There is nothing arbitrary about Pakistan being on such a list. Yet in a ridiculous assertion, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Noor ul Haq Qadri, stated that “Pakistan’s constitution guaranteed full protection to the non-Muslim population, including their all civil rights and the freedom of worship and faith.”
Qadri was speaking at the Pakistan Interfaith and Peace Council and the Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan. He forgot to add that any Muslim in Pakistan could accuse a Christian of blasphemy, thereby exposing him to the threat of execution by the state or a mob without due process. He also forgot to mention forced conversions, rape and forced marriage in “love jihad” against minority girls, and that Pakistan is trying to export its Islamic blasphemy laws worldwide, while aggressively promoting the supremacist “Islamophobia” subterfuge, also globally. Pakistan demonstrates just the opposite of interfaith dialogue and peace.
“Pakistan rejects ‘arbitrary and selective’ US designation on religious freedom blacklist,” by Naveed Siddiqui, Dawn, December 10, 2020:
The Foreign Office on Wednesday rejected the United States’ designation of Pakistan among “countries of particular concern” (CPC) under its International Religious Freedom Act, terming it an “arbitrary and selective assessment”.
In a statement, the FO said the designation was “completely against the realities on the ground” and raised doubts about the credibility of the process, citing the “glaring omission of India” from the blacklist. Such subjective designations do not contribute towards promoting the cause of religious freedom worldwide, it added.
It also regretted that the United States had overlooked the “fact that Pakistan and the US have been constructively engaging on the subject at the bilateral level”.
A day earlier, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced that the US had designated Pakistan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Nigeria, North Korea, Myanmar and Eritrea as CPCs, accusing them of engaging in or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom”.
The commission’s 2020 report noted that religious freedom conditions across Pakistan had continued to trend negatively.
“The systematic enforcement of blasphemy and anti-Ahmadia laws, and authorities’ failure to address forced conversions of religious minorities — including Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs — to Islam, severely restricted freedom of religion or belief,” it added.The report noted that nearly 80 individuals remained imprisoned for blasphemy in Pakistan, with at least half facing a life sentence or death.
The report, however, acknowledged that last year, they also noted “some high-profile acquittals” in Pakistan.
In its statement today, the FO said that “Pakistani society is multi-religious and pluralistic with a rich tradition of inter-faith harmony”.
“Religious freedom and the protection of the rights of minorities are guaranteed by our Constitution and ensured through a range of legislative, policy and administrative measures,” it stressed…
OTTER says
The fact that Muslims are completely oblivious to the reality of their actions, so grossly discriminatory towards minorities, is a huge problem. It is only a virus which is capable of reducing the human mind to this condition, and make no mistake, Islam is a virus.
SJ says
The virus must be contained, if not obliterated
PRCS says
“that Muslims are completely oblivious to the reality of their actions”
While some are, I suspect that most Muslims know full well the reality of the world’s billion+ Muslims’ actions.
JIMJFOX says
And the vaccine exists- it’s name is “TRUTH” but those in power refuse to approve it.
Infidel says
As usual, I disagree w/ bunching Myanmar/Burma w/ any of those other countries. Aside from Buddhists, there is nothing stopping Christians and Hindus from practicing their faith. Only time Christians run into trouble there is when they try converting people, which anyone will resent
somehistory says
When anyone can be burned alive for asking for a drink of water, or someone accuses another of slandering a long-dead mass-murdering, raper of children, lying sack of slug slime, son of satan, and the accused is then murdered, there is no “freedom” of religion, no matter what the pakistani “constitution guarantees.”
And, there is no religious freedom when Christians are not allowed to have job or career choices simply because they are not moslims, but moslims can spit on the Christian, and generally make their lives miserable.
moslims don’t like the Truth. It’s just that simple. Tell the Truth to a moslim and immediately get claims of unfair, lies, excuses, more lies, denials, riots, murders, etc. Of course, this designation is Truthful and of course moslims don’t care for it. moslims hate and fear the Truth.
James Lincoln says
somehistory says,
“moslims hate and fear the Truth.”
100% true.
Interestingly, it is also true of Leftists…
somehistory says
And that is because they worship the same ‘god.’ The “father of the lie.”
Boycott Turkey says
Pakistan can moan all it likes it has no tolerance for other faiths Christians Hindus Sikhs they allow the jihadist to abduct and rape Christian and Hindu girls and they use the blasphemy laws to persecute Christians Hindus Sikhs and others I wish that hellhole was never created the truth is Muslims probably have more religious freedom in India then they do in Pakistan India is more free and democratic then Pakistan
UVG says
Damn right muslims aren’t given religious freedom in India. They have no right to assign dhimmi status, no right to convert others, no right to kill others for blasphemy and no right to impose Sharia law on others or to Blair azaan from loudspeakers.
Verk says
All toilets in the west should come with a map and flag of pakistan deep in the bowl.