Prophets honor should be protected by the people than it makes you wonder if we were formed on the basis of creation or evolution. Our acts are as such that while we want to believe that we are a creation but deep down inside many people probably accept themselves as evolution, because only than would we feel the need to take the laws in our own hand to protect the honor of the Prophet

People will again and again claim this problem is not political, however this problem has become very political to an extent that it cannot be fixed. Many will claim oh dont bring in Imran khan stop political point scoring, we should find the solution. The solution is fix your political mess.

We have started to make govt buildings have the finality of prophethood be mentioned on them. We have started to make it enforced on our oath documents aswell.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shocking to see the brutal and fatal attack on Priyantha Diyawadana by extremist mobs in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pakistan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pakistan</a>. My heart goes out to his wife and family. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SriLanka?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SriLanka</a> and her people are confident that PM <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImranKhanPTI</a> will keep to his commitment to bring all those involved to justice.</p>— Mahinda Rajapaksa (@PresRajapaksa) <a href="https://twitter.com/PresRajapaksa/status/1467021344348979203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

Good to see Pakistan state moving fast on this.

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Moreover, the data of thousands of mobile phone calls was also analysed and forensic analysis of videos and mobile calls has been underway, police said.

Punjab police chief Rao Sardar Ali Khan has said that the police trying not to ignore any aspect of the incident in its investigation.

“The charge sheet against the accused will be submitted to an anti-terrorism court after completion of the investigation,” IG Punjab said.

Police have registered a case against hundreds of unidentified people after a mob of factory workers lynched their Sri Lankan manager in Sialkot.

The FIR was lodged against 800 to 900 unidentified people at Uggoki police station under charges of terrorism, attempt to murder, plot to murder, desecration of a human body and other sections.

Earlier, a spokesperson of the Punjab police said an operation to round up the mobsters continued throughout the last night and more than 50 places in Sialkot were raided.

https://arynews.tv/13-key-accused-sialkot-mob-lynching-arrested-police/

 

[MenInG]

To those jumping up and down about what the govt is doing about religion etc

Here is my challenge

Find some people who are convinced about dealing with insults to the Prophet PBUH is based upon violence
Reason with them and make them see your point of view
Report that to us in this thread so we can all learn what tactics and approaches you can use

I am not asking you to change the country but simply reason with the people you know

 

[IMMY69]

I'm truly lost for words and I've really had to control my anger over this incident.

The only thing I can say is please don't let the death of Priyantha be in vain.

Let this be the start for change.

 

[Major]

I think having quranic verses on your party posters should be banned in our country. You do not deserve to write quranic verses under your own or party name if you can't even understand them yourself.

What if I tell you that according to the govt placing a copy of Quran with ordinary books is also considerred a sin.

In the recent SNC that was approved, quranic teaching has become compulsory, funny thing is, students are being told not to place your quranic books in your school bag. So now what, do small children with already heavy bags carry two school bags?

In a school, 4 accidental drops of the Quran took place in grade 6.

Looking at the way how islaminized our state is becoming, the next blasphemy case isn't far could happen anytime soon.

 

[ARK Rafay]

To those jumping up and down about what the govt is doing about religion etc

Here is my challenge

Find some people who are convinced about dealing with insults to the Prophet PBUH is based upon violence
Reason with them and make them see your point of view
Report that to us in this thread so we can all learn what tactics and approaches you can use

I am not asking you to change the country but simply reason with the people you know

It is a lot easier to type paragraphs on Social Media.

Good advice though. I will try to implement that more in my approach when engaging with those convinced people.

 

[MenInG]

What if I tell you that according to the govt placing a copy of Quran with ordinary books is also considerred a sin.

In the recent SNC that was approved, quranic teaching has become compulsory, funny thing is, students are being told not to place your quranic books in your school bag. So now what, do small children with already heavy bags carry two school bags?

In a school, 4 accidental drops of the Quran took place in grade 6.

