Yadda wrote on Apr 20
th, 2014 at 11:10am:
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Having a blasphemy law does not make Pakistan an Islamic state.
It is still a fact that Pakistan is ruled according to the British common law system.
The blasphemy laws was pushed through by Zia al-Haq who was primarily a capitalist and not religious. His introduction of the laws were a cynical ploy to win support for his anti-communist campaign.
He said himself regarding the introduction of the laws: "We are going back to Islam not by choice but by the force of circumstances."
The manner in which Zia had the laws implemented was not Islamic, and they were wrought by extremist elements that Zia al-Haq was courting in his anti-communism crusade - not by the moderate majority of Muslims.
The fact is that the core and base of the Pakistani government and legal system is British common law.
Think of it like this: if North Korea suddenly made a blasphemy law but the rest of the system stayed the same would you not still consider it a communist state?
A blasphemy law does not make an Islamic state.
Australia has blasphemy laws - is Australia an Islamic state?
For example:
Quote:Victoria
The Crown last laid a charge of blasphemous libel in 1919. The case concerned socialist journalist Robert Samuel Ross, who had published a satirical piece in which Bolsheviks ransack heaven. The prosecutor dropped the charge but proceeded on a charge of sending blasphemous materials through the mail. The Court convicted Ross, and sentenced him to six months of hard labour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Australia
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