Pakistani Legislators Chant 'Death to Blasphemers'

[Algernon Moncrieff]

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris-magazine-attack/charlie-hebdo-attack-pakistani-legislators-chant-death-blasphemers-n286626

Charlie Hebdo Attack: Pakistani Legislators Chant 'Death to Blasphemers'

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Dozens of Pakistani lawmakers chanted "death to blasphemers" during a march Thursday decrying the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Yousaf, who led the brief demonstration of around 40 people outside parliament in Islamabad, said: "All political parties are with us ... All Muslim countries should condemn these blasphemous cartoons."

[Takket]

1. were they out in the street chanting when the Taliban slaughtered an entire school full of children?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

3. Truthful answer - I don't know

Good question!

[samsingh]

13. i don't recall hearing anything about that

so probably not

[RussBLib]

16. careful with that one

just because you haven't heard of it is no reason to think it does not exist or didn't happen.

Case in point: until this Charlie Hebdo incident, I had never even heard of this magazine, and I (used to) consider myself fairly well tuned in.

It makes me wonder, what else am I missing? And HOW did I miss that? Could our media have something to do with it?

[samsingh]

17. that could be true - but i didn't see anything any any media anywhere

[riversedge]

26. In Pakistan school attack, Taliban terrorists kill 145, mostly children

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/16/world/asia/pakistan-peshawar-school-attack/

In Pakistan school attack, Taliban terrorists kill 145, mostly children

By Sophia Saifi and Greg Botelho, CNN

Updated 1:28 AM ET, Wed December 17, 2014

[TheMastersNemesis]

2. This Attitude Makes Me Less Sympathetic To These People When Taliban Do Them In.

They simply do not get how inferior they look

[arcane1]

4. Nope, nothing to criticize there. Move along now!

[Rex]

5. Seriously!? Over cartoons!?

Rot the fruk is wrong with humans? Are they permanently stupid?

[shenmue]

6. World still full of hate?

Okay, I'm going back to sleep.

[NaturalHigh]

11. Sorry Shenmue. You'll be sleeping for a while.

I wish I could be more encouraging.

[shenmue]

12. I think I'm going to eat ice cream and watch cartoons first

Maybe that'll help.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

20. The Lego Movie

Animated; catchy tunes; lots of social commentary delivered in a fun way; touching father-son moments; and a terrifying ending (OK, not really)

[shenmue]

22. Okey doke

And I've got a teddy bear.

[SidDithers]

7. Theocracy at it's finest...

But don't you dare mock the Islamic faith. Or any faith.

DUers will get upset.

Sid

[Algernon Moncrieff]

23. I'm very aware that this is not all Muslims

Albanian Muslims hid Jews during WWII: http://besathepromise.com/

Theocracy, howwever, in all forms, never ends well. I also wonder when we can stop pretending Pakistan is an ally.

[MohRokTah]

8. Blasphemy is a victimless crime. eom

[seveneyes]

9. Lawmakers that make moronic laws are morons

The sooner humanity wipes these fools from power the better.

[samsingh]

14. well put

[LeftinOH]

10. *Not rushing in to explain that these people don't represent

the beliefs of most Muslims. Not going to bother.

[samsingh]

15. sure

[Algernon Moncrieff]

21. I realize that these people don't represent the views of most Muslims.

What worries me is that Pakistan is ostensibly our ally...and a nuclear-armed one at that.

[moondust]

18. Dear Sardar,

You're much too serious. Rather than death for blasphemy why not blasphemy for blasphemy? Get out there and fiercely call those damn cartoonists the illiterate spawn of the devil and let it go at that, k? Maybe draw a cartoon of them with horns or something. Can you draw? Then have a few drinks and laugh it off.

[Fumesucker]

19. Obvious satire is obvious

There's no way intelligent people would do or say such a thing without their tongues being firmly in their cheeks.

[RadiationTherapy]

24. When you have power like these legislators do, you are "more than a muslim."

More than a muslim to me.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

25. I think that was a Bee Gees song that didn't sell very well.