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Showing posts with label intolerance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intolerance. Show all posts

Monday, September 1, 2025

Middle East Madness > Syria's Emerging Intolerance

 

Syria: Muslims chant ‘Take us to Suwayda,’

where jihadis slaughtered Druze


The lad brandishing the huge pair of scissors is celebrating the jihadis’ humiliation of Druze elders by forcibly shaving their beards.

Anyway, where is the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims, exhorting these people to embrace the true, peaceful teachings of Islam?



Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Syrian Sunni Intolerance falls upon musicians > They beat, cut the hair, humiliated singer

 

Syria: Muslims arrest singer, beat him, cut off his hair and humiliate him, drawing on his face and chest


“‘Imran bin Husain narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: ‘In this Ummah there shall be collapsing of the earth, transformation and Qadhf.’ A man among the Muslims said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! When is that?’ He said: ‘When singing slave-girls, music, and drinking intoxicants spread.’” (Jami at-Tirmidhi 2212)

“It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ï·º) said: ‘People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by another name, and musical instruments will be played for them and singing girls (will sing for them). Allah will cause the earth to swallow them up, and will turn them into monkeys and pigs.’” (Sunan Ibn Majah 4020)

“Narrated Aisha: Abu Bakr came to my house while two small Ansari girls were singing beside me the stories of the Ansar concerning the Day of Buath. And they were not singers. Abu Bakr said protestingly, ‘Musical instruments of Satan in the house of Allah’s Messenger (ï·º) !’ It happened on the `Id day and Allah’s Messenger (ï·º) said, ‘O Abu Bakr! There is an `Id for every nation and this is our `Id.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari 952)



At gunpoint | Folk singer ‘Omar Khairi’ humiliated in Al-Bab city for ‘practicing Tashbih'

SOHR, August 1, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Aleppo province: A group of gunmen affiliated to the “National Army” in Al-Bab city in the northern countryside of Aleppo arrested a Syrian folk singer, beat him, cut his hair and humiliated him following a raid on a wedding hall in the city.

According to SOHR sources, the reason behind arresting the singer is manifested in singing previously for the Syrian army during the rule of Bashar Al-Assad, as well as accusing him of “practicing Tashbih” (from Shabiha; the abuse of power).

SOHR obtained video footages showing the arrest of the singer and the physical and mental humiliation he was subjected to through cutting off his hair and painting on his face, as well as forcing him to sing songs glorifying the current Syrian president….



Friday, August 23, 2024

Islam in South Asia > Ahmadis - Time to abandon Pakistan while you can

 

Pakistan: ‘Heavy police contingent’ arrests Ahmadis on blasphemy charge for allegedly burning pages of Qur’an


The lives of the accused men are now in serious danger, for in Pakistan, the accusation is enough to enflame angry mobs. Often Muslims use blasphemy charges to settle scores or gain an advantage over a member of a minority community. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are an international disgrace, but no one cares, as stories about it don’t fit the media paradigm in which Muslims are always victims.


Ahmadi man held, three booked on blasphemy charge in Narowal

Dawn, August 21, 2024:

NAROWAL: Narowal police arrested an Ahmadi man and registered a case against three other members of his community on the charge of burning pages of the Holy Quran. (I really want to misspell Holy here, but I dare not!) 

A local leader of the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Pakistan at village Dharg Miana of Narowal district told police he was present at a mosque in the village square on Monday night when he heard a noise. When he came out, he saw four men allegedly burning some papers on a garbage heap.

He claimed that he and other locals turned on the lights of the mobile phones and saw the pages of the Holy Quran had been set on fire. He said the four men who burned the pages had fled from the spot. He said information was immediately given to police emergency 15.

On receiving the information, a heavy police contingent reached the spot and recorded the evidence as well as statements of the eyewitnesses.

On the request of a member of the religious outfit, police registered a case against four members of the Ahmadiyya community, identified by him….





Pakistan’s top court withdraws part of ruling about Ahmadis’ rights after Islamists vowed protests

Associated Press, August 22, 2024:

ISLAMABAD (AP)Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday removed a controversial part of its recent verdict concerning minority Ahmadis, apparently yielding to criticism from religious groups and clerics who had threatened nationwide protests.

Not to mention, threatening the life of the Supreme Court Justice. 

The ruling was quickly praised by Islamists who had earlier sought the resignation of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Qazi Faez Esa, for his alleged support for the minority Ahmadi community.

Pakistan’s Parliament declared Ahmadis non-Muslims in 1974. Since then, they have been repeatedly targeted by Islamic extremists, drawing condemnation from domestic and international human rights groups.

The controversy began in February when the court overturned the conviction of Mubarak Sani, a member of the Ahmadi community who had been convicted by another court in 2021 on charges of insulting Islam.

