Professional manipulators of Religion on the one side, and the Generals and the establishment (aided by Uncle Sam) on the other have heavily contributed to sour the dreams of Pakistan's silent majority and spread mayhem elsewhere too.
"Who is actually guilty of bringing disrepute to the religion of Islam?" questions Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.
Profitant de l’affaire des caricatures, des islamistes ont engagé une bataille pour le rétablissement du délit de blasphème. Un très grand nombre de représentants cléricaux leur ont emboîté le pas.
The Cabinet told the Federal Territory Religious Department to disband the "snoop team" as it is tantamount to invasion of privacy. With this move, they sent a clear message "forget about it" to other groups that may have plans to set up similar units.
The Organisation of Islamic Countries has denounced calls for the death of the Danish cartoonist. OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in Pakistan that the calls were un-Islamic and urged Muslims to refrain from violent protests.
Affirmons notre soutien de principe a la liberté de la presse de traiter, même avec humour, de tous les sujets concernant tous les systèmes de pensée, religieux ou non.
