President Pervez Musharraf Thursday rejected a US State Department report that blamed Pakistan for not protecting the rights of religious minorities, Online news agency reports.
| "Nope. Nope. No sectarian violence at all..." |
The Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, issued Wednesday, had accused Pakistan of imposing limits on the religious freedom of minorities and failure to protect their rights because its constitution required laws to be consistent with Islamic laws. Musharraf rejected the findings of the report and said minorities enjoyed complete freedom in Pakistan. "In our neighbouring country, minorities are subjugated to discrimination. Their rights are usurped and 2,000 to 3,000 Muslims were killed in different racial riots. But in Pakistan, no Hindu has died in any such incident," he said, while speaking at an "Inter Faith Conference" here.
| They got run out of the country instead... |
| "Now, Presbyterians, by Allan, they're a menace to our society!" |
Only a few attacks on Christian institutions had occurred in the context of the situations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, Musharraf said. The government would repeal blasphemy laws to stop their misuse against minorities, he said, and added Islamic Ideological Council is debating the issue.
| I'll believe that when I see it. The blasphemy law's much too dear to the hearts of the mullahs. |
And such a convenient law it is, all sorts of mischief uses. |
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