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Pakistan's PM Demands International Blasphemy Laws From UN
eldavojohn writes "An article published in Pakistan's Daily Times contains several quotes from Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf indicating his intent to push for international blasphemy laws in both the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Co-operation (57 countries). These comments came shortly after Pakistan's 'Day of Love for the Prophet' turned into riots that left 19 people dead and, of course, this all follows the extended trailers of 'Innocence of Muslims' being translated. Questionable circumstances surround who is prosecuted under these 'blasphemy laws' and what kind of fear they instill in Pakistan's minorities. The UN's Human Rights Charter mentions protection from 'religious intolerance' but also in the same sentence 'freedom of opinion and expression.'"
"Insightful." Really. Excellent job mods, this guy's pathetically ignorant "its seems to me that...." comment is Insightful. Just sad.
Shut up. It's different. We're mostly white.
What was the bounty that the US government 'ministers' offered for the murder of Osama and friends and why weren't they instantly dismissed?
Faith is a requirement for religion, because religions are always false.
Not only is your assertion not provable as true, it can be proven false. Furthermore, it is flamebait and should be modded as such.
There are over 4,200 religions in the world. Do you know them all? Have you proven each one false? HAve you read a peer reviewed journal for each one where it was proven false?
From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion: "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe,
Science proceeds from a baseline assumption that a natural explanation of each phenomenon studied is possible, but that does not prove that all natural phenomena can be explained by science - it's a working assumption working scientists have to start from before they begin applying the methods of science. There can be no proof possible within the scientific method of either this assumption or whether a particular given phenomenon is explainable in advance of actually explaining it. (See Sir Karl Popper, Jose Ortega y Gasset, and Thomas Kuhn for the arguments on this point, and definitely learn and understand the application of Godel's second great theorem to the limitations of the scientific method.). (But to put it straightforwardly, the only way to prove the whole universe can be explained naturally is to complete a Unified Field theory or Grand theory of Everything, not just to say string theory looks like it's the right track). You are advancing a faith based claim for the primacy of science and its supernatural power to prove all true but logically and mathematically unprovable contentions about the natural world, and so whether you think you are an Atheist or not, YOU have a religion.
Who is John Cabal?