They love Quran but don’t follow its teachings. Mob burnt alive seven people of the minority Christians for latter’s alleged desecration of the Holy Quran in Gojra, Punjab. I don’t know the details as how the desecration was carried out. But certainly can tell that actual desecration of Quran is done when its teachings are violated!
The book of God, the Quran, emphasises chiefly on two things, among others. One is the justice and second is your attitude towards your society and fellow human beings. By burning alive seven people, was the justice served? Were all of those torched to death were responsible for the desecration of the Quran, if it happened in the first place? Even if all of them were responsible, did they get a chance to prove their innocence? Who issued the verdict? Which court or jirga was conducted before dispensing this kind of justice? No nothing was done of that sort. It was a mob justice. A mob of majority crushing the already poverty-stciken minority. A clear injustice.
Now the second teaching: The Quran stresses a good and orderly behavior to your fellow human beings especially to the minority classes. Does this is the kind of treatment Islam recommends to the minorities? No, certainly not. They are the responsibility of the majority to protect them. And this is how they are protected.
Essentially on both counts the Muslim mob, infact itself has desecrated the Quran by not followings its teachings.
Let me tell you more of it as how Quran is desecrated. When a publishing company of Quran ( Taj Company ) defrauded its investors, they actually desecrated the Quran. On daily basis in our courts and countless other places Quran is desecrated when people take its oath and then offer a false witness. I can write countless examples of this nature but the point I want to establish is that on everyday basis Quran is desecrated when its teachings are refuted in practice. How about this ? Now who is going to dispense justice against the mob who practically desecrated the Quran through their clear violations of the Quarnic injunctions? Nobody. and this theme will continue for ever proving as how we have morphed into an illogical, stone-hearted, ruthless and a cruel society. God help us.
Also published in THE NEWS Aug. 04, 2009
I agree with the writer ,that the Teachings of Quran should be followed and innocent people should not become a victim of tyranny. I will even add that burning people is not the punishment ordained by Islam .But at the same time totally ignoring the matter and immediately ruling out its desecration is also wrong .Investigation should be made and if any such thing really happened !
The government always gives special treatment to the minorities and defends them unjustly .They have handed out checks to the families pf people who died without investigating properly whether they were involved in the crime or not. Is this sincerity to their own Faith!
The situation arouses a number of questions. Will the government punish any offenders of such a crime !Does it have a true Concern to the Desecration of Quran
Instead of announcing its concern to banish extremism and safeguarding the rights of minorities it should genuinely make efforts to find out if such a hideous took place or not and pass strict laws to ensure such a thing never happens!
Comment by Tayyaba Haq — August 11, 2009 @ 7:25 pm
Let me tell one simple thing to Bhadur Ali that Islam ordains strict punishment to people involved in the Descecration of Quran .It should not be taken lighTly .Bkahn definately feels very positively about his religion but i would suggest that he expands his knowledge by finding out the strict laws against blasphemy.
His probing into these laws will enlighten him and definately provide him the information that families of people involved in desecration of Quran should not be presented as the most innocent people in the world and made WEALTHY by haNding out Rs 500,000 CHEQUES!as done by the governement
Comment by A Muslim — August 11, 2009 @ 7:44 pm