Boy, 8, becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in Pakistan

[Still Waters]

An eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in east Pakistan after becoming the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in the country.

The boy’s family is in hiding and many of the Hindu community in the conservative district of Rahim Yar Khan, in Punjab, have fled their homes after a Muslim crowd attacked a Hindu temple after the boy’s release on bail last week. Troops were deployed to the area to quell any further unrest.

On Saturday, 20 people were arrested in connection with the temple attack.

The boy is accused of intentionally urinating on a carpet in the library of a madrassa, where religious books were kept, last month. Blasphemy charges can carry the death penalty.

The Guardian knows the name of the boy and family members, but has chosen to protect their identities for their safety.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/09/eight-year-old-becomes-youngest-person-charged-with-blasphemy-in-pakistan

[HandsomeGorilla]

wow, blasphemy is still actually a crime in some places?! 

[+and-then]

9 minutes ago, HandsomeGorilla said:

wow, blasphemy is still actually a crime in some places?! 

AFAIK, only in Fundamentalist Islamic governments like Iran, SA, and Pakistan.  Imagine having a moral code so rigid that you feel the need to protect your "god" from insult by killing those who do it, possibly, even if it's a child.  Think about what that would require with your mental machinery.  

Oh... and one last cheerful thought as you go about your day - that government is a nuclear weapons state.

[godnodog]

20 hours ago, HandsomeGorilla said:

wow, blasphemy is still actually a crime in some places?! 

welcome to the 21st century

[aztek]

On 8/9/2021 at 9:23 AM, HandsomeGorilla said:

wow, blasphemy is still actually a crime in some places?! 

it is, it is alive and well in usa,  they have death penalty, we have hate crime charge and cancel culture. all you need to do is disagree with liberalism and progressivism. different names, but same concept

Edited August 12, 2021 by aztek