A medical doctor, belonging to the minority Ahmadiyya community, has been arrested on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan for discarding a name-card of a medical sales representative into the dustbin. Reason: the sales rep. had "Muhammad" as part of his name on it. Can absurdity and lunacy get any better?
Bias, what can only be described as absurdity, is growing by leaps and bounds in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In the latest dreadful Blasphemy case, a popular Ismaili Physician of Hyderabad, Dr. Naushad Valiyani, has been arrested on charges of blasphemy. Besides his job in a Government hospital, the doctor also runs a private clinic in Doctor’s Lane in Hyderabad. He was arrested for discarding the visiting card of a medical sales representative, who had visited his clinic, into the dustbin. The reason? The said card included ‘Muhammad’ ahead of the visitor’s name, a commonly used prefix in Muslim name!
The doctor apologized to the Sales Rep, Muhammad Faizan, saying: “I meant no malice and did not intend to hurt the rep’s religious feelings”. A senior police official in Hyderabad has been quoted as saying that the man, who had felt slighted by the doctor’s action, had agreed to withdraw the complaint, but was pressured by the local religious leaders not to do so. And that is what led to the doctor’s arrest. The fact that he belongs to a minority sect may have some bearing on this, given that the more rabid Islamic mullahs in society tend to see all sects other than their own to be based on heresy.
The doctor was forcefully dragged to the Cantt Police station. There a settlement was reached between the Doctor and the Medical Rep. But a mob of a banned religious party forced police to file the case against Dr. Valiyani, instead of sparing him with no charges.
“The arrest was made after the complainant told the police that Dr. Valiyani threw his business card, which had his full name, Muhammad Faizan, in a dustbin during a visit to his clinic,” regional police chief Mushtaq Shah told AFP.
“Faizan accused Valiyani of committing “Namoos-e-Rasool” [blasphemy against the holy prophet] and asked the police to register a case against the doctor.”
Shah said the issue had been resolved after Dr. Valiyani, a member of the Ismaili community, apologized, but local religious leaders intervened and pressed for severe actions. “Dr. Valiyani had assured Faizan that he did not mean to insult the Prophet Mohammed by throwing the visiting card in the dustbin,” Shah said, adding that the police had registered a case under the Blasphemy Act 295 C.
Please tell me, who is insulting the Prophet (PBUH) in this case (as in so many others)? Who is the real “threat” to the ‘Namoos-e-Rasoo“? Using the Holy Prophet’s name in vain and for “spreading personal and petty hatred is itself an insult to the Prophet’s message and person. Anyone who cares for ‘Namoos-e-Rasool’ should feel insulted and incensed at how this ‘namoo’” is being ridiculed by the purveyors of hate in the name of blasphemy,” Faizan said.
But police refused to confirm or deny the doctor’s release. Dr. Valyani was booked under Section 295-C on the complaint of Mohammad Faizan in FIR no 306/2010 on Saturday after he was handed over to the police by a group of enraged representatives of different pharmaceutical companies for his alleged blasphemous remarks. Supervisory Police Officer (SPO) Cantonment Bilal Umer, who heard the two parties before the registration of the case on Saturday, claimed that the case would be investigated by an SP. When he was contacted on Monday for update on the case, he said: “I call you back to discuss it.” But he didn’t respond since then. Dr. Valyani was shifted to the CIA centre of Hyderabad in an armoured personnel carrier soon after the FIR’s registration. A police source claimed that he was released on Monday morning. It is not known whether any remand was obtained for his police custody before the release. The incident took place on Dec 9 and the complainant lodged the case on Dec 11 following consultation with his friends, who had gathered outside Cantonment police station. The complainant’s cell-phone was also found switched off.
PMA PLEA: The Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association has called for a judicial inquiry into the allegations against Dr. Naushad Valiyani. Office-bearers of the association said at a press conference in Karachi on Monday that the association was concerned over the ‘orchestrated incident’, urging authorities to ensure security of life to Dr. Valiyani. The PMA called for a judicial inquiry into the violence against Dr. Valiyani and the arrest of those, who physically abused him.
The situation has become a terrifying one! What has happened in Hyderabad suggests that the police are being guided not by law, reason and commonsense, but by the thuggish behavior of the religious-right Mullahs and their extreme views, held by many honorable Muslim clerics in Pakistan, who speak and act as if they were guardians of everyone else’s morality and religious feelings…!!!
The act committed by the doctor is one most of us would engage in without a second thought? Hundreds of such cards are being tossed away across the country each day. That does not mean, we are engaging in acts of blasphemy and that all of us should be arrested, tried and sentenced to death.
