Pakistani judges have double standards for Aisha Bibi and her Muslim complainants. The judges do not respect a Christian's belief on Mohammad and the Quran.
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel were hearing Bibi's 2014 appeal against the capital punishment handed to her.
Justice Khosa also took notice of two of the prosecution witnesses' statements, which alleged that Bibi had uttered the blasphemous remarks after her own religion was attacked.
"You cannot attack another person's religion. God has forbidden insulting others' religion or their gods," he noted.
"Our own faith [as Muslims] is not complete without a declaration of faith in all messengers [of God] and all the divine books," he further noted.1
A special three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgement on the final appeal against the execution of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy.
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel were hearing Bibi's 2014 appeal against the capital punishment handed to her.2
The Judge said:
"You cannot attack another person's religion. God has forbidden insulting others' religion or their gods," he noted.
"Our own faith [as Muslims] is not complete without a declaration of faith in all messengers [of God] and all the divine books," he further noted- Justice Asif Saeed Khosa
According the the Catholic Church, Mohammad is lost forever without 'faith and baptism' which is needed for salvation(Ad Gentes 7, Vatican Council II). There are no known exceptions of the baptism of desire, baptism of blood and being saved in invincible ignorance. We cannot know of any non Catholic saved outside the Church. So LG 8, LG 14,LG 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc in Vatican Council II are not objective exceptions to Ad Gentes 7( all need faith and baptism for salvation. All). Nor are they exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus ( Council of Florence 1441 etc.), neither to the Apostles Creed ( I believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins) nor to the Catechism of Pope Pius X ( all need to be members of the Catholic Church for salvation) and other Catechisms.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1257) 'the Church knows of no means to eternal beatitude other than the baptism of water.' We also know that practically there are no no known exceptions. We do not know any non Catholic saved outside the Church, since ' God was not limited to the Sacraments' (CCC 1257).
So according to the Catholic Church all Muslims will go after death, to where Mohammad is, and there are no known exceptions.This is the official teaching of the Church which Pakistani law will not respect.
This understanding of Mohammad and Islamism, has been the consistent teaching of the Church including that of Vatican Council II, when it is interpreted with rational Feeneyism and not irrational Cushingism, as is being done by Cardinal Joseph Coutts,the Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan and the Catholic bishops in Pakistan.
The Catholic bishops in Pakistan interpet Vatican Council II and the Catechisms with Cushingism; they use a false premise and inference to elicit a non traditional conclusion. So there is no obligation for them to say that Mohammad is in Hell.They could assume that he was saved in ignorance and this is a known exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, according to Cushingite theology; the New Theology.
With this deception they can remain prudently silent on this sensitive issue.They have changed theology and so also doctrine and made it non controversial with the support of the Vatican.
With this deception they can remain prudently silent on this sensitive issue.They have changed theology and so also doctrine and made it non controversial with the support of the Vatican.
So is the Pakistani Judge saying that he respects a Christian's religious views on Mohammad ? Of course not.
Aasia Bibi and other Christians do not have freedom of religion, worship or expression according to the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan.
It would be like the Governments in Hungary and Poland applying Blasphemy Laws on Pakistani Muslims since the Quran is critical in general of Christians and Jews and their beliefs.
"You cannot attack another person's religion. God has forbidden insulting others' religion or their gods," he noted.
Yet this is being done to Christians in the verdict on Aisha Bible and so many others, including Muslim Qadianis in the lower courts.Bahais for example cannot claim that they are Muslims. It would be blasphemy.
The followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed,Qadianis or Mirzaites, as they are called, are a small community in Pakistan.If any one of them wears a badge saying 'there is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his last Prophet', it would be blasphemy according to Pakistani law, based on the Sunni Tradition.
So there is no respect or tolerance for the Qadiani Muslim's religious beliefs, in the Quran as a religious book.For the Qadiani even the Koran, and their interpretation, is not respected as a religious book since, Mohammad is not the last prophet for them.
As a Catholic, if I was in Pakistan and said that I believe all Muslims and other non Catholics,including the Qadianis, are on the way to Hell according to the teachings of the Catholic Church, there would be no respect for Catholic beliefs,from the Judges of the Pakistani Supreme Court. Since Islamic law and education does not really respect other religions.It is common to read criticism of the beliefs of non Catholics, in the local newspapers. Preachers in their Friday sermons routinely criticize non Muslims.
Sunni Preachers who criticize Shites and their religion are every year prevented by the Pakistani Administration from entering certain city- areas.
Now Aasia Bibi could be hanged only because she is a Christian. I write all this not to criticize any religion or people but to point out that what the Supreme Court Judge has said a few days back, in the Aisha Bibi case, is objectively wrong.-Lionel Andrades
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https://www.dawn.com/news/1437605/supreme-court-reserves-verdict-on-asia-bibis-final-appeal-against-execution
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OCTOBER 13, 2018
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