[jurhoonee]

RAWALPINDI: Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the self-confessed murderer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, has been sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court today (Saturday).
Qadri, one of Taseer’s elite force guards, shot and killed the governor for his views on the blasphemy law outside a restaurant in Islamabad.
During the incamera hearing of the murder case, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) said that it was a heinous crime and there is no justification to it; however, no date has been given for the execution of the sentence. The court also fined Qadri of Rs200,000 along with the death sentence.
Justice Syed Pervez Ali Shah, an ATC judge, while taking up the case at the Adiala Jail, noted down the statement of Qadri. In this statement, Qadri admitted before the judge that nobody intimidated him to murder the former governor.
Raja Shujahur Rehman, Qadri’s lawyer, told the media outside Adiala Jail that his client had also submitted a written statement of 40 pages, referring to 11 Quranic verses, 28 quotes from Sunnah and several other eminent Muslim jurists with reference to Islamic jurisprudence.
The defence lawyer stated that the prosecution raised no objection over the statement of Qadri, therefore the court validly admitted this statement and made it a part of the court record.
Experts say that Qadri has to appeal within seven days against the verdict.
Tears of anger
Qadri’s supporters took to the streets to denounce the sentence soon after it was handed down.
“By punishing one Mumtaz Qadri, you will produce a thousand Mumtaz Qadris!” one man shouted through a megaphone outside the jail.
Several hundred supporters of Qadri blocked a road outside the jail and chanted slogans. Some recited verses from the Quran while members of the Sunni Tehreek group waved their party’s green and yellow flags.
A Qadri supporter, wiping tears from his face, said: “We don’t accept this. We don’t accept this.”
Police were deployed at the jail gate to prevent any break-in. After Qadri was sentenced, the judge left through the back door.
In Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh area, where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December 2007, about 1,000 angry Qadri supporters blocked a main road with burning tyres.
Shouting slogans against the government and the judge who sentenced Qadri, they forced shops to shut down.
Stick-wielding protesters attacked passing vehicles.
“This decision was made to please the Jewish lobby,” said Sahibzada Ata-ur-Rehman, a leader of the Sunni Tehreek.
Qadri, a constable in the Punjab Police and a member of its Elite Force, tried to justify his murder of the governor by stating that he had killed him for supporting Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman whom Taseer had believed had been wrongly convicted of committing blasphemy.
According to Qadri’s statement, he had approached the governor on the evening of January 4 and tried to talk to him about Taseer’s very public support for Aasia Bibi and his advocacy of reform – not repeal – of the blasphemy laws.

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ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded death penalty to Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri on Saturday, DawnNews reported.

Mr Taseer was assassinated by his security guard and personnel of Punjab Elite Force, Mumtaz Qadri, on January 4, 2011 at Kohsar Market in Islamabad.

“The court has awarded my client with death. The court announced the death sentence for him,” Shujaur Rehman, one of Qadri’s lawyers, told AFP by telephone.

Judge Pervez Ali Shah announced the verdict at the court behind closed doors in the high-security Adiyala prison in Rawalpindi, the lawyer said.

Qadri had earlier confessed in court that he had killed Punjab governor Salman Taseer for his ‘blasphemous’ statements.

Qadri’s supporters took to the streets to denounce the sentence soon after it was handed down.

“By punishing one Mumtaz Qadri, you will produce a thousand Mumtaz Qadris!” one man shouted through a megaphone outside the jail.

The court handed down two death sentences for murder and terrorism to Qadri, who has seven days to file an appeal, state television reported.

Reporters and other members of the public were not allowed in to the hearing and it was not known if Qadri attended.

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[SonicPs]

And still Pakistan is an Islamic Country.

And still Pakistan is the second Madinah..

And still Pakistan is Haram e Thalith. (3rd Haram)

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Salam Alaykum,

We did not get a chance to discuss this properly, but now since it has come up I need to know:

1. According to Fiqh, what is the relationship there has to be between a blasphemer, and the acceptability of killing him, as far as the fact that the country where the blasphemer lives and can be killed in should be ruled according to Islam?

This is an important question, because nowadays we see thousands, nay millions, of non-Muslims living in non-Muslim lands purposefully insulting the Prophet (SAW) [you may remember the facebook cartoon incident, which was simply a way to make Muslims angry and incite us to attack them].

So is there any Fatwa saying that the Muslims living in non-Muslim lands (or those lands not governed by Shariah) have the right of killing the blasphemers, even if there are thousands or millions of them living in non-Muslim lands?

As a related question, was there ever any 'fatwa of death' put on the head of certain Christian authors, such as Dante, who openly insulted the Prophet (SAW) in his writings while living far away from Muslim lands?

[evarekataVame]

:'(

aoa,

the correct opinion is that of mufti naeem of jamia binnoria town. he said, to the best of my knowledge, that vigilante justice isnt allowed and any blasphemy case should be reported to a panel of ulema who will decide upon the punishment. otherwise people will put the tag of blasphemer on those they dislike and kill them without any court of law asking about it.
should a common man take up arms against who he considers a blasphemer?
there are two hadiths that state that during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) two men were pardoned after they killed blasphemers. however i do not know whether those incidents happened in madinah: the islamic state or makkah: before its capture. a faqih would be able to answer this better in sha Allah.

[PlanTaleks]

And still Pakistan is an Islamic Country.

And still Pakistan is the second Madinah..

And still Pakistan is Haram e Thalith. (3rd Haram)

Yes it is.. Jealous?

