Pakistani radicals are plunging headlong into religious intolerance. The nation itself stands on the edge of sanity. On Thursday, 10th June 2024, Pakistan witnessed another chilling episode of mob violence. However, this one highlighted the country’s deepening crisis of religious intolerance.
In the Sialkot district, a frenzied radical mob of ‘peacefuls’ burnt a tourist alive after accusing him of desecrating the Quran. This incident underscores the dangerous influence of radical ideologies and leaders on Pakistan’s social fabric. Let’s explore!
Pakistani Peacefuls Rejoice At Muder
The victim of this hate crime was a ‘peaceful’ tourist assumed to be Mohammed Ismail. He was a resident of Sialkot, district in Pakistani Punjab province, and was visiting Swat Valley. The locals of Swat accused him of setting fire to pages of the Quran. Upon their complaint, the police initially took him into custody to prevent any law and order situation. But the local mosques and moving vehicles spread the news of blasphemy! And soon a outraged group of zombies came together in ‘peace’! Thereafter, the enraged mob stormed the police station and dragged the accused out chanting – ‘Allahu Akbar’. They burnt down the police station. Additionally, they hamed police personnel and vehicles causing injury to eight people in the ensuing chaos.
Thereafter, the mob brutally lynched the victim and set him on fire.
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Pakistan: A tourist from Sialkot visiting Swat for Eid vacation was allegedly accused of blasphemy.
Despite being taken into police custody, an enraged Radical islamic mob dragged him out and burned him alive. The mob also set fire to the police station. pic.twitter.com/xfKYGxT9sE
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) June 21, 2024
Videos of this burning are running viral on social media. The inhuman perpetrators danced and rejoiced at the death of the tourist. Unfortunately, the crime of the victim who was set ablaze remains unproven! The jubilations of the Pakistani zombie mob show how low humanity has sunk in this nation.
Pakistani Intolerance – A Recurring Nightmare
It has become a brutal tradition in Pakistan to forcibly convert minority girls & then dragged them into nikah slavery to her Muslim abductors.
A 16yr old Pakistani #Hindu girl was kidnapped, forcibly converted to #Islam, and married off to her abductor's #Muslim youth in Sindh pic.twitter.com/VWayG2uLH6
— ManhasAnupama (@manhas_anupama) June 13, 2024
Incidents of Nikah Slavery of Hindu and Sikh women reveal themselves every day. Christian churches and Hindu temples face a grim exitence in Pakistan. They are either burnt down or defaced by Pakistani ‘peacefuls’. The forced comversions and oppression are celebrated on social media by the zombies.
Thus, the dwindling number of Pakistani minorities shows the world what true religious intolerance in a society looks like.
Christian man Nazir Masih in Sargodha,Pakistan was lynched to death.
Reportedly Nazir Masih had said that Earth 🌎 is round which comes under blasphemy because as per Qur'an, earth is flat.https://t.co/NS4Lltwh4E
— ⭐️Tanveer Malik || तनवीर मलिक || 🇮🇳 (@tinderwale) May 25, 2024
This tragic event of setting a man ablaze by the rule of mobocracy is not an isolated incident. In May 2024, an elderly Christian man named Nazir Masih was lynched by a mob in Sargodha city, Punjab province, over similar allegations of blasphemy. Masih’s only ‘crime’ was unknowingly burning debris that contained pages from the Quran.
A Nation in Edge
These incidents are symptomatic of a larger issue plaguing Pakistan: the rise of radical Islamist ideologies. Pakistan as a community and as a nation is teetering on the edge of sanity.
"Sufi saint Baba Ganj Baksh tricked Hindu women, beat Pandit, converted them to Islam"
-Explains Maulana Tariq Jameel with pride (Pak Islamist being projected as Messiah of humanity after tweet on Covid in India. Known for conversion of minuscule non-Muslim population to Islam) pic.twitter.com/qC9gvENlqa
— Pakistan Untold (@pakistan_untold) April 26, 2021
Its radical religious leaders and their teachings increasingly influence societal norms. The government’s inability to control such mobs or protect minorities highlights a severe governance crisis. The country’s legal system is almost defunct. And its social frameworks perpetuate violence and intolerance in the name of faith.
A Call for Change
Pakistan’s increasing intolerance is a dire warning sign. The nation must address the radical influences that threaten its social cohesion and stability. The need of the hour are urgent legal and educational reforms. Only these can curb the rising extremism and mob mentality in the region. Additionally, a culture of tolerance and understanding needs to be promoted in the nation. Without decisive action, Pakistan risks further descending into chaos and violence, driven by the unchecked power of radical ideologies.
The incidents at Sialkot and other parts of Pakistan are shocking. However, they represnt a stark reality of the human cost of religious intolerance. Therefore, it is imperative for Pakistani society to reflect on these tragedies and work towards a more just and tolerant future.