So an FIR has been lodged against one Mr. JJ, the reformed
musician turned evangelist/Kurta seller, of recent blasphemic and previously
misogynist/tableeghi fame. Even though, Junaid bhai has never failed to disgust
me since his reformation, much has been said in the past few days about
his self righteously misogynist antics, but i would never wish him, or anybody
for that matter, to be booked, or even charged, under the infamous article 295
of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. May God help him out
of this dilemma. But the case in point is that this blasphemy of sorts by JJ
has given rise to a very complicated situation. I mean before this it was
simple, you don’t like someone’s face--no problem--scream blasphemy--problem
solved, as in the problem is either already dead or will be dead, it’s only a
matter of time. If an infidel girl doesn't let you take advantage of her well
that sure amounts to blasphemy, death to her. If a heathen drinks in your cup,
blasphemy it is, oh the Governor has come to her rescue, death to him too. Your
professor asks you to critically think about your beliefs before you preach
them, how dareth he preach such nuisance and this lawyer of his had some nerve
to come to his defense, no worries he's been taken care of now. Some lowlife Christians aren't vacating a piece of land you need for a new industry;
ah! I always knew these Christians were against the progress of my country, if
that's not blasphemy what is. Your age old slaves want to leave your
establishment in search of a better future; come on they are slaves, just burn
them at the stake for God's sake. (Do we even need a stake?)You see before JJ fatefully committed the said blasphemy, it
was just a simple case of genocide of the infidels and their supporters at the
hands of the God fearing, Kaafir bashing Muslims. But this event has pretty
much turned it into a war of sects which in itself is an ugly phenomenon, but
what's important is that the situation has changed for the better. The good
thing is that all of a sudden, for an evident reason, it has dawned upon the
foremost proponents of the strictest implementation of the blasphemy law that
there is a margin for concession in such cases. People have actually presented
research supporting the fact that the blasphemy law is actually a misconstrued
interpretation of Hanafi jurisprudence by a fifteenth century scholar Al
Bazzazi. A different kind of debate has finally started, too little too late
for the hundreds extra judicially killed by faith charged mobs. But still it
might just be enough to create some space for a relatively rational approach
towards such matters. Let’s just hope Junaid bhai , after getting out of this mess
unscathed, re-reforms himself for a second time and becomes the voice of the
helpless blasphemy victims of this land of the pure, or is it still too much to
ask for?Meanwhile, the most influential and loved PHD scholar of the
country has not failed to amuse yet again, He has been found chanting around
comparing types of minarets with each other. Apparently he's on sunshine acid.
