Random Thoughts From a Far Away Land

Re: nasah, #102

Thank you for making a plea for the heinous crime committed by the Pakistan Judicial System (if one calls it a ``Judicial`` system) against an innocent person. In my opinion, the ``judge`` who passed the sentenced should be hanged, not the accused Dr. Younis Shaikh.

All Pakistanis with a shred of civility and decency should hang their heads in shame for this crime committed in the name of religion and justice. Where`s the Chowk article discussing this? Where are the Chowk Interactors crying on this injustice?

RSaxena

``Dr. Younis Shaikh, a teacher at a medical college in Islamabad and founder and president of Enlightenment, the Pakistani-based International Humanist and Ethical Union member organization, was sentenced to death for blasphemy by a court in Pakistan on August 18. He has one week to appeal this sentence. (See the New York Times International section Aug. 20, 2001).

Dr. Shaikh was arrested on October 4, 2000, by Islamabad police for allegedly saying that the Prophet Mohammed did not become Muslim until the age of 40 (which was when he received his first revelation) and that his parents were non-Muslims (as they died before Islam was proposed by the Prophet). According to the report in the NYT, ``The Movement for the Finality of the Prophet, well known for pursuing blasphemers, filed a criminal complaint and sent a mob to the college and the local police station, threatening to set them on fire.``

Hundreds of people have been convicted of blasphemy in Pakistan, among them moderate Muslims, Christians and members of other religious minorities. The law they are prosecuted under is extremely ill defined. Frequently, people don`t know beforehand that they are committing an offence. While we do not know if Dr. Shaikh will face execution in the short time allowed for his appeal or whether he will languish in jail, we do know that we must mobilize immediately to bring this travesty to the attention of the world community.

YOUR HELP is urgently needed to bring political pressure to bear on Pakistan to stop the death sentence from being carried out. Protests are being planned in London and Oslo.

PLEASE ACT NOW:

1. If you live in the U.S., please contact the U.S. State Department by calling Sec. Colin Powell at (202) 647-4000 or email him at secretary@state.gov.

2. Contact the President of the United States by calling (202) 456-1414 or email him at president@whitehouse.gov.

3. Contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to contact the State Department to bring pressure to bear.

4. Contact Ambassador Dr. Maleeha Lodhi at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Washington, D.C. at (202) 939-6200 or email her at parepwashington@erols.com.

If you live outside the U.S., please contact the appropriate government agency to call this matter to their attention or see www.iheu.org for further information.``

mythsmoke,

Glad to hear from you, hun.

That pizza reference wasnt no pun.

It was a clarification,

An amplification,

So effective that it had you on the run.

jazba:

hehe yeah...everything from the kebab rolls to the manhoos mqm and jamatee activists in that lovely godforsaken place are as awami as is awami...have u by any chance had the chaat near the zoology department?...a little ahead of the photocopy wala under the lab kae pass wala bridge by the underground bhoot bangla type room and dinasour bone lab? if u havent been there u wont know what im taking about...but if u go there ever again koee degree shegree nikalwanae u must have the chaat under the lovely cement canopy...with wonderful wonderful elaichee walee chai..

and if you see a girl having chaat with extra papree and mirchi and diet coke wearing pink socksies working on an assignment frantically, do come over and say hullo

Oh what has become of the intelligent forum,

looks like the beginning of a temptation island quorum,

we had progressed so swiftly so far,

but the replies seem to be coming from a singles bar,

from TNT, national identity, to a country’s soul,

its all degenerated to discussion on kabab roll,

its all the fault of that Gawaar-dhan,

starting it off with the puerile pizza pun.

re: jazba99 # 97

Acerbic,

We all noticed that the first round too. So, its not really a hint :)

Best.

yups had that , but more so the kabab rolls, hamaray yahaan ( iba ) kay kabab rolls, thora

`` burger ishtyle `` thay ( as the term goes ) : means a lot of froth and little actual material.

the university rolls ..great taste for a reasonable price. aakhir wahaan kay kababiey ko zinda bhi rehna hai ...:))

take care and jazba99@hotmail.com, if iba needs more discussion, hint hint...am i flirting?..tobah tobah, mairey yeh majaal!

Acerbic Jazbati

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aah!

then have u had the kachoree right outside the iba gates within the ku campus by the genetic or (i think) zoology dept? (im not sure kaunsa dep hae)its mindblowing..and the kabar roll marra, kills :-)

Best thing expak do is invest in Pakistani stock and help pakistan. Good thought.Allah hu Akber. There is no god but allah amd Mohammad is last and final messanger

hey farangi ..agar aap issi mohallay mai ho tau

email me at jazba99@hotmail.com

waisay hum keeraanchee say hain

;)

Acerbic Jazbati

hey anny

university campus iba

aur farangi kuch ..aap kahaan ho?

i am on the east coast in the united states of aliens

;)

take care

Allah haafiz

Acerbic Jazbati

acerbic jazbatee

university ya city campus?

Sadna 87

You are too subtle for this crowd.

Multihead Monster and others like it -

Fools, ever heard of ``QED`` before?

QED

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