Abid Malhi and Shafqat Ali were convicted of gang rape, kidnapping, robbery and terrorism offences back in March 2021 over the attack on the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway.
So the executed the guy for blasphemy, not for not giving a discount. I’m sure he drank water that day too, but they didn’t exacute him for drinking water.
Still a ridiculous thing to kill someone for, but let’s not mix facts.
And just a reminder: the Qur’an forbids Muslims from persecuting Christians or Jews, and also forbids forced conversions. But bigots and idiots will always find a way, whether Muslim, Christian, Hindu or Buddhist.
They executed a Christian dude for not giving a guy a discount for being a muslim. Apparently during the argument, he committed “blasphemy”
So the executed the guy for blasphemy, not for not giving a discount. I’m sure he drank water that day too, but they didn’t exacute him for drinking water.
Still a ridiculous thing to kill someone for, but let’s not mix facts.
And just a reminder: the Qur’an forbids Muslims from persecuting Christians or Jews, and also forbids forced conversions. But bigots and idiots will always find a way, whether Muslim, Christian, Hindu or Buddhist.
A heated argument and provocation could easily lead to something considered blasphemy. Ie “Mohammed is a prophet from Allah” “no he isn’t”
It sure can. Still the reason was the blasphemy, not the discount.