Looking at the way how islaminized our state is becoming, the next blasphemy case isn't far could happen anytime soon.

Do you actually understand the importance of Quran to Muslims?

In my home, Quraan is placed above all other books I have, I dont put my Quraan next to other books.

Have you seen school children carrying 2 bags?

 

[Major]

Do you actually understand the importance of Quran to Muslims?

In my home, Quraan is placed above all other books I have, I dont put my Quraan next to other books.

Have you seen school children carrying 2 bags?

So now divine books cannot be placed with other books? How are school children than suppose to carry them? Two bags maybe? You should see how heavy the school bags are of Pakistani children.

Its these little things where you mix religion soo much in society that you will keep on having such cases and it wont stop till the root cause is fixed. Next blasphemy case could be against a school child who placed a divine book with ordinary book because for the general public that is also a sin.

 

[Markhor]

The troubling thing is that the PM and most educated people think the mob taking the "law" into their own hands is the bigger problem rather than the law itself which awards the death penalty for blasphemy.

What you're saying in principle is correct, but any politician advocating abolition of blasphemy laws would be signing their death warrant. Salman Taseer was murdered for less than that.

Therefore criticising "misuse" of blasphemy laws through vigilantism is the firmest condemnation they can realistically make without offending the religious sentiments of the masses.

The political class also feel it's the most pragmatic position because, unless somebody corrects me, I'm not aware of the Pakistani state actually executing anyone under the blasphemy law. Often these flimsy cases result in acquittals as with Asia Bibi. Obviously the judicial process will be fairer for defendants than any charged up mob - meanwhile you give the masses the impression that "justice" is being done.

Basically it's another Pakistani double game, but on our own people. Maybe the elite's calculation is correct, but like the Afghanistan double game, you end up appeasing nobody.

The West/human rights orgs won't give you credit for acquitting defendants because they shouldn't be on trial in the first place - while the religious mobs will take to the streets because you didn't uphold convictions. All the while Pakistan's international image gets tarnished and lack of foreign investment continues.

 

[saeedhk]

This case is similar to that of Jagdesh Kumar who was lynched by his fellow factory workers over blasphemy in 2008. In fact, the first blasphemy-related killing took place in 1991 and the killings have never stopped. There have been three decades of this blasphemy madness and yet we are seeing more and more cases each day. This is not going to stop any time soon!

 

[MenInG]

This case is similar to that of Jagdesh Kumar who was lynched by his fellow factory workers over blasphemy in 2008. In fact, the first blasphemy-related killing took place in 1991 and the killings have never stopped. There have been three decades of this blasphemy madness and yet we are seeing more and more cases each day. This is not going to stop any time soon!

Are you able to add anything new to this thread?

Seem to be repeating your statements.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

As long as religion continues to be mixed with politics, used as a tool to score points things will only get worse. The onus is on the political parties to let religion be and to not cross that boundary just for the sake of a few votes, and they should be criticized and vilified if they do so. Imran has been rightly criticized for his blatant appeasement of the religious right and for exacerbating an already festered wound that causes incidents such as this.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today in UAE to convey our nation's anger & shame to people of Sri Lanka at vigilante killing of Priyantha Diyawadana in Sialkot. I informed him 100+ ppl arrested & assured him they would be prosecuted with full severity of the law</p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1467113256863027201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

SIALKOT: The Punjab government has sent an initial investigation report of the Sialkot tragedy to Prime Minister Imran Khan, well-placed sources told Geo News on Saturday.

A day earlier, a Sri Lankan national, Priyantha Kumara, who had been working as a manager at a private factory on Wazirabad Road in Sialkot, was tortured to death and his body set on fire by a mob over allegations of "blasphemy".

As per the preliminary report, a dispute had emerged when Kumara removed some posters from the walls of the factory at 10:28am. The posters were reportedly inscribed with the name of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

Shortly after, the factory owner reached the spot and resolved the issue. Kumara had apologised for the misunderstanding on his part.