[dogdesign]

Whatever happened, only Allah can weigh his sincerity. Lets not go there.

As for whether the act was accordance with the Shariah, that a more valuable question. Perhaps the ulema can enlighten us about it.

[evarekataVame]

Whatever happened, only Allah can weigh his sincerity. Lets not go there.

i have come to not trust the media at all in these times. and you are right, the matter is between him and Allah (SWT)

[dogdesign]

i have come to not trust the media at all in these times. and you are right, the matter is between him and Allah (SWT)

Yes bro, basically they put words in our mouth. If he has erred May Allah forgive him. Ameen.

[fount_pirat]

Insha'allah, he will not be killed. If he is, then may Allah grant him Shahadah.

[Uttephabeta]

Yes it is.. Jealous?

Please be careful, you are talking to a scholar, leave aside nationalism and learn how to address an alim.

[evarekataVame]

people wake up!
its quite annoying when imp issues like these are ignored by the masses here whereas we have a plethora of comments on topics that are not even related to the well-being of the muslim ummah...me and several brothers asked legit questions but to no avail. im sure there are several highly capable people here who can answer whether such an act of vigilante justice is allowed in islam?
contribute please

[soajerwaradaY]

I like what Mufti Naeem DB has said. Being a laymen, can't say what qadri did was according to the Shariah or not. I liked infact
i loved what he did. and not to forget the naat he recited in the jail *AwEsoMe(

I have also heard about the politics going on , on this topic. Jang group (newspaper) published that he was a deobandi. Some say that he was influenced by Mufti haneef qureshi's (Brelwi) speech and killed salman taseer. Jang being controlled/owned by brelwi's tried to prove that he was a deobandi so that Mufti Haneef qureshi doesn't get in any sort of trouble. Mufti Haneef qureshi has also gone underground after police has started searching him.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrin...3&dt=1/11/2011

[Dkavtbek]

This is disgrafceful news, Mumtaz QADRI is and will always be a hero.

[TornadoPD]

Please be careful, you are talking to a scholar, leave aside nationalism and learn how to address an alim.

It does not matter whether or not you are an Aalim. I thoroughly respect Moulana Taliban but it does not matter whether he is an Aalim. Verily in Allahs sight we are all equal,the only thing to seperate us is our taqwa.

[appletango]

Salaam,

I would recommend reading Ta’lim al-Muta’allim by Imam Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji and reflecting upon the following:

"Are those who know equal to those who know not?''' (39:9)

"Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe, and those who have been granted knowledge.'' (58:11)

"It is only those who have knowledge among His slaves that fear Allah.'' (35:28)

"The superiority of the learned over the devout worshipper is like my superiority over the most inferior amongst you (in good deeds).'' He went on to say, "Allah, His angels, the dwellers of the heaven and the earth, and even the ant in its hole and the fish (in water) supplicate in favour of those who teach people knowledge.'' [Tirmidhi]

[TornadoPD]

ok

[HaroTaure]

And still Pakistan is an Islamic Country.

And still Pakistan is the second Madinah..

And still Pakistan is Haram e Thalith. (3rd Haram)

Respected Brother, Assalaamoalaikum

Jazakallah for providing a few examples to illustrate that the Holy Messenger(SAW) ordered the killing of those who insulted him, for example?

I can appreciate that muslims kill blasphemers out of passion. But did Allah(SWT) or His Beloved Messenger(SAW) ever ordered same? I would indeed like to know.

Brotherly yours
farook

[appletango]

Salaam,

Two really good books on this topic:
1) Qadi Iyad's Ash Shifaa'
2) Ibn Taymiya's al-Saarim al-Maslool ‘ala Shaatim al-Rasool

Summary (from Islam QA):
The scholars are unanimously agreed that a Muslim who insults the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) becomes a kaafir and an apostate who is to be executed. This consensus was narrated by more than one of the scholars, such as Imaam Ishaaq ibn Raahawayh, Ibn al-Mundhir, al-Qaadi ‘Iyaad, al-Khattaabi and others. Al-Saarim al-Maslool, 2/13-16

Insulting the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is one of the worst of forbidden actions, and it constitutes kufr and apostasy from Islam, according to scholarly consensus, whether done seriously or in jest. The one who does that is to be executed even if he repents and whether he is a Muslim or a kaafir. If he repents sincerely and regrets what he has done, this repentance will benefit him on the Day of Resurrection and Allaah will forgive him.

Maulana Taliban - Not sure if there is anything in the hanafi madhab that says otherwise. Please feel free to correct.

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I would like to know whether this ruling is applicable to all lands, or only in the lands of Islam. The reason why I ask this is that in the books dealing with this matter (such as Qadhi Iyad's as-Shifa) the role of the Muslim judge is mentioned, and we know it is not possible to have a proper Muslim judge without a Muslim government supporting him.

[refdhbgtd]

Respected Brother, Assalaamoalaikum

Jazakallah for providing a few examples to illustrate that the Holy Messenger(SAW) ordered the killing of those who insulted him, for example?

I can appreciate that muslims kill blasphemers out of passion. But did Allah(SWT) or His Beloved Messenger(SAW) ever ordered same? I would indeed like to know.

Brotherly yours
farook

I have read in the seerah of Nabi saw by Ibn Kathir, Darul Ishat publication and also by Dr Sallabi where during the conquest of Makkah, a handful of individuals were ordered to be killed even if they were found to be clinging on to the Kaabah. Their crime, insulting Nabi saw.

InshaAllah the respected Ulema can expand on this.