The BBC ponders if censorship of Muslim views might be the way forward. Remember – you pay for this!
Paki PM: Blasphemy “unpardonable sin,” international orgs should eliminate all blasphemous content
The Express Tribune reported on March 8 that blasphemous “pages were being removed with the help of the Facebook officials.” That may be one reason why referrals from Facebook to Jihad Watch are down upwards of 10,000 a day since February 10. But Facebook isn’t enough: Sharif wants “international organizations” to work to eliminate “all blasphemous content.” And doubtless many will be all too willing to implement this aspect of Sharia, and willingly surrender the freedom of speech.
“Blasphemy is an unpardonable offence: PM,” Express Tribune, March 14, 2017: (more from JW below the fold)

Pakistan asks Facebook and Twitter to help identify blasphemers
Pakistan has asked Facebook and Twitter to help identify Pakistanis suspected of blasphemy so it can prosecute them or pursue their extradition.
Under the country’s strict blasphemy laws, anyone found to have insulted Islam or the prophet Muhammad can be sentenced to death.
The interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, said an official in Pakistan’s Washington embassy had approached the two social media companies in an effort to identify Pakistanis, either within the country or abroad, who recently shared material deemed offensive to Islam.
He said Pakistani authorities had identified 11 people for questioning over alleged blasphemy and would seek the extradition of anyone living abroad.
Texas teacher ‘not backing down’ from anti-Islam stance: ‘I’m a free American man’
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Houston teacher James A. Bretney makes no bones about his distaste for Islam.
“This is the problem that our politicians and even our church members won’t acknowledge,” he told KTRK-TV. “We are in a spiritual conflict with Islam. We are in a clash of civilizations with Islam.” …

















