The new Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan faces an economic crisis. And huge social and environmental problems. Not to mention his foreign policy challenges.
So what's first item on his agenda? Why, demand that the United Nations pass an anti-blasphemy law, of course! (Reported in Pakistan's Express Tribune)
He says he wants something similar to the anti-Holocaust-denial laws in Europe. We're vulnerable to that argument. Even if it's bogus because they were passed in a particular time and place, and relate to an actual event. But still they ought to be done away with. If only to counter the pressure for Islamist anti-blasphemy laws.
If such laws are passed, they will end up criminalising any critique of the doctrines of Islam. As with any idea they must be subject to scrutiny and critique.
The UN may see to it that we are muzzled.
By the way, Khan and his wives have become more fundamentalist over time.
First wife a model; third wife a model muslima....
Khan and his wives reflect the increasing fundamentalism of Islam itself since the 1979 Iranian revolution. It all relates back to that. Increasing Shi'a militancy (Iran) led to increased Sunni militancy (Saudi) and it's all playing out still today.
Including this nonsense of anti-blasphemy laws.