After Kumara made the apology, the matter was reportedly considered settled and the factory workers had dispersed.

However, some workers then incited their colleagues to attack the manager.

Within a few minutes, a mob formed and set on the victim within the premises of the industrial unit, eventually killing him.

A total of 13 security guards were present in the factory as the brutal attack was occurring. None of them tried to rescue the victim or disperse the mob, said the report.

Kumara’s body was later dragged outside the factory.

Police received a phone call at 11:28am about the incident, officials said. A police party reached the site within 12 minutes.

Heavy contingents of police were later dispatched to the crime scene to round up and arrest suspects.

GEO

 

[Bewal Express]

So much anger and hate. Foregiveness and humanity are prerequisite for a good Muslim and this was just evil.

 

[MenInG]

ISLAMABAD: While condemning the Sialkot incident that shook the nation, Federal Minister of Information Fawad Chaudhry Saturday said that "time bombs that we planted in society will continue to explode if not defused".

In a series of tweets on Saturday, Fawad slammed the apathy towards such incidents and warned that it will lead to a bigger tragedy.

"I've been thinking what to write to condemn the Sialkot incident since yesterday, words have become useless. Such incidents only affect us for 48 hours, after which everything returns to normal.

"Until the next such incident occurs, our conscience remains buried; this apathy is an indication of a bigger storm. Blood has been spilled in the countries due to people's dead conscience," he remarked.

GEO

 

[Devadwal]

Sialkot Chamber of Commerce statement clearly says some employees killed Sri Lankan manager because of personal vendetta. There was no blasphemy

 

[DeadlyVenom]

ISLAMABAD: While condemning the Sialkot incident that shook the nation, Federal Minister of Information Fawad Chaudhry Saturday said that "time bombs that we planted in society will continue to explode if not defused".

In a series of tweets on Saturday, Fawad slammed the apathy towards such incidents and warned that it will lead to a bigger tragedy.

"I've been thinking what to write to condemn the Sialkot incident since yesterday, words have become useless. Such incidents only affect us for 48 hours, after which everything returns to normal.

"Until the next such incident occurs, our conscience remains buried; this apathy is an indication of a bigger storm. Blood has been spilled in the countries due to people's dead conscience," he remarked.

GEO

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Thats the first time ive seen someone in power make these statements and its a massive step in the right direction.

Whats staggering is that is a duffer like Fawad making them. Perhaps he isnt as dim as I thought.

 

[James]

This is clearly not an Imran khan issue, ave very clearly an Islam issue.

This incident would have gone down exactly the same regardless of who is in power. Nor would any other leader have spoken out any more strongly than Imran khan.

This is a country where mumtaz qadri has a shrine, and where his hanging drew a mob of thousands of mullahs. They draw their inspiration from Islam, not Imran khan.

Anyone who is disgusted by this incident should start asking the hard questions, not take pot shots at Imran khan who is as powerless as any of us in this situation. If he takes too hard a stance, he is the next blasphemer on the block.

Reform must come from within each one of us. Just a question of how many burning bodies do we need to see before we reject bigotry and hatred.

Seems not like a religious or political issue, but more of a cultural issue.

 

[James]

I'm truly lost for words and I've really had to control my anger over this incident.

The only thing I can say is please don't let the death of Priyantha be in vain.

Let this be the start for change.

Succinct and correct.

Something positive must come out of this.

 

[NishanKonar]

Do you actually understand the importance of Quran to Muslims?

In my home, Quraan is placed above all other books I have, I dont put my Quraan next to other books.

Have you seen school children carrying 2 bags?

This mindset is at the root of this whole issue

When a book is more valuable than human life - its only natural some unhinged elements will cross the line when they hear rumors of blasphemy

You are an educated man endowed with sense of logic and reason. Even in case of blasphemy u will want a proper investigation and judicial process. But a rowdy villager will not have that restraint and composure. He will want instant justice for the dishonor to his " holy book "

In a society like Pakistan where 80% population is rural and underclass and largely illiterates - its a deadly cocktail. There will be always be hundreds of farmers and labourers ready to murder at the drop of a hat. You will say education is the way forward but that will take several decades. Till u reach that stage there will be violence in the name of blasphemy

 

[cricketjoshila]

He removed a poster of an Islamist party from a wall in the factory. It is being said the poster had religous text on it.

