Mentally ill Briton accused of claiming to be Prophet Mohammad sentenced to death: Pakistan

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Mentally ill Briton accused of claiming to be Prophet Mohammad is sentenced to death by Pakistani court
Mohammad Asghar was accused of claiming to be the Prophet Mohammed
Prosecution disputed mental illness, and judge convicted him yesterday
He was arrested in 2010 under Pakistan's strict laws against blasphemy
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

LONDON: -- Human rights campaigners have called for the immediate release of a British man sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws.

A judge convicted and sentenced Mohammad Asghar, from Edinburgh, on Thursday following a trial.
Mr Asghar was arrested in 2010 in Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, for claiming to be the Prophet Mohammed in letters sent to various officials, according to prosecutor Javed Gul.

But a lawyer who defended Mr Asghar said he suffers from mental illness and the case was really a property dispute.
Amnesty International's deputy Asia Pacific director Polly Truscott said: 'Mohammad Asghar is now facing the gallows simply for writing a series of letters. He does not deserve punishment. No one should be charged on the basis of this sort of conduct.

'The blasphemy laws undermine the rule of law, and people facing charges risk death and other harm in detention.
'Pakistan must immediately release Mohammad Ashgar and reform its blasphemy laws to ensure that this will not happen again.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545695/Death-penalty-mentally-ill-Briton-Pakistan.html

-- Daily Mail 2014-01-25

[h90]

And 10 years later the find out it was true......Same case as Jesus.....

[Briggsy]

Actually he can't be the Prophet Mohammed because I am.

[Mr Yim]

Very sad and demonstrates the intollerance of religion and how backwards some states are.

[Pimay1]

It appears to me that Mohammad Asghar is not the person or persons who is/are mentally ill.

[noikrit]

The Mods may be kepted busy with this one .....

[Credo]

I met a guy in Mexico who said he was Jesus and I've met a lot of people in the Middle East who said they were Mohammad.

This, however, is very sad.

[sms747]

Allah the most merciful-again

[BeforeTigers]

Religion is madness.

[DiamondKing]

No, I am Mohammed

[Rockhound]

I work with a guy called Mohammad Mohammad. We call him Mohammad squared.

[Asianrider]

Will the real Mohammed please stand up.

[MILT]

Actually he can't be the Prophet Mohammed because I am.

Get real Briggsy, I am the real prophet Mohammed!

Just ask my brother Jesus

[sirineou]

Actually he can't be the Prophet Mohammed because I am.

I hope you don't have any plans to visit Pakistan soon

[newermonkey]

No I think he was claiming to be Moham Mad the Mad donkey, very different kettle of bacon, ops sorry "fish" They are all mad as hatters anyway, believing in a non existent being that no one has ever proven exists and following the teachings of a crazy guy who supposedly lived in a small tribe in the middle of a desert a long time ago who happen to hate everything and everyone who was different to him including women... and by the way very misguidedly hated pork.

[allan michaud]

He's not the Prophet Mohammad, he's a very naughty boy!

[belg]

better or worse in this country where you can get lockup up in jail for life in slices of 15 years per insult

[Chicog]

I'm Spartacus.

[atyclb]

A mentally ill Briton too mentally ill to realize he should have been in pattaya. (non inclusive to brits)

[uptheos]

But the west still pump billions in aid to these nuts........we're mentally ill, they're just clever!

[GOLDBUGGY]

I work with a guy called Mohammad Mohammad. We call him Mohammad squared.

I wonder if he has a boy that he will name him Mohammad to?

I guess then he would be called Mohammad Cubed!

[mrowe1973]

The fact that he went to Pakistan clearly showes that he is indeed a mentally ill Mohamed.

[uptheos]

The fact that he went to Pakistan clearly showes that he is indeed a mentally ill Mohamed.

Well, I suppose he could have gone to Mecca, but prophets and messiah's don't always pop up where you'd expect them to.

[Credo]

No, but they do have a tendency to end up the same way.

[Suradit69]

Very sad and demonstrates the intollerance of religion and how backwards some states are.

Yes, we need a few more anti-religion states like North Korea, the former Soviet Union, China under Mao or Albania. Things went swimmingly for the common man in those places and feeding your uncle to hungry dogs is so much more progressive than what these religious people do.

Texas has executed an average of 15 people per year for at least the past 5 or 6 years. Since 1976 Texans have killed 509 people by execution and have already executed one person in 2014. Some of those people were quite nasty. Some of them were innocent and poor. I doubt many of them came from wealthy, powerful families.

I agree murder by government is barbaric no matter who does it, but the ease with which some people immediately rush to judgment regarding some religions or non-western countries is a bit convenient and invites comparisons. For example, what crime was committed to warrant the execution of several hundred thousand Iraqis by countries proclaiming themselves to be following Judeo-Christian principles? Sadaam Hussein may indeed have earned his hanging, but what about all the others who died ... the supposed "acceptable" collateral damage?

Condemning "legal" murder is fine, but it should be condemned universally, not just when it's being done by people who we enjoy criticizing or those we feel are somehow innately less worthy than ourselves.

[DogNo1]

Some people consider Communism to be a religion. The countries that you mentioned certainly require unquestioning faith in their leaders and ideals just as religions do.

[pacovl46]

This just proves yet again how seriously demented the people in these countries are! They really do live still in the stone age!

[F430murci]

I'm Spartacus.

I am the walrus.

[tingtongteesood]

One of the stupidest things I have ever read. One of the many reasons I am a devout practicing aetheist. Thailand has a similarly ridiculous law but let's not go there right now....

[GentlemanJim]

I was reading about reincarnation and how lots of people go to hypnotists to 'regress' and see who they were in former lives. So far there are about 972 Cleopatra's currently alive and around 24000 Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's , funny how nobody was ever Ploppy the Ancient Egyptian toilet cleaner or McPloppy the Boil lancer, tending the syphilitic sores of the British Aristocracy, nope, everyone in their former life was a King, Emperor, Pharaonic Queen or indeed a Prophet. Good luck Mr Mohammed, the truth is the real Mohammed would probably neither recognise nor associate with, what has become 'Islam'. Unfortunately your imaginary friend will end when your imagination does, shortly after the gallows trapdoor opens.