Hate speeches land two clerics in jail
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FAISALABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court handed down on Thursday two years’ imprisonment to two clerics on charges of making provocative and hate speeches.
Ghulam Yaseen Muawiya, Sajid Ali and Abdul Latif were booked by the Shorkot City police on Jan 7 for delivering hate speeches against the government and a sect at the funeral prayer of Ali Ahmed, who belonged to the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan.
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Judge Raja Pervez Akhtar awarded two years’ imprisonment to Muawiya and Ali each under Section 9 of the ATA with Rs20,000 fine.
The convicts who were on bail were arrested after the verdict was announced and sent to the district jail, Jhang.
The third suspect, Abdul Latif, was exonerated for lack of evidence.
Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2015
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Sep 04, 2015 07:00am
we need more
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Sep 04, 2015 07:52am
good job
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Sep 04, 2015 08:41am
A very well step by the administration. "Nip the evil in the bud", or else it blossoms and affects the society.
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Sep 04, 2015 09:09am
So what exactly was the "hate" content in these so-called "hate" speeches?
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Sep 04, 2015 09:53am
If they do not mend their ways they should languish in the jail rest of their lives
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Sep 04, 2015 10:04am
Good start.
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Sep 04, 2015 10:48am
Excellent. There should be no room for hate speech, sectarianism, or inciting of violence.Not only should they go to prison, but they should also go through lengthy re-education so when they get out of prison they don't start spitting venom again.
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Sep 04, 2015 11:38am
This is a sensible beginning, provided it is continued with no fear and concerns. Every one involved in such contaminating acts must be treated with iron hands. The underlying source of extremism in Pakistan abides in hate speeches which provokes the minds of common men.
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Sep 04, 2015 11:53am
Excellent, about time.
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Sep 04, 2015 12:38pm
hate speech is another cancer in our country which should be eliminated from its roots
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Sep 04, 2015 12:39pm
Good jon, but a small fine...
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Sep 04, 2015 01:27pm
@rehan good question. We have no consensus over what is and is not hate speech.
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Sep 04, 2015 02:00pm
Hate is the only evil that exists in this world...And it spreads faster than fire...
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Sep 04, 2015 02:43pm
Still this effort is not enough. Hate mongering leaders and their nurseries should be uprooted. Punishments are too lenient considering the resultant voilent sectarian divide and murders as a direct result of these brainless criminals.
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Sep 04, 2015 03:17pm
Grab every hate spitter from their necks.
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Sep 04, 2015 03:18pm
Judiciary got some independence, which is a ray of hope in the religious hyper society.
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Sep 04, 2015 04:02pm
Just two years in jail and that too for such a grave crime of hate speeches which lead to brainwashing of many others who in turn get prepared to kill and go on killing as many as they can ? These hate spreading crime, in a way, is more severe than the act of killing itself. They deserve to be executed rather then jailed and that too for a little period of two years only.
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Sep 04, 2015 04:03pm
@rehan Please read the news minutely according to which they spoke against faith of a sect. Not a serious crime in itself ?
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Sep 04, 2015 04:40pm
So after two years, these monsters will be out of jail, possibly sprouting hate speech again? In addition to the fine and jail time (not enough, I feel), shouldn't they be attending therapy sessions that could possibly change the false view by which they view the world? Would that not be a better idea, as they certainly don't know right from wrong.
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Sep 04, 2015 07:32pm
This needs to be done on regular basis so that we create a tolerant society. Some out of us have been mislead by the people with vested interests as they want to divide us on religious and sectarian grounds. Every Pakistani should keep himself above sectarianism and report to authorities if he observe some one creating haltered among the general public.
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Sep 05, 2015 02:53am
DO more
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