It is very easy to trap and blackmail someone under the umbrella of religion and it is even easier to do that under the blasphemy law because we are ignorant and intolerant society of religious fanatics. We are ready to judge others on the basis of our mere assumptions and perceptions which have no standing in reality.
Blasphemy law in Islam is different and the blasphemy law followed and practised in our country is entirely different.
We are always looking to satisfy our guilty conscience by posing ourselves as more religious and by portraying our beliefs as the reality of Islam. Islam teaches us to be tolerant but unfortunately whenever it comes to Islam we become the most intolerant people on earth.
The question should not be whether to punish someone who commits blasphemy but whether should be to prove if someone has really committed blasphemy in real sense.
MARIAM KHAN
Lahore
