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Ahsan Iqbal (AP)
Pakistan’s interior minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot in the arm in an
assassination attempt as he spoke at a public meeting on Sunday. The
gunman was about to fire a second shot when he was overpowered by
people around him. It's believed that Iqbal will survive.
The gunman was Abid Hussain, 21, affiliated with the ultra-religious
Tehreek-e-Labaik party, which is the political party of the loony
Barelvi sect that believes that anyone accused of blasphemy should be
executed.
This was not the first physical attack on Iqbal this year. A man
threw a shoe at him while he was addressing a workers convention in
February. Iqbal wasn't hurt and refused to press charges, so the
police never investigated the motive of the perpetrator, or whether he
was also a member of Tehreek-e-Labaik. (One media source claims that
shoe-throwing as a form of insult is practiced in many countries, and
is mentioned in the Bible in Psalms 108:9.)
The usual questions are being asked about why security at Sunday's
event was so lax that a gunman was able to get into the event. The
reason being given is that the levels of terrorist violence in
Pakistan have been decreasing in the last two years, and so less
security is being used at events like this.
Federal elections will be held this summer, and the number of
political rallies will be increasing substantially. Sunday's
assassination attempt is raising concerns that there may be additional
terrorist attacks at this rallies as the election approaches.
Express Tribune (Pakistan) and Reuters and Pakistan Today (24-Feb) and Bible Study Tools
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**** Barelvi sect and Tehreek-e-Labaik political party surge in popularity
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In January 2011, Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab
province, was shot and killed in broad daylight
on an Islamabad street by Malik Mumtaz Qadri, a
member of the "Elite Force" of bodyguards that were supposed to
protect him. Taseer was shot 27 times in the back. Qadri confessed
to the killing, and blamed it on Taseer's opposition to Pakistan's
blasphemy law, which forbids blaspheming Mohammed or Islam. When
Qadri arrived in court a few days later, Islamist lawyers showed him
with roses.
Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi, the head of the Barelvi sect, was unknown
in Pakistan until he became Qadri's principal defender after the
Taseer assassination. Rizvi also became the principal defender of the
blasphemy law that Taseer had wanted to change, and organized public
support for the law.
The text of the blasphemy law, section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal
Code, is as follows:
<QUOTE>"Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by
visible representation or by any imputation, innuendo, or
insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) shall be punished
with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to
fine."<END QUOTE>
This loony law has been massively abused in Pakistan. In Pakistan, if
you want to kill your neighbor, make up some reason why he violated
the blasphemy law, and then kill him, and you'll probably get away
with it.
Rizvi's aggressive support for the blasphemy law has made his Barelvi
sect increasingly popular, and he was able to exhibit his power
forcefully in October of last year. The government made a minor
textual change to a government oath, and a mob of people belonging to
the ehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah of Pakistan (TLYR or TLYRAP)
political party, coming from the Barelvi sect, were able to paralyze
multiple cities across Pakistan, with major roads blocked by a mobs of
tens of thousands of Islamists in sit-ins, escalating into clashes
with thousands of police.
After weeks of paralysis, the Barelvi TYRAP party scored an enormous
victory by forcing the government to completely capitulate to their
demands. These demands included resignations of top government
officials who made the text change, or who might have known about it.
Barelvi TYRAP party has been gaining in popularity, and elections will
be held this summer. Sunday's attempted assassination has raised
concerns that Pakistan's loony blasphemy laws will be used to incite
move violence, as well as to create a popular movement. The Nation (Pakistan, 18-Nov-2017) and Eurasia Review and The Nation (Pakistan, 18-Nov-2017)
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, Islamabad,
Ahsan Iqbal, Abid Hussain,
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah of Pakistan,
TLYR, TLYRAP, Barelvi sect, Salman Taseer, Malik Mumtaz Qadri,
Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Pakistan's interior minister shot by member of loony anti-blasphemy Barelvi sect
- Barelvi sect and Tehreek-e-Labaik political party surge in popularity
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**** Pakistan's interior minister shot by member of loony anti-blasphemy Barelvi sect
****
Ahsan Iqbal (AP)
Pakistan’s interior minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot in the arm in an
assassination attempt as he spoke at a public meeting on Sunday. The
gunman was about to fire a second shot when he was overpowered by
people around him. It's believed that Iqbal will survive.
