A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi

year-old accused of blasphemy was shot dead on his way home from the High Court. And in June 2003,
Naseem Bibi, a victim of a gang rape by police, was charged with blasphemy and murdered in prison
before her trial could begin. Fundamentalists have also intimidated defense lawyers, and even a High
Court judge was murdered after acquitting an accused man. In the city of Multan in Pakistan, Ayub Masih
(Christian), who had previously been accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad under the "Blasphemy
Law", is being held in solitary confinement in a 4x6 foot cell. He also faces the death penalty with well
over 100 others similarly accused as of this writing. Pakistan’s infamous blasphemy laws are widely
abused with devastating effectiveness to make false accusations against Christians and Ahmadis, as well
as business rivals and political opponents. And Pakistan is a US ally with a relatively moderate
government; one can only imagine the abuses that are occurring in more fundamentalist lands.
The Associated Press - Nov. 7, 2002 TEHRAN, Iran — A prominent reformist scholar has been sentenced to death
on charges of insulting Islam's prophet and questioning the hard-line clergy's interpretation of Islam. A court in
Hamedan in western Iran sentenced university professor Hashem Aghajari to death, Saleh Nikbakht told The
Associated Press. Aghajari was detained in August after a closed hearing in Hamedan where he made a speech in
June questioning the hard-line interpretations of the ruling clerics. Nikbakht said Aghajari, a top member of the
reformist political party, Islamic Revolution Mujahedeen Organization, was also sentenced to 74 lashes, banned
from teaching for 10 years and exiled to three remote Iranian cities for eight years. Iranian courts often impose such
multiple sentences in cases where it wants to make an example of the accused. In cases where the death sentence is
imposed, the others are not carried out. Nikbakht insisted his client had not said anything that insulted the Prophet
Muhammad, as the charges alleged. "There has never been a word insulting the prophet in Aghajari's speech. This
verdict is nothing but a rule against Iran's national interests," Nikbakht said. In his speech, Aghajari had said clerics'
teachings on Islam were considered sacred simply because they were part of history, and he questioned why clerics
were the only ones authorized to interpret Islam. Later, he was charged with insulting Islamic sanctities and the
court described his speech as blasphemous.
The Herald - Jan 20, 2005 UK - Hizbollah threatens UK suicide attacks - HIZBOLLAH, the hardline religious
group, yesterday threatened to carry out suicide attacks in London in an attempt to kill a UK-based Iranian exile
television presenter said to have made insulting comments about Islam. Manouchehr Fouladvand, on the US-based
Farsi language MA-TV, has been accused of mocking Mohammed and the Koran. There have been demands in Iran
for the broadcaster's death. Mojtaba Bigdeli, spokesman for Iran's Hizbollah group, warned the British government
must ban the satellite channel, run by Iranian exiles, within 30 days or face the consequences. "After one month, our
commandos will carry out suicide attacks in London against the shameless presenter of the channel. He has crossed
our red lines by insulting our prophet and Islamic values." Mr Bigdeli said Hizbollah had the approval of leading
clerics to kill him. The case echoes the Iranian fatwa against the author, Salman Rushdie.
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This should help explain the realities faced by good Muslims wanting reforms, justice, democracy,
and other freedoms we take for granted. It should also help us understand that, although there are no real
reform movements in staunchly Islamic lands, this does not mean that the people are content with their
system of governance, or even with their Religion (which is the same thing). The lack of visible
opposition is a reflection of the simple fact that the totalitarian control system in play is very very
effective.
Suspected Collaborators
The Associated Press - April 23 2002 HEBRON, West Bank - Palestinian militiamen killed three suspected
collaborators in Hebron Tuesday ... A mob strung up two of the battered, bullet-punctured bodies, and some brought
their children to see the gruesome act of revenge. Hooded vigilantes shot the three alleged informers and dumped
their bound and gagged bodies on the same spot where a missile from an Israel helicopter gunship killed Marwan
Zalloum, a commander of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militia, in a targeted attack just hours before. The militia is
linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. "The fate of all collaborators will be like this," one of
the masked men told reporters as he and the others sped away in a car. A similar action occurred in Ramallah on
Monday, the public shooting of three alleged collaborators on the main square of Ramallah, while a large crowd
watched as they lay on the ground, withering in pain. Bystanders tried to block approaching ambulances, but the
three were eventually taken to a city hospital where one later died. … several dozen alleged informers have been
killed by fellow Palestinians in the past 19 months of fighting with Israel. In Hebron, a large crowd quickly gathered
around the corpses lying in Salam Street. One of the bodies was strung up by one leg from an electricity pylon and
stripped by the crowd down to his green underwear, his blood-soaked shirt pulled over his head to reveal deep cuts