In reality, Islam mandates death for blasphemy. Death is prescribed for those who mention “something impermissible about Allah, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), or Islam” (‘Umdat al-Salik, o11.10), and such laws are based upon passages in the Hadith and Sira in which Muhammad orders the murders of people who have insulted him.
These include Abu Afak, who was over one hundred years old, and the poetess Asma bint Marwan. Abu Afak was killed in his sleep, in response to Muhammad’s question, “Who will avenge me on this scoundrel?” Similarly, Muhammad on another occasion cried out, “Will no one rid me of this daughter of Marwan?” One of his followers, Umayr ibn Adi, went to her house that night, where he found her sleeping next to her children. The youngest, a nursing babe, was in her arms. But that didn’t stop Umayr from murdering her and the baby as well. Muhammad commended him: “You have done a great service to Allah and His Messenger, Umayr!” (Ibn Ishaq, 674-676)
Then there was Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf. Muhammad asked: “Who is willing to kill Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?” One of the Muslims, Muhammad bin Maslama answered, “O Allah’s Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?” When Muhammad said that he would, Muhammad bin Maslama said, “Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e. to deceive Kab).” Muhammad responded: “You may say it.” Muhammad bin Maslama duly lied to Ka’b, luring him into his trap, and murdered him. (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 5, book 59, no. 369)
“Pakistani lynch mob murders Christian boss for throwing stickers with Islamic slogans into litter bin,” by Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald, December 7, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
A lynch mob has battered a Christian man to death in Pakistan then burned his body while taking selfies of themselves on their mobile phones.
Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, the manager of a garment factory in Sialkot, was accused by Muslim colleagues of blasphemy after he asked them to remove stickers with passages from the Koran from factory machines before a foreign delegation arrived.
A mob gathered throughout the day after he was accused personally of throwing the stickers in a waste paper bin.
He died of severe brain injuries after the mob beat him so severely, some using bricks and iron bars, that almost every bone in his body was broken.
They burned his body using tyres to increase the size and intensity of the fire while chanting Islamic slogans such “Labaik Ya Rasool Allah” (Here I am at your service, O Messenger of Allah)….
Fr James Channan, the provincial of the Dominican Order in Pakistan, also condemned the murder.
He said: “The ghastly murder of an innocent man under a false accusation of blasphemy, and then the lynching of his body in the road, brings shame to Pakistan. All of us are under deep shock.
“This barbaric killing is a crime against humanity. No religion of the world teaches such kind of killing and disgrace of a human person. This extremism in the name of religion should not be tolerated by the government and law enforcing agencies.
“Justice must be done and seen.”
He added: “We express solidarity and consolation with the family of Priyantha as well as the government of Sri Lanka.”
raja says
No religion of the world teaches such lynching, yet the cult of islam does demand its quota of infidel’s blood (and everything he posses) as a routine.
These so called clerics should hot whitewash islam under any pretext. islam must be called out for what it is : a rampaging and murderous cult. period.
gravenimage says
Raja, if this Christian cleric spoke openly about the savagery of Islam in Pakistan he would likely be the next victim of the Muslim mob.
abu taleb says
Better not speaking at all than speaking lies because of cowardness.
raja says
Gravenimage,
I agree with you. He would risk his life if he spoke the truth, without doubt. May be he should have not spoken about islam at all.
All Islamic states are cursed land for infidels except where they are run by dictators or tyrants, Islamic democracies are no better.
gravenimage says
Yes–better to say nothing.
somehistory says
Guess he considers islam…as many do…not a religion. Otherwise, he is just adding fuel to the idea that mozlums following their so-called *faith* don’t do such things. It’s the totally devoted to satan that do such things as this murder, and the *worship* of satan and the *worship* of his fake *prophet* is a religion. A false religion of a false ‘god.’
GreekEmpress says
This poor Dominican priest who spoke out will probably be the next one that gets beaten to death—
gravenimage says
That’s what I worry about, GreekEmpress–even with this statement giving Islam an out.
Hank says
“O Allah’s Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?” When Muhammad said that he would, Muhammad bin Maslama said, “Then allow me to say a (false) thing (i.e. to deceive Kab).” Muhammad responded: “You may say it.”
Obviously, Mr Mohamed never heard about Moses or Jesus or the practice of lying and deceiving and murder.
“A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.” Proverbs 19:9
“No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.” Psalm 101:7
“The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” Rev 21:7-8
gravenimage says
Spot on, Hank.
raja says
Amen
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Christian cleric condemns blasphemy lynching, ‘No religion of the world teaches such kind of killing’
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My God–this *poor man*.
Fr James Channan probably does know that Islam teaches just this–but as a dhimmi in Pakistan this condemnation is the best he can do. I understand this sort of pandering to Islam from those at risk in Muslim lands more than I do the same rot from Infidels in the West.
Infidel says
I agree w/ him! Which is why so many of us here at JW have said that islam is not a religion. It may be described as one, but then again, so has communism been so described
gravenimage says
Islam is indeed a religion, by all definitions–but it is an *evil* religion.
Commuism is actually anti-religion of all kinds. It is an ideology, but not a religion.
Infidel says
Communism is a religion in the same way that islam is. The presiding deity is ‘the state’, and often, the General Secretary of the Politburo of the Communist Party! Critical ____ (class/race) theory is their mantra. Das Kapital, Kommunist Manifesto and Mao’s Red Book are their scriptures. Just like islam defines ‘good’ as anything that furthers the cause of islam, communism defines ‘good’ as anything that enhances the power of the state
A better description is that neither islam nor communism are religions: both are geopolitical ideologies, w/ islam qualifying as a cult as well
raja says
Infidel,
You have reminded us that : islam defines ‘good’ as anything that furthers the cause of islam, communism defines ‘good’ as anything that enhances the power of the state. This is absolutely true.
Aren’t they birds of the feather?. They would sing praises of themselves but would pluck others into pieces. Isn’t this called evil in general? Wait a minute: “there is no such thing as evil”. We are led to slaughter by two evil “geniuses”
Infidel says
raja
Pretty much explains why if one of them is classified as a religion, why not the other? Or vice versa!
gravenimage says
Communism is an ideology, but not a religion. Islam is both.
Mayor says
The cleric is correct, as, the “religion of peace” is not a religion, but, is a totalitarian ideology.