The gunman was Abid Hussain, 21, affiliated with the ultra-religious
Tehreek-e-Labaik party, which is the political party of the loony
Barelvi sect that believes that anyone accused of blasphemy should be
executed.
This was not the first physical attack on Iqbal this year. A man
threw a shoe at him while he was addressing a workers convention in
February. Iqbal wasn't hurt and refused to press charges, so the
police never investigated the motive of the perpetrator, or whether he
was also a member of Tehreek-e-Labaik. (One media source claims that
shoe-throwing as a form of insult is practiced in many countries, and
is mentioned in the Bible in Psalms 108:9.)
The usual questions are being asked about why security at Sunday's
event was so lax that a gunman was able to get into the event. The
reason being given is that the levels of terrorist violence in
Pakistan have been decreasing in the last two years, and so less
security is being used at events like this.
Federal elections will be held this summer, and the number of
political rallies will be increasing substantially. Sunday's
assassination attempt is raising concerns that there may be additional
terrorist attacks at this rallies as the election approaches.
Express Tribune (Pakistan) and Reuters and Pakistan Today (24-Feb) and Bible Study Tools
****
**** Barelvi sect and Tehreek-e-Labaik political party surge in popularity
****
In January 2011, Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab
province, was shot and killed in broad daylight
on an Islamabad street by Malik Mumtaz Qadri, a
member of the "Elite Force" of bodyguards that were supposed to
protect him. Taseer was shot 27 times in the back. Qadri confessed
to the killing, and blamed it on Taseer's opposition to Pakistan's
blasphemy law, which forbids blaspheming Mohammed or Islam. When
Qadri arrived in court a few days later, Islamist lawyers showed him
with roses.
Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi, the head of the Barelvi sect, was unknown
in Pakistan until he became Qadri's principal defender after the
Taseer assassination. Rizvi also became the principal defender of the
blasphemy law that Taseer had wanted to change, and organized public
support for the law.
The text of the blasphemy law, section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal
Code, is as follows:
<QUOTE>"Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by
visible representation or by any imputation, innuendo, or
insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) shall be punished
with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to
fine."<END QUOTE>
This loony law has been massively abused in Pakistan. In Pakistan, if
you want to kill your neighbor, make up some reason why he violated
the blasphemy law, and then kill him, and you'll probably get away
with it.
Rizvi's aggressive support for the blasphemy law has made his Barelvi
sect increasingly popular, and he was able to exhibit his power
forcefully in October of last year. The government made a minor
textual change to a government oath, and a mob of people belonging to
the ehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah of Pakistan (TLYR or TLYRAP)
political party, coming from the Barelvi sect, were able to paralyze
multiple cities across Pakistan, with major roads blocked by a mobs of
tens of thousands of Islamists in sit-ins, escalating into clashes
with thousands of police.
After weeks of paralysis, the Barelvi TYRAP party scored an enormous
victory by forcing the government to completely capitulate to their
demands. These demands included resignations of top government
officials who made the text change, or who might have known about it.
Barelvi TYRAP party has been gaining in popularity, and elections will
be held this summer. Sunday's attempted assassination has raised
concerns that Pakistan's loony blasphemy laws will be used to incite
move violence, as well as to create a popular movement. The Nation (Pakistan, 18-Nov-2017) and Eurasia Review and The Nation (Pakistan, 18-Nov-2017)
Related Articles
- History of blasphemy laws in UK, Ireland and Pakistan (20-Sep-2012)
- Pakistan's crisis worsens as senior politician is assassinated (05-Jan-2011)
- Pakistan government totally capitulates to hardline Islamist TLYRAP Barelvi sect mob (29-Nov-2017)
- Pakistan unexpectedly executes murderer of liberal politician Salman Taseer (01-Mar-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, Islamabad,
Ahsan Iqbal, Abid Hussain,
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah of Pakistan,
TLYR, TLYRAP, Barelvi sect, Salman Taseer, Malik Mumtaz Qadri,
Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi
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