webfact Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Blasphemy case: Scot shot in Pakistan jail(BBC) A 70-year-old Scot jailed in Pakistan on blasphemy charges has been shot and wounded by a policeman.Muhammad Asghar, who is from Edinburgh, was arrested in 2010 after writing letters to a number of people claiming to be a prophet.A court in Rawalpindi convicted him of blasphemy earlier this year.The attack is said to have taken place inside the Adiyala Jail, where he was being held.Mr Asghar's family and lawyers have said he has a history of mental illness.British politicians and activists have been campaigning for his release, urging the Pakistani government to intervene in his case so he can be treated.Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29357949-- BBC 2014-09-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikehock Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Yes With a name like that This 70 year old certainly sounds like a Scot. British maybe ...but Scot Mmmmmm. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Which Scottish clan does Muhammad Asghar, belong to? Poor sod, he does need psychiatric help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rumblecat Posted September 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 Eh? He can easily be Scottish. There are plenty of people with Pakistani heritage in Scotland, generations on, who are considered Scottish. Born and bred there. As there are with Dutch, German, Irish, French and so on. Or do you only get to be Scottish if you've got some sort of pure bloodline which you can trace back to the Gaels and the Picts? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chaiyapoon Posted September 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 He is about as much Scottish as we are Thai 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockPieandBeans Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Another take on it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2769167/British-man-jailed-blasphemy-wounded-Pakistan-jail.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Such wonderful people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblecat Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 He is about as much Scottish as we are Thai So what's the criteria to be Scottish? How many generations do your family have to live in a country before you're considered a native of the country? Like my cousin moved to America from Scotland. Had two kids there who were born and raised and live in the States. His kids consider themselves American, they're citizens, have passports etc. Are they wrong..? Will their kids then be American? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextStationBangkok Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 He should have change his name to McProphet or McAllah like that, would have been saved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H1w4yR1da Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Eh? He can easily be Scottish. There are plenty of people with Pakistani heritage in Scotland, generations on, who are considered Scottish. Born and bred there. Yeah, we got a lot of those in England. The ones up in Rotherham are quite notorious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lawrence Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Which Scottish clan does Muhammad Asghar, belong to? Poor sod, he does need psychiatric help. You made me laugh, Costa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Eh? He can easily be Scottish. There are plenty of people with Pakistani heritage in Scotland, generations on, who are considered Scottish. Born and bred there. As there are with Dutch, German, Irish, French and so on. Or do you only get to be Scottish if you've got some sort of pure bloodline which you can trace back to the Gaels and the Picts? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 without a tartan he's just a farang in Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicky Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Good thing he is in a country of religious peace otherwise he might have lost his head. Oh, wait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F430murci Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Another take on it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2769167/British-man-jailed-blasphemy-wounded-Pakistan-jail.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Such wonderful people. What a whack bunch of people. Could this be a sign of genetic inbreeding to be this looney. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GlaswegianTam Posted September 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 He should have change his name to McProphet or McAllah like that, would have been saved! I know a Pakistani guy who worked in a Hotel in Glasgow in the cloakroom .. his name was Mahat Macoat .... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 "without a tartan he's just a farang in Scotland" may wish to research this subject: "Ask an Englishman and he will tell you how Thomas Rawlinson, an English native, invented the kilt in the 18th century! " Tartans were a marketing trick. Probably was born in UK as poor deluded fool thinks religion is more a hobby than a code of law. How can you blaspheme something that doesn't exist? Religion of peace demonstrates what can happen if they have political clout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikehock Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Which hotel was this? I know most of the hotels in Glasgow. . I don't recall any Pakistani attendants ..And Mahatma Coat Doesn't sound Scottish. ..more Indian. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Which Scottish clan does Muhammad Asghar, belong to? Poor sod, he does need psychiatric help. Best leave him there with his own people, no whisky to tempt him, fried mars bars, haggis butty , sheep to tempt him the list goes on, save a few quid on the NHS, SS, BUs Pass the savings would be quite significant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBeast Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Another take on it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2769167/British-man-jailed-blasphemy-wounded-Pakistan-jail.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Such wonderful people. "His lawyers were barred from attending the last few months of his trial." Yeah...That's an advanced legal system right there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) you'll probably find his lawyers were infidels, and Shariah Courts only deal with lawyers of their own kind when the case gets serious Edited September 25, 2014 by tifino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran2698 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Yes With a name like that This 70 year old certainly sounds like a Scot. British maybe ...but Scot Mmmmmm. A rather prejudiced comment. There have been Muslims in the UK for 300 years, the first Indian restaurant opened in 1810 and was owned by a Bengalese Muslim. Although it is unlikely that this mans heritage stretches back this far, regardless he is from Edinburgh, therefore a Scot. If Hock is your last name then presumably you are Bavarian? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Just because a dog is born in a manger doesnt make it a horse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Like many third-world countries, Pakistan does not really recognize the concept of mental illness. Thai law is pretty much the same way. Once you are in the clutches of the police, you are at their mercy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paymaster Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Muhammed (Jock) Ashgar. Got a nice ring to it. He is the life of the party down at the Thistle Inn darts night every Friday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simple1 Posted September 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) The victim in the OP is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, jailed under Pakistani blasphemy laws and assaulted, yet the majority of posts are attacking the victim. Expressions of bigotry at its best on TV. Edited September 25, 2014 by simple1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinmaew Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Beware of false prophets especially those who send you to prison for speaking out about them and richer then most banks in developed countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JockPieandBeans Posted September 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2014 The victim in the OP is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, jailed under Pakistani blasphemy laws and assaulted, yet the majority of posts are attacking the victim. Expressions of bigotry at its best on TV. Turn down your sensitivity dial. Most posts are making fun of his Pakistani / Jockanese heritage, non are attacking the victim. So take our bigotry slur and shove it where the sun dont shine. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H1w4yR1da Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Turn down your sensitivity dial. That's going to be rather difficult as that poster is a supporter of Islam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) Yes With a name like that This 70 year old certainly sounds like a Scot. British maybe ...but Scot Mmmmmm. Scots are actually British too. And quite a few Mohammeds and Abduls are now born there. We had a Sihk in turban and kilt promoting the YES vote last week. Edited September 26, 2014 by jacko45k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockPieandBeans Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) Turn down your sensitivity dial. That's going to be rather difficult as that poster is a supporter of Islam. That is his prerogative. What is not his prerogative, is to throw allegations of bigotry around. Especially when there was no such thing. Or perhaps he could explain who the bigotry was aimed against ? Jocks ? Pakistanis ? Muslims ? Edited September 26, 2014 by JockPieandBeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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