Accusing someone of blasphemy has become a means to extract revenge — and in this not only non-Muslims but many Muslims have been accused. In this particular case, it would seem that perhaps the medical sales representative who first reported the matter to the police was not happy with the reception he received from the doctor. But the fact that even failing to receive a representative can lead to so grave a charge is horrifying. The latest incident, coming just weeks after Aasia Bibi, the mother of five, who was found guilty of blasphemy by a lower court, highlights the need to tackle the blasphemy laws urgently. Through the period of over two decades that they have been in place, they have been misused with greater and greater frequency. The police have abetted this by making arrests instantly, without any attempt to assess the matter or examine if there is any logic behind them.
Like the case of the Emperor’s proverbial new clothes, fewer and fewer are willing to speak against this absurdity. At the very least, the blasphemy law in Pakistan in its current state must be amended to prevent its gross misuse. The PPP government needs to take the lead in this matter. For starters, it can take ownership of a bill recently tabled in parliament by former information minister and MNA [PPP] Miss Sherry Rehman. Furthermore, the government should take a stand on this issue, because its continuing failure to do so only emboldens the clergy and the obscurantist, and cedes much-needed ground to the extremists. The media, for its part, needs to be more vigilant, especially the Urdu media, which is read by the bulk of the population, many of whom may not see anything wrong with what has happened in Hyderabad. It can be said with some justification that the English press’s railing against the law’s misuse, while good, is nothing more than preaching to the converted.
The courts must look at the need for justice and the apex court should, perhaps, exercise its suo motu jurisdiction in such matters without fear from extremists. If we don’t take a stand against this lunacy now,, there may be nothing to fight for in the not-too-distant future.
Maybe there should have a law against Muslim parents naming their children as ‘Muhammad’.
Let me confess if a Muslim has children with the first named ‘Muhammad’, and he ends up scolding them for not doing their homework. Would this also count as blasphemy?
For Allah’s sake, give us a break and stop lunacy and absurdity!
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written by jai kafir hind , December 15, 2010
written by balam , December 15, 2010
written by The Mindset , December 15, 2010
Muslims are so tupid because they don't use their brain but the book called Quran.
They want to get every answer from this book. hence they are the most backward of all the people.
written by duh_swami , December 15, 2010
written by balam , December 15, 2010
written by Tanstaafl jw , December 15, 2010
written by Amboyduke , December 15, 2010
With apologies to...The Shireles...(I think?) LOL
written by Machmoed , December 16, 2010
Oops, did i do Namoos-e-rasool. Did i blasphemied the messenger
written by Reed Wilson. , December 16, 2010
Law makers are coerced to make such laws by hadis bitten religious fanatics who always create problems in smooth running of governments.
These fanatics are doing fasad fil arz and deserve the punishment prescribed in Quran.
written by duh_swami , December 16, 2010
written by Yorkshire Miner , December 16, 2010
written by Garden Variety Troll , December 16, 2010
... Since Ahmadiyya Muslims are nonviolent, they are not Muslims.One less group of people not officially Muslims. There is the potential to be violent however. Any religion can become violent... what's stopping most religions is the separation of Church and State. However, in Islam it is prescribed that the two cannot be separated... aye, even moderates call for imposition of Sharia which is the amalgamation of the two. Therefore Islam is the most dangerous foe to have come into civilization. It is... "Counter-Enlightenment," Islam resists change because it cannot adapt to the changing world where information travels freely. It's flaws become exposed, its vile nature delivered for everyone to see.
This is why most Islamic nations apart from those with fossil fuel reserves need its population to be poor, poor people make ignorant (but obedient) people -- the better to convince them to become mujahideen. Muslims need a poor Gaza/Palestine to be the poster child for oppression of Muslims, what few realize is that they are being taken in... the oppressor are their very own brothers, Muslims themselves. If Palestinians can't even integrate into other Arab countries how much more can their Muslim brothers in Europe, America or the free world?
Submission to the will of Allah, in Muslim parlance is fate. Submit to fate, if fate/Allah wills you to be poor, stop trying to find a job -- just beg. If fate created you a woman, submit to being maltreated. If fate created you to be black, Persian, or just plain non-Arab then you should submit to being a servant of Arabs. Submit to being a criminal, you can't possibly change -- ever. Submit yourself to staying a Muslim, apostasy means death. You don't need think, Submit to your animal instinct of lust, procreation, and envy... it is fate, it is Allah. If you're enemy's name is Muhammad, don't even think of throwing away that calling card... submit to having to keep it. Personal or spiritual advancement? Bunch of hogwash, submit to your fate -- it's simpler, and doesn't need effort. Don't even study, what is, will be, submit. Oh what a wonderful thing repetition is, inculcate the mind into submission till it's numbed and unable to think, best way to make mindless drones. There is no god but you-know-who, and you-know-who is his ... times infinity.
Submission, and not repentance is the message of Islam.
