#HangAyazNizami Trends After Anti-Islam Pakistani Blogger Arrested for Blasphemy
Calls for an atheist blogger in Pakistan to be hanged for the “crime” of blasphemy are trending on social media. Ayaz Nizami, an outspoken critic of the majority Muslim country, was arrested on 24th March amid a crackdown on religious freedom.
Via Being Classically Liberal:
I think this just goes to show how absolutely untrue the left’s depiction of Islam can be. They depict it as a peaceful religion which in no way conflicts with liberal values. They say only an extremely tiny minority are extremists.
And yet, over in Pakistan calls for hanging an atheist blogger are trending. There are mass protests marching in FAVOR of harsh sentences for blasphemers.
One might object, saying these tweets and marches still represent a very small minority. But the reality is actually much more grim than any progressive would dare admit.
According to data from Pew Research in 2012, nearly 40% of Pakistanis believe in honor killings, 83% favor stoning people who commit adultery, 82% favor cutting off the hands of thieves, 73% favor the death penalty for Muslims who renounce their religion.
Yes, we need to support liberal and secular Muslims. But lets not ignore the reality that huge numbers of Muslims in countries like Pakistan believe in highly regressive and illiberal things BECAUSE of their religion.
Pew data and accompanying research: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2731640
https://heatst.com/…/hangayaznizami-trends-after-anti-isla…/