Pakistan: Clerics declare Samina Ghurki, two others as blasphemer, worthy of death

The clerics stated that all blasphemers deserved death. One of the clerics narrated a story that a Jew had once committed blasphemy against the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and a dog had attacked and killed the Jew.

File photo: Samina Ghurki and (late) Braazeer Bhutto

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Source/Credit: Daily Times | Pakistan
By Afnan Khan and Hussain Kashif
Published: July 5, 2011

LAHORE: Hardline clerics from Muslimabad area of the city have declared Pakistan People’s Party Lahore President Samina Khalid Ghurki and one of her supporters as blasphemers.

The clerics, including Mian Attiqur Rehman, Maulana Farmaan and Maulana Muhammad Haneef, organised a protest demonstration against Samina and her supporter Haji Nasir outside the Lahore Press Club on Sunday, claiming that they were supporting a Shia cleric, Zulfiqar Naqvi.

The clerics claimed that Zulfiqar Naqvi had recently delivered a religious sermon in a local Imambargah on the invitation of Haji Nasir where Naqvi committed blasphemy against the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his followers.


They stated that they went to the local police authorities, including the superintendent of police concerned, for action against Naqvi but to no avail as Samina was supporting the Shia cleric and Haji Nasir.

They further said that they would continue their protest against Samina until the government took action against them.

The clerics stated that all blasphemers deserved death. One of the clerics narrated a story that a Jew had once committed blasphemy against the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and a dog had attacked and killed the Jew.

Another cleric praised Mumtaz Qadri for assassinating Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer while urging all the Muslims to follow his footsteps. The clerics were also demanding registration of cases against Samina, Haji Nasir and Naqvi under the blasphemy law.

Clerics had issued decrees against martyred governor Salmaan Taseer and federal minister for minorities affairs Shahbaz Bhatti before their assassinations.

However, Samina told Daily Times that she was shocked to know that some clerics had launched a hatred campaign against her.

She said that she had got nothing to do with the allegations the clerics were levelling against her. She said that she just investigated the matter and came to know that Haji Nasir was one of her supporters in the constituency but she had no frequent contacts with him while Nasir and one of the clerics named Attiqur Rehman had a property dispute over a 1.5 kanal plot in the same area.

She said that Attiq had went to the court and local police, but after failing to have a decision in his favour, he was now using religion as a tool to settle scores against Haji Nasir. However, she said that it was really absurd to involve her in their personal dispute and she would talk to the people concerned, including the hardline clerics, over the issue.



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