Post by GringoBob on Mar 8, 2011 6:56:09 GMT -5
Following is funeral report of Christian Cabinet Minister Bhatti in Pakistan who was assassinated because he opposed their absurd blasphemy laws - this is an example of the cowardice that prevails in muslim controlled arenas and a spotlight on things to come to America if we do not correct our course ...
We ask our reader base to try and identify two countries where muslim population is more than 1.5% (as America) and Muslims live side by side with Christians and Jews in peace, because we can not find any ?
"Slain Cabinet Minister Is Buried in Pakistan," by Jane Perlez and Waqar Gillani for the New York Times, March 4 '11
Pakistani officials shun funeral of Christian cabinet minister murdered for opposing blasphemy law - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was the only senior Pakistani government official to attend." The others didn't want to be seen in any context that might suggest they oppose the blasphemy law. There was a phalanx of foreign diplomats, including the American ambassador, Cameron P. Munter, who sat in a pew near Mr. Bhatti’s coffin.
Mr. Bhatti had served as the minister for minorities and dedicated his life to religious tolerance in this increasingly radicalized Muslim country. His killing on Wednesday underlined the anxieties among Western governments that extremists were using targeted killings as a way to move Pakistan toward an Islamic state and were doing so with impunity.emy law
Diplomats at Mr. Bhatti’s funeral at Our Lady of Fatima Church said they feared that the minister was killed on information provided by his government security detail. A branch of the Pakistani Taliban based in Punjab claimed responsibility for the killing....
Another diplomat said that the government, which so far has proved unwilling or unable to take a strong stand against the killings, would try to offer compensation to Mr. Bhatti’s family and then close the case.
But the dismay of Mr. Bhatti’s family and the angry atmosphere at the funeral, in Khush Pur in Punjab, indicated that Pakistan’s Christians - about five million out of a total population of 180 million - were unlikely to let the matter rest.
“We feel that Pakistan is our country, but it seems there is no government in the country, ever, which gave us shade and protected us and fully respected our rights,” said the Rev. Andrew Nisari, one of the Catholic clergymen at the burial. “Will we be living in this hostile, harassed and fearful environment forever?”...
We ask our reader base to try and identify two countries where muslim population is more than 1.5% (as America) and Muslims live side by side with Christians and Jews in peace, because we can not find any ?
"Slain Cabinet Minister Is Buried in Pakistan," by Jane Perlez and Waqar Gillani for the New York Times, March 4 '11
Pakistani officials shun funeral of Christian cabinet minister murdered for opposing blasphemy law - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was the only senior Pakistani government official to attend." The others didn't want to be seen in any context that might suggest they oppose the blasphemy law. There was a phalanx of foreign diplomats, including the American ambassador, Cameron P. Munter, who sat in a pew near Mr. Bhatti’s coffin.
Mr. Bhatti had served as the minister for minorities and dedicated his life to religious tolerance in this increasingly radicalized Muslim country. His killing on Wednesday underlined the anxieties among Western governments that extremists were using targeted killings as a way to move Pakistan toward an Islamic state and were doing so with impunity.emy law
Diplomats at Mr. Bhatti’s funeral at Our Lady of Fatima Church said they feared that the minister was killed on information provided by his government security detail. A branch of the Pakistani Taliban based in Punjab claimed responsibility for the killing....
Another diplomat said that the government, which so far has proved unwilling or unable to take a strong stand against the killings, would try to offer compensation to Mr. Bhatti’s family and then close the case.
But the dismay of Mr. Bhatti’s family and the angry atmosphere at the funeral, in Khush Pur in Punjab, indicated that Pakistan’s Christians - about five million out of a total population of 180 million - were unlikely to let the matter rest.
“We feel that Pakistan is our country, but it seems there is no government in the country, ever, which gave us shade and protected us and fully respected our rights,” said the Rev. Andrew Nisari, one of the Catholic clergymen at the burial. “Will we be living in this hostile, harassed and fearful environment forever?”...
