Adil Najam
Read this news from The Express Tribune and tell me how this is not idiotic:
KARACHI: A doctor has been arrested on charges of blasphemy in Hyderabad, police said on Sunday. Naushad Valiyani was detained on Friday following a complaint by a medical representative who visited the doctor in the city of Hyderabad. “The arrest was made after the complainant told the police that 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 blasphemy and asked police to register a case against the doctor.”
Shah said the issue had been resolved after Valiyani, a member of the Ismaili community apologised but local religious leaders intervened and pressed for action. “Valiyani had assured Faizan that he did not mean to insult the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) by throwing the visiting card in the dustbin,” Shah said, adding that the police had registered a case under the Blasphemy Act.
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-Rasool“?
Using the Prophet’s name in vain and for spreading personal and petty hatred is itself an insult to the Prophet’s (PBUH) message and person. Anyone who cares for “Namoos-e-Rasool” should feel insulted and incensed at how this “namoos” is being ridiculed by the purveyors of hate in the name of blasphemy.
Maybe we should have a law against parents naming their children ‘Muhammad’. Let me confess I have two children whose middle name is ‘Muhammad’ and I sometimes do end up shouting at them or chiding them for not doing their homework. Does this, now, also count as blasphemy?
For Allah’s sake, give me a break. Please! If not me, at least give the Prophet (PBUH) a break!
P.S. For those unable to read Urdu, the verse at the top of this post is from Iftikhar Arif: “Rehmat-i-Syed-i-Lolaak pey kamil eeman / Ummat-i-Syed-i-Lolaak say khauf aata hai.” I hope readers who are better translators than me can provide a translation befitting this verse.
You can expect this only in Pakistan, no where else in the Islamic world you will see this. This shows how stupid and ignorant people are.
Sorry to keep contributing to this article…but I think it is important to know who Ismailis really are. Here is an interview with their Imam on NBC news. Watch it and tell me if Ismailis are not following the principles outlined by our beloved Prophet (PBUH).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40639864#40639864
@Adnan,
Read my post again. I will do exactly what I said in my post…walk away because I don’t think its wise to talk to idiots. However, I will end this conversation by saying that you are one of those mullahs say things that do not make any sense at all. Islam is all about logic. Too bad majority of people nowadays look at physical aspect of it more than spiritual and logical aspect. We do not live in the 7th century anymore and we do not need to follow the 7th century laws.
As for your accusation that Psuedo Liberal favored Shias and Qadiyanis…well…he/she did not. And even if that was true…so be it. He/she has the right to his opinion and so do you. Too bad you come across as an idiot.
So…Mr Adnan…I am walking away from an idiot. Keep talking…you will not get a reply from me.
As for the user on facebook who said “That guy WHO Happened to be a NON Muslim threw a card in dustbin and The person( A Muslim )…” let me tell you, Ismailis are Muslims. They follow Shia principle of Islam.
I can’t wait to see Ismailis being declared ‘Kafir-Per-Pakistani-Law’. I pray more and more Pakistanis can join the club. Thus one day we will be in majority and we will name our country as ‘Kafir-istan’. InsAllah.
Adnan, you ARE lying.
There is no mention of Qadianis or Shias anywhere.
You are doing exactly what that man in Hyderabad did. Creating divisions and making a false accusation on someone with no proof to smear the argument.
The least a decent person would do is to apologize for the tuhmat.
I don’t accept decent behavior from you so I expect you will pile up more lies as mullahs always do.