Ansar Abbasi lately took to Twitter to oh-so-nonchalantly write:
A non-public faculty in Karachi is holding a live performance on Friday. College students will sing John Lennon’s lyrics- no heavan, no hell, no faith too .
— Ansar Abbasi (@AnsarAAbbasi) August 23, 2017
Innocent sufficient, proper? Everyone seems to be entitled to giving their opinion and nudge individuals a sure means?
No!
In a rustic like Pakistan, the place even the slightest doubt that one is blasphemous can result in homicide, this was an extremely irresponsible and harmful act of his. This isn’t “freedom of speech” that is incitement to violence. All it might have taken was one nut out to show himself.
No one appeared for proof when Mashal Khan’s fellow college students stated he was a blasphemer. The investigation started after he had been lynched and brutally murdered by a whole bunch. A rumor was all that was wanted.
Lots of took half in his killing in a roundabout way or the opposite. Lots of!
In our a part of the world, individuals go deaf and dumb, silly and violent in such conditions. They suppose that in the event that they cease to even suppose or rationalize, they are going to have in some way failed their faith.
Ansar Abbasi was rightfully known as out by many, together with Nadeem F. Paracha who stated, “Those that assault colleges most likely use related causes. Self-designated ethical policing.”
Those that assault colleges most likely use related causes. Self-designated ethical policing. https://t.co/dK2lMLBv9Q
— NadeemFarooqParacha (@NadeemfParacha) August 23, 2017
A clearly offended Ansar Abbasi protested, “Am I entitled to specific my opinion??” Like I discussed above, No. Not publicly if it incites violence or aggression in any type or means.
Am I entitled to specific my opinion?? https://t.co/9EG2mGSDGi
— Ansar Abbasi (@AnsarAAbbasi) August 23, 2017
Then there have been those that had most likely by no means even heard the tune congratulating Ansar Abbasi on saving their nation from immorality and “these darned liberals.”
“These liberals and extremists are the identical, they destroying the nation.” Not likely, no liberal ever killed anybody utilizing faith as an excuse. It wasn’t a liberal who killed the children within the APS assault. It wasn’t liberals who lynched Mashal. It wasn’t the liberals who attacked Christians in Jacobabad. It wasn’t the liberals who killed 70 on Easter in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. It’s by no means the liberal who says Shias must be killed. Effectively, that is one other debate solely for one more day.
Going again to the tune itself, which he thought-about blasphemous and controversial.
John Lennon’s Think about has been described as a “radical message of hope.”
Hope? How dare he!
Think about has been coated by quite a few artists all around the world as a tune of peace and unity – The Olympics, Live shows for Peace, Live shows for starvation, and so forth. Each time individuals discuss unity and coming collectively as one, that is the anthem to it! This tune is accepted as one in all positivity, hope and to seek out peace and acceptance. No wars within the title of faith.
Ansar Abbasi ignored your entire context of the tune and picked out particular phrases to focus on, making it seem like a tune towards faith itself. The truth that this tune got here out after the Vietnam Conflict was utterly ignored as effectively.
He’s a senior journalist, why was he bothered with what youngsters have been singing in a faculty any means? Doesn’t he produce other extra vital issues and points to focus on which are literally destroying the nation? Listed here are a couple of of them incase they’ve skipped his thoughts:
- little one marriages
- poverty
- karo kari
- bacha baazi
- rape/abuse of minors
- sectarian violence
- extremism
- corruption
- terrorism
- so many, and so forth
An individual in his place, who can affect individuals, ought to go after precise terrorists and extremists. Abdul Aziz who authorized of the APS assault. ASWJ who ask for Shias to be killed. Those that deal with minorities poorly. The mendacity media itself. How about take these head on as an alternative?
Concentrating on youngsters is the bottom one can stoop.