Zuckerberg-A wanted man in Pakistan

BBC Urdu reports — according to a Google Translation — that Pakistan’s Deputy Attorney General has launched a criminal investigation against Zuckerberg and others in response to Facebook hosting a “Draw Muhammad” contest on its site late last month. On May 19, Pakistani authorities blocked access to Facebook over the contest, and this ban was lifted on May 31 after Facebook removed the page in Pakistan and other countries.

Last month, according to English-language Pakistani newspaper The News International, a Pakistani High Court judge summoned the police after lawyer Muhammad Azhar Siddique filed an application for a First Information Report (FIR), claiming that the owners of Facebook had committed a heinous and serious crime under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code. In essence, an FIR launches a criminal investigation. But no charges have been filed.

According to the paper, Section 295-C of the penal code reads: “Use of derogatory remark etc, in respect of the Holy Prophet, 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 for fine.”

According to two reports — one at Boxcrack.net, a kind of citizen journalism site run by Privacy International, and another at Pro Pakistani, a Pakistani Telecom and IT news site that lifted the news from BBC Urdu — the Deputy Attorney General has indeed lodged an FIR against Zuckerberg, fellow co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, and “Andy”, the German woman who initiated the Draw Muhammad contest under a pseudonym.

According to Pro Paskistani, petitioner Muhammad Azhar Sidiqque said he’s waiting for the police to contact Interpol about making arrangements for the arrest of Facebook’s owners and “Andy”. The site also says that the Deputy Attorney General told the High Court that Pakistan’s United Nations representative has asked to escalate the issue in the UN General Assembly. (theregister.com)

Do these Pakistani fools have nothing better to do? Couldn’t their time be better spent trying to drag themselves out of the 3rd century into the 21st the rest of the world is experiencing?

Yes, the Draw Muhammad contest was blasphemous; it was meant to be. It was intended to expose the superstitious nonsense that passes for religion. This response simply reinforces the fact that Islam as practiced by far too many Muslims is anything but a religion of peace. It’s more like a petulant 4-year-old who doesn’t get his way and throws tantrums at every opportunity.

Get a clue, folks. The non-Muslim world doesn’t give a flying fuck about your prophet or your beliefs, just like the non-Christian world doesn’t give a flying fuck about their silly beliefs. If your beliefs work for you, great, be as illogical and unrealistic as you want. But don’t fool yourselves into thinking those outside your club care to live by your rules. The more you try to force your unwanted beliefs on us, the harder we’ll fight back and stand up to your attempted enslavement of our freedom to think as we wish.

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