Why even bother interpreting the Qur'an or even think of Hadith? Submit only to the Qur'an... the Hadiths have become an embarassment anyways. The Qur'an is clear(-ish) enough.
written by dead or alive , December 16, 2010
written by vbv , December 17, 2010
written by lw1 , December 17, 2010
Quran teaches hatred by repeatedly threatening people with the outcome if vindictive Allah is not pleased with their actions.
written by Dan Thrapp , December 17, 2010
written by Machmoed , December 19, 2010
Why would this indoctrination be true and unique while we know it is an old concept first by the Egyptians, then the greeks and persians. All share the same story. They all had twelve followers/helpers/desciples. They all died for three days and were ressurected. They all were born out of a virgin birth. The similarities are endless. Jesus is the personification of the sun (sun=son) and that's why you can see him coming through the clouds every morning with a ray of thorns etc. The reason that jesus fed the people with 2 fish is because he represents the Era Pesci. After this the Aquarius will make it's entry represented by a waterbearer in ancient times. Now see the bible and indeed it tells us exactly that. Remember when Moses was angry with his people worshipping a golden bullcalf. This bullcalf was actually the Era of Taurus. Moses represented the the Era of Ram and that's why they had to leave the Taurus Era. In Mythraisme, Mythra himself symbollically kills the bull.
The release of the dove in noach's story is the same as the much more older story of Gilgamesh. The names are diffetrent. It means that later stories are altered to fit the place and time. Not based on truth/reality.
written by islam , December 21, 2010
written by Machmoed , December 21, 2010
it's a paradox!
The majority muslims rely on hadith and to understand them is to know hadith. The outcome of qur'an might be a slight different ithen the islam we know now. All believers want to emulate the messenger and his sahaba and in order to do this, you have to know what he or they said or did in some sircumstances. Hadith does that, qur'an not.
If it was sufficient to lean islam by just the qur'an, Hadith and all those stories were not necessary or incorporated in the system/religion called "islam".
your statement: read quran without hadith to learn islam and understand muslims....is therefor false i'm afraid.
written by xbrain , December 22, 2010
I give up and this should be a lesson to the world which invites muslim immigrants,,,beware
written by Pluto , December 23, 2010
That's absolutely rubbish.
Costa Rica,Monaco,Lichtenstein,Greece,Malta,Finland,etc. are all Official Christian States,but they don't go around raping,looting & murdering non-christians.
written by duh_swami , December 25, 2010
written by Pluto , December 28, 2010
I did not intend to offend Hindus but I'm not surprised you're offended since I'm a regular visitor at Faithfreedom & have come to know what Hindus are really like & their hatred for christians.
The declining RC population of Lichtenstein & increase of muslims (mainly due to immigration & high birth rates) does not make it less of a Christian country.Christians leaving Christianity is not a problem,since there are no Biblical instructions for Christians to kill apostates.Neither are there anti-conversion laws as they have in some parts of India.
BTW...
Did you know that Hinduism is declining in India & Islam is growing faster there?
written by Mariano , December 28, 2010
The more that someone appeals to evilbible.com the more they discredit themselves as evilbible.com is saturated with fallacies of every sort and has been discredited.
Evidence of these facts are found at the following URL and an honest skeptic will take the time to consider them:
http://www.truefreethinker.com/evilbiblecom
written by Dawn , January 05, 2011
Other than lunatics or Muslims, who insists that one's enemy can never tell the truth?
Other than lunatics and Muslims, who else would insist that the Quran is the word of God because it can't be duplicated?
Other than lunatics and Muslims, who else would insist that an obvious lunatic, an obvious child abuser, an obvious rapist, an obviously dangerous sex offender, an obvious genocidal maniac, an obvious Jew hater, an obvious Christian hater, an obvious pirate, an obvious impostor, an obvious terrorist, or an obvious liar is the holiest and most respectable example that anyone can follow?
Other than lunatics and Muslims, who else would think it is a holy thing to fast for one month out of every year by eating nothing during the day time but pigging out every night of that month?
Other than lunatics and Muslims, who else completely twists the meaning of martyr (a word that was originally applied to Christians who were persecuted, tortured, and murdered for no other reason than their belief in the harmless teachings, deeds, and person of the Christ that their name came from)?
Other than lunatics and Muslims, who else considers insults a crime or who else thinks you are insulting their religion (as if a religion has feelings or an intelligence that can be insulted) or them if you simply ridicule the blatantly ridiculous statements that come from their most sacred writings, if you simply question the obviously questionable dogma that they insist is the only true religion, or if you simply expose and refute the extremely obvious lunacy that persists in the character of their holiest or most revered character (No, Allah is not their most revered character because they would sooner kill you for calling their most revered Muhammad a name that they dislike than they would if you were to call Allah a bad name)?
written by fineliving56 , January 05, 2011
[ from the name I assumed you are a woman like me if not then I value your post just the same .
written by fineliving56 , January 05, 2011
written by belinda , January 20, 2012
its worst than communism,nazism,fascism.