lotar Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 The dudes name was Muhammad Asghar, it's pretty clear he's mentally ill but as he's slandered their god they don't care and he must hang. what did he say ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 what did he say ?? Apparently he claimed to be a prophet of Islam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire_ Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 OP, do you have a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdobby Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 what did he say ?? David Hirst has put weight on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Ironic really, they spend all day worshipping 'the prophet' but if someone else comes along claiming to be a new prophet they hang him from the rafters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 OP, do you have a link? Beeb link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteowl Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Ironic really, they spend all day worshipping 'the prophet' but if someone else comes along claiming to be a new prophet they hang him from the rafters Indeed - imagine this wasn't all a fairy tale and "the prophet" did decide to have a second coming, he'd be screwed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 OP, do you have a link? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/death-sentence-for-british-pensioner-accused-of-blasphemy-in-pakistan-9083235.html I thought this bit summed it up. Sixty-eight-year-old Muhammad Asghar from Edinburgh was sentenced to death on Thursday, the law firm said, citing court officials in the city of Rawalpindi, neighbouring the capital. The firm said it was not present during the judgment because the judge had prevented it from representing Asghar in court since October. He was arrested in 2010 after writing letters to a lawyer and politician claiming to be a prophet. Though Asghar did not post the letters, a disgruntled tenant whom he was in the process of evicting took them to police, the law firm said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotar Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/death-sentence-for-british-pensioner-accused-of-blasphemy-in-pakistan-9083235.html I thought this bit summed it up. Sixty-eight-year-old Muhammad Asghar from Edinburgh was sentenced to death on Thursday, the law firm said, citing court officials in the city of Rawalpindi, neighbouring the capital. The firm said it was not present during the judgment because the judge had prevented it from representing Asghar in court since October. He was arrested in 2010 after writing letters to a lawyer and politician claiming to be a prophet. Though Asghar did not post the letters, a disgruntled tenant whom he was in the process of evicting took them to police, the law firm said. so a mentally ill bloke claims to be God, so they are going to hang him... remind me not to go there on my holidays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 so a mentally ill bloke claims to be God, so they are going to hang him... remind me not to go there on my holidays... No he didn't claim to be god. He claimed to be a prophet of Islam in letters that he never sent. But presumably the court decided he wasn't mentally ill so perhaps he really is a prophet of Islam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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