They hate you because of me - AsiaNews.it is reporting about a funeral held for Samuel Masih, a Christian, who at the age of 32-years old was killed by a Pakistani Policeman under Pakistan's blasphemy law.
It happened last August. Samuel was accused of having thrown waste against the wall of the mosque. For this, a Muslim prayer leader had him beaten bloody and then handed him over to the police. On the 23 of August 2003, Samuel was arrested on charges of blasphemy against Islam, and held in the Lahore Central Jail until May 22, when he was taken to the hospital for tuberculosis. A policeman was assigned to safeguard him. But at 4.30 in the morning on May 24th, another policeman attacked him. He declared it was an obligation of his faith to kill Samuel. “I have offered my religious duty for killing the man.” He said. And he added,” I am spiritually satisfied and ready to face the consequences.”
It is very likely that the police officer will not be charged for this murder and neither will those that beat him "bloody."
AsiaNews.it goes on to report:
The attack on Samuel Masih is the last of a series of Muslim violence against Christians. In May the young Javed Anjum died from torture by Islamic soldiers; Christian leader were threatened with death at Quetta (Baluchistan); a Protestant pastor, Wilson Fazal, was kidnapped and tortured. The law on the blasphemy justifies a generalized climate of violence and intolerance.
In another article about this law:
The blasphemy law, section 295-B and –C of the Pakistani Criminal Code, was introduced in 1986 under President, General Mohammad Aunt ul-Haq. Section 295-B pertains to offences against the Koran, the Islamic sacred book, punishable with the prison to life, while the section 295-C establishes death or life in prison for libels against the prophet Mohammed, the founder of Islam. It has always been used and abused to kill, injure, unjustly imprison and requisition property of Christians and remains the cause of much death and violence.
The article goes on to list some of those murdered over the years because the law of this Islamic state.
The Great Separation continues.