So if a religious party stuck that poster on my boundary wall or any wall, i cannot remove it?

 

[saeedhk]

Thats the first time ive seen someone in power make these statements and its a massive step in the right direction.

Whats staggering is that is a duffer like Fawad making them. Perhaps he isnt as dim as I thought.

He is my favorite in the PTI because he has a clear stance against extremism. He is the only ministers who has always the only minister who has talked about growing intolerance and he was the only minister in the PTI government who openly opposed Imran’s decision to release TLP leader and its supporters.

As a result, when the TLP delegation came to meet Imran Khan, they asked IK to kick out Fawad from the meeting and Imran complied. Pretty pathetic!

 

[saeedhk]

So if a religious party stuck that poster on my boundary wall or any wall, i cannot remove it?

It is possibly in civilised country but not in Pakistan. This is not the first time somebody has been killed or accused of blasphemy over removing a poster. Read up what happened to Christian nurses in Faisalabad a few months back. This is the norm rather than the exception.

 

[MenInG]

This mindset is at the root of this whole issue

When a book is more valuable than human life - its only natural some unhinged elements will cross the line when they hear rumors of blasphemy

You are an educated man endowed with sense of logic and reason. Even in case of blasphemy u will want a proper investigation and judicial process. But a rowdy villager will not have that restraint and composure. He will want instant justice for the dishonor to his " holy book "

In a society like Pakistan where 80% population is rural and underclass and largely illiterates - its a deadly cocktail. There will be always be hundreds of farmers and labourers ready to murder at the drop of a hat. You will say education is the way forward but that will take several decades. Till u reach that stage there will be violence in the name of blasphemy

Unfortunately you have no idea about the importance of this "book" in Islam. The basis of Islam centers around this book and therefore has a special meaning for us.

And your post is full of generalizations.

 

[MenInG]

A day after a Sri Lankan factory manager was brutally lynched and his body was set on fire by a mob in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations with many videos of the ghastly act going viral on social media, a new footage emerged on Saturday showing that a daring man also attempted to protect the victim.

In the latest video clip, the man who tried to protect Priyantha Kumara from the violent mob of hundreds is said to be his colleague.

The incident took place on Friday when hundreds of people armed with sticks and batons tortured the foreign national to death and later set his body on fire on Wazirabad Road in Punjab’s Sialkot district.

According to a local daily, which obtained the footage, the victim, who fled to the roof of the factory before being lynched, was being shielded by his colleague while the angry crowd was chanting blasphemy slogans.

The saviour also begged the enraged crowd to spare the life of his colleague before being overpowered by the self-proclaimed vigilantes, as many in the mob made no attempt to hide their identity and some took selfies in front of the burning corpse to glorify their inhuman act.

Malik Naseem Awan, a resident and lawyer in Sialkot, told AFP he was worried about the impact this incident would have on the country's image.

"I can't tell you how embarrassed I am. It would have been different if someone had done this individually but the crowd present there was watching it silently," he said.

Almost all the political and religious parties condemned the incident including the army chief.

A senior Pakistan official told AFP that Islamabad had been in touch with Sri Lankan diplomats over the incident "and have assured them that all those involved in the heinous crime will be brought to justice".

Rights groups say accusations of blasphemy can often be wielded to settle personal vendettas, with minorities largely the target.

 

[MenInG]

ISLAMABAD: Kamala Shri Shanta Kumar, brother of Priyantha Diyawadana who was tortured to death in a Sialkot factory, Saturday said that he was satisfied with the progress made in the murder case, ARY NEWS reported.