Initially the Supreme Court ruling went unnoticed but last month Zaheerul Islam, a deputy chief of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan party, was arrested after he issued a call for the killing of the chief justice over his alleged support for the Ahmadis….


 

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Islam in Pakistan > In Pakistan, Sharia is more powerful than federal laws; Pakistan arrests man for disinformation on Southport murders

 

Pakistan: Muslim mobs demand Chief Justice’s resignation

for saying Ahmadiyya man has ‘right to religion’


How can Mubarak Sani have a “right to religion” when the Qur’an directs Muslims to “fight them until persecution is no more and religion is all for Allah” (8:39)?

Pakistan: Islamist mobs descend into Supreme Court premises, demand Chief Justice’s resignation for saying Ahmadiyya man booked for blasphemy has ‘right to religion’

OpIndia, August 20, 2024:

The “Sar tan se juda” mob comprising thousands is protesting in Pakistan against Supreme Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa. Isa, who was appointed the Chief Justice of Pakistan in November last year has been facing death threats and protests since February this year after he ordered the release of a Ahmadiyya man Mubarak Sani. On the 29th of May, a three-judge bench including Chief Justice Isa, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan reserved its decision.

The fresh protests erupted after the court on 24th July accepted the Punjab government’s plea alongside those of several Islamist organisations seeking a review of its February ruling and said that the right to profess religion and religious freedom, as ensured by the Constitution, is subject to law, morality and public order. A hearing on these pleas will be held on 22nd August.

The protesting Islamists are demanding CJP Faez Isa’s resignation. On 19th August, a large number of protesters from various Islamist groups breached Islamabad’s highly secured, Red Zone storming the Supreme Court entrance gates to protest the Pakistan apex court verdict in the Mubarak Sani case.

In the February ruling, Justice Isa granted bail to Ahmadiyya man Mubarak Ahmad Sani who was accused of blasphemy in 2019 over distributing pamphlets promoting his religious beliefs. Sani was convicted under the Punjab Holy Quran (Printing and Recording) (Amendment) Act, 2021, however, the 3-judge bench led by Justice Isa noted that Sani was charged for an offence not criminalised until 2021. Consequently, the top court granted bail to Sani and ordered his immediate release. Soon after, the TLP and other Islamists launched a hate campaign against Qazi Faez Isa. In Peshawar, around 3000 people blocked the roads in February and raised slogans like “Death to Qadianis” etc. The agitation of Islamists compelled the Supreme Court to issue a statement ‘defending’ its decision in the Mubarak Sani case.

Notably, the Islamist outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has even placed a bounty of 1 crore Pakistani rupees on Judge Isa’s head. Pir Zaheerul Hasan Shah, the second top leader of TLP, placed this bounty.

“TLP aside, as a momin [faithful Muslim] and a slave of Prophet Muhammad, I announce in my capacity to give one crore [ten million] rupees to any person who beheads Faiz Isa who desecrated the law of the country, kicked the blood of 10,000 martyrs and permitted Marzai [Ahmadis] and hurt the feelings of Muslims,” Shah said in a rally….



Pakistan authorities arrest man for spreading

disinformation on Southport stabbing

Anti-racist protesters take part in a national day of protest in Liverpool, Britain, on August 10 in response to far right protests and violence spurred by the July 29 Southport stabbing. A Pakistan man was arrested to allegedly spreading disinformation over the stabbing. Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA-EFE
Anti-racist protesters take part in a national day of protest in Liverpool, Britain, on August 10 in response to far right protests and violence spurred by the July 29 Southport stabbing. A Pakistan man was arrested to allegedly spreading disinformation over the stabbing. Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA-EFE

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A man was arrested in Pakistan for spreading disinformation that helped spark anti-immigrant unrest in Britain after the Southport stabbing, authorities said.

Pakistani law enforcement told the BBC that the man, Farhan Asif, was arrested on suspicion of cyber terrorism, as they connected him to a website that posted false information about the alleged attacker in the stabbing on July 29 that left three girls dead and 10 others injured.

The website, called Channel3Now, posted in the hours after the attack a fictitious name for the suspect. More information on the website suggested that the suspect was an asylum seeker who reached Britain on a small boat, a stereotype used to describe poor immigrants arriving from other countries.

The false information went viral on social media as violent far-right unrest in England and Northern Ireland erupted after the stabbing.

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency interviewed Asif in DIG Kamran, where he allegedly runs his news platform alone. The FIA said that Asif admitted to posting the information after supposedly gathering it from social media.

The ritos have led to a wave of arrests as Kieran Usher became the first adult to face rioting charges in connection with the far-right unrest in Britain last Friday. He did not enter a plea in South Tyneside Magistrates' Court and is expected to return to court on Friday in Newcastle Crown Court.

Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, died during the stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29.

Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, 18, of Lancashire, was charged with three counts of murder and 10 charges of attempted murder.

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