Pakistan: Women’s rights activists face threats and accusations of ‘blasphemy’

“Politicians and rights activists say organizers of Pakistan’s Women’s March are being threatened with dangerous blasphemy accusations by religious conservatives.”

Pakistani lawmakers claimed that the women’s march was anti-Islam. This means that the activists are now under the threat of death, since after all, women are not equals in Islam, and how dare they try to be.

Pakistan has not protected and will not protect anyone who offends Islam. In fact, its Prime Minister Imran Khan has been influential at the UN in attempting to spread the “Islamophobia” subterfuge around the world. Pakistan is adept at playing a double game. It is no secret that Pakistan leads the charge on Islamic blasphemy laws worldwide. It is interesting to note the contrast between the women’s march in Washington DC, with its stark display of a mutated brand of vulgar feminism (“pussy hats” flaunted, with accusations about Trump’s “toxic masculinity”), with the feminist march in Pakistan, which only seeks human rights for all, and equal rights for women.

It’s past due that the willfully blind, egocentric woke movement in the West wakes up and realizes that anything that offends Islam is deemed to be “blasphemous.” Imagine what would happen if the DC women’s march were transported to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or Iran.

“Blasphemy” in Islam encompasses an ideology far beyond the emotions of “offense” taken. Sharia blasphemy principles seek to preserve Islamic supremacism and expansionism.

“Pakistan: Women’s rights activists face new allegations of blasphemy,” DW, April 6, 2021:

While organizers of Pakistan’s Women’s March have long been the subject of threats and criticism, allegations of blasphemy could put women’s rights activists in a new kind of danger.

Blasphemy accusations have resulted in killings in the past, and human rights activists believe that these allegations have created a widespread climate of fear, especially for women’s rights advocates.

“Pakistan is not a democratic state but a religious state where clerics wield a lot of influence,” Mehdi Hassan, a former chairperson of Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission, told DW.

“Hurling allegations of blasphemy amounts to jeopardizing the lives of people here. We fear that the lives of women activists are in danger because there are so many extremists out there in the streets who could target them at any time.”

“At least seven people have been killed just because of blasphemy allegations. Therefore, it is important that the government provides them [the activists] with protection.”

Who is threatening activists in Pakistan?

At least two local courts — one in the northwestern city of Peshawar and another in the southern port city of Karachi — have asked police to register cases against organizers of the march, alleging violations of blasphemy and other laws. A petition seeking to ban the annual gathering has also been lodged with the Islamabad High Court.

Lahore-based activist Shazia Khan said friends and relatives have pressured them to maintain a low profile following the accusations and legal cases…..