Speaking to ARY NEWS, the brother said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is conducting investigations seriously and appealed to the government of Pakistan to look after the children of his brother.

“My brother last came to Sri Lanka in 2019 and used to talk to the mother every week,” he said adding they have not yet informed the mother regarding the incident while his wife was also in a state of shock.

Kamala Shri Shanta Kumar said that his brother used to laud Pakistan and had never complained regarding anything. “One of my brothers still work in a factory in Karachi and is currently in the city,” he said adding that even he used to work in a factory in Faisalabad.

He shared that body of Priyantha Diyawadana would reach Sri Lanka by Monday and would be received by the family on Tuesday to perform final rites.

The brother said that they like Pakistan and such incidents could happen anywhere. “We still have a positive image regarding Pakistan,” he said and urged the authorities to take measures that could ensure that such incidents would never occur.

https://arynews.tv/priyantha-diyawadanas-body-to-reach-sri-lanka-on-monday-says-brother/

 

[Lonewarrior]

Blood debt must be paid in blood. all of those 100 animals who were involved in this incident should face the firing squad ..... that will be the swift justice to the victim.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Condemning horrific attack on a factory & shameful incident in Sialkot. As Pakistani i wil call it a black day for our society. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sialkot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sialkot</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Justice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Justice</a></p>— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) <a href="https://twitter.com/MHafeez22/status/1466821369195372550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Whosoever kills a person ... it shall be as if he has killed all mankind"<br>-Al Quran [5:32] <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sialkot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sialkot</a></p>— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial/status/1466833853675417606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Jeetlodil]

Unfortunately you have no idea about the importance of this "book" in Islam. The basis of Islam centers around this book and therefore has a special meaning for us.

And your post is full of generalizations.

Please enlighten why is it more significant than a humans life. Also whom do you speak for when you say "us". I know muslims who dont carry the same feeling. Are they less of muslims or non muslims then?

 

[MenInG]

Post-mortem report reveals nearly all bones broken

The post-mortem report of the foreigner revealed that 99% of his body was burned, and with the exception of one foot, all his bones were broken.

All his vital organs — liver, stomach, and one of his kidneys — were affected, while torture marks were visible all over his body and his spinal cord was broken at three different points.

The report cited skull and jaw fractures as the cause of death.

A Punjab Police spokesperson said that following the autopsy, his body was sent to Lahore, with two Elite Force vehicles escorting it.

The body will be handed over to the Sri Lankan consulate in Lahore, the spokesperson said.

"After all legal formalities are fulfilled, the body will be sent to Sri Lanka via a special flight," the spokesperson added.

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Wife pleads for justice

Priyantha's wife has pleaded for justice for her slain husband from both Pakistani and Sri Lankan leaders, Sri Lankan news outlet Newswire reported.

“I got to know about the brutal murder of my husband from the news. Later I saw this on the internet as well. He was a very innocent man,” she said, talking to reporters from BBC Sinhala.

“I request leaders of Sri Lanka and Pakistan to do justice for my husband and two children, by bringing the perpetrators to justice” she went on to say.

The deceased's brother said that Priyantha had been working in the Sialkot factory since 2012.

GEO

 

[MenInG]

Please enlighten why is it more significant than a humans life. Also whom do you speak for when you say "us". I know muslims who dont carry the same feeling. Are they less of muslims or non muslims then?

I was replying to a question about Quran being placed alongside other books and respect for that.

I never said its more significant than a humans life

FYI See what Afridi has quoted from Quraan about sanctity of life.

 

[Technics 1210]

This case is similar to that of Jagdesh Kumar who was lynched by his fellow factory workers over blasphemy in 2008. In fact, the first blasphemy-related killing took place in 1991 and the killings have never stopped. There have been three decades of this blasphemy madness and yet we are seeing more and more cases each day. This is not going to stop any time soon!

IK wasn’t PM in 1991 or 2008 - yet you continue to blame him.

You always end up shooting yourself in the foot.