Reply To: Pakistani sentenced to death for blasphemy on social media
This is the country that hid and sheltered Osama Bin Laden so why would anyone be surprised.
Some people may be surprised at how extensive blasphemy laws are. This map shows just how widespread they are.
Since this research was completed Kuwait has now made blasphemy a capital offense and Denmark has charged a citizen under it’s blasphemy laws.
There is an odd connection between Pakistan and Norway. In early March 2016, over 100 Norwegian muslims demonstrated to show support to the Pakistani Mumtaz Qadri. Why? Mumtaz Qadri, a muslim, killed a governor in Pakistan who wanted to remove the death penalty for blasphemy in Pakistan.
A later Gallup poll conducted in Norway showed that 7% of Norwegian muslims believe that the punishment for blasphemy should be capital punishment. The sample size was 600 self identified muslims, so presumably 43 muslims approved of this statement: the one who performs blasphemy can be punished with death wherever in the world the person is.
Not all is bad however, almost two thirds of those surveyed (65%) agreed in part or totally that ‘(muslims) must withstand blasphemy, so just meet it with words and discussion.’
I hope that enlightened majority feel free to condemn such an unenlightened minority.
