"..."I am ready to sacrifice my life for the principled stand..." Mendiang sudah mengatakannya.
--- In [email protected], "wawan" <selarasmilis@...> wrote: > > http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/02/pakistan.minister.shot/i\ ndex.htm\ > l > > Islamabad, Pakistan -- A Pakistani government minister who had said he was > getting death threats because of his opposition to a controversial blasphemy law > was shot to death Wednesday. > > Shahbaz Bhatti was the only Christian member of the Cabinet in Pakistan, where > 95 percent of people are Muslim. He served as the government's minister of > minority affairs. > > He was shot and killed in Islamabad on Wednesday morning, Pakistani police said. > The Taliban claimed responsibility. > > "(The) assassination of Bhatti is a message to all of those who are against > Pakistan's blasphemy laws," said Ihsanullah Ihsan, a Taliban spokesman. > > Bhatti had been critical of the law, saying at one point, "I am ready to > sacrifice my life for the principled stand I have taken because the people of > Pakistan are being victimized under the pretense of blasphemy law." > > Other officials have also been targeted for opposing the blasphemy law, which > makes it a crime punishable by death to insult Islam, the Quran or the Prophet > Mohammed. > > In January, the governor of Punjab province, Salman Taseer, was assassinated by > his security guard because he spoke out against the law. > > After Taseer's death, Bhatti pledged to continue pushing for amendments in the > law. > > "I will campaign for this ... these fanatics cannot stop me from moving any > further steps against the misuse of (the) blasphemy law," he said at the time. > > Bhatti said he was facing threats on his life, but was not afraid. > > "I was told by the religious extremists that if you will make any amendments in > this law, you will be killed," he said. > > Bhatti was leaving his home Wednesday when gunmen sprayed his vehicle with > bullets, said Jameel Hashmi, a senior Islamabad police official. > > He was dead when he arrived at Shifa Hospital in Islamabad, said Azmat Ullah > Qureshi, a hospital spokesman. > > The minister is usually accompanied by security guards because of the death > threats, but had instructed his security officers not to travel with him > Wednesday, said Wajid Durrani, Islamabad's police chief. > > Cameron Munter, the U.S. ambassador in Pakistan, condemned the killing in a > statement. > > "His death is a loss for all who believe in the values for which he gave his > last full measure of devotion," he said. > > The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom also condemned the > killing. > > "The assassination today of Shahbaz Bhatti in Pakistan -- a true hero for human > rights and religious freedom for all -- illustrates how barbaric that country's > system of blasphemy laws really is. Blasphemy laws don't keep the peace, but > embolden extremists," said Leonard Leo, the commission's chair. > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
