Inside Islamic Pakistan

ANI | Hyderabad | Aug 22, 2022:: Over a private conflict with an area resident in Pakistan’s Hyderabad, a person, belonging to minority Hindu neighborhood, was reportedly booked in a pretend case of Blasphemy on Sunday, a number of media studies stated.

“Hyderabad police dispersed a violent mob which was demanding handing over a Hindu Sanitary Employee accusing him of #blasphemy Police claims the sanitary employee was focused due to a private conflict with an area resident,” stated Mubashir Zaidi in a Tweet.

The person was recognized as Ashok Kumar  who was a sweeper, lodged at Rabia centre in Saddar of Hyderabad in Pakistan and was severely attacked by a violent mob.

Taking to Twitter, South-Asian Correspondent, Naila Inayat tweeted, “Hindu sanitary employee Ashok Kumar booked beneath 295B of blasphemy over alleged desecration of the Quran in Hyderabad. The allegation got here after a brawl with shopkeeper Bilal Abbasi who then lodged the grievance in opposition to Kumar.”

Hyderabad police dispersed the agitated mob which was demanding handing over of the Hindu sanitary employee for desecrecation of the Quran. Nonetheless, it was truly a Muslim girl who had burned the Islamist e book, as per native media.

The misuse of the draconian blasphemy legal guidelines in opposition to minorities and even members of the Muslim neighborhood to settle private grudges is rampant in Pakistan.

Many individuals have been lynched to demise in Pakistan on the mere accusation of blasphemy. Numerous others languish in jails for years with no hope of getting justice because the legal professionals, fearing for their very own lives, refuse to defend them.

Judges within the decrease courts routinely hand the accused the last word penalty of demise with out analyzing the proof.

Notably, Pakistan reported a complete of 1,415 instances of blasphemy within the nation since 1947, a assume tank, the Centre for Analysis and Safety Research, stated.

In keeping with the assume tank report, a complete of 18 girls and 71 males have been extra-judicially killed over blasphemy from 1947 to 2021. Nonetheless, as per the assume tank, the precise variety of instances is believed to be larger as not all instances are reported.

As per one other report, within the yr 2021, Muslims made up the most important chunk of individuals accused of blasphemy, adopted by Ahmadis, Hindus and Christians. The report prompt that the problems of ‘unverified and speculative accusations’ of blasphemy have elevated through the years.

Due to these points, the incidents of lynching and extrajudicial settlements have deepened within the South-Asian nation.

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Courtesy:  ANI | TOI.