It's endemic within Islam that the Qur'an is THE Holy book which cannot be desecrated no matter what. Even a mistake is taken very seriously, as we have seen in Afghanistan. Here in Sri Lanka you are under sharia law, and anything you do must comport with Islamic norms. This example illustrates the absolute intolerance Islam has against any violation of Islamic law. The surprising thing is that this man was not murdered, as Afghans have been calling for in their anger over the inadvertent burning of a few Qur'ans at Bagram AFB.
Time is still on the side of a "suicide" in prison, we shall see what happens.
From TimesOnline March 15
Pakistani Muslim jailed for burning Koran
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, March 15, 2012 (AFP) - A Pakistani court on Tuesday jailed a 42-year-old Muslim man for life for burning a Koran, officials said.
Naseem Ahmed, a father of three, was arrested last June on charges of desecrating Islam's holy book in Lasda village in Pakistani Kashmir, about 40 km (25 miles) east of the regional capital Muzaffarabad.
The farmer was found guilty under the Muslim country's tough blasphemy laws that make defaming Islam punishable by death and which have been heavily criticised in the West, particularly over the persecution of a tiny non-Muslim minority.
“We heard up to 15 witnesses. His mother also testified against the accused and we have given him life imprisonment,” Judge Ameerullah Khan told AFP.
Ahmed said he would appeal the sentence, professing his innocence and saying he had no idea that a Koran was among a pile of books he set alight.
“My younger brother and sister didn't care about their school books and used to leave them scattered around the house,” Ahmed told AFP, speaking by telephone from custody.
“One day I came home and got angry at seeing the books scattered. I collected them up and burnt them. My mother admonished me, telling me that among the books I burnt, was a copy of Holy Koran,” he said.
“The neighbour overheard and called the police. Members of a rival (Sunni Muslim) sect with whom I had been clashing in the past suddenly became active in this case that is why I have been convicted...
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Time is still on the side of a "suicide" in prison, we shall see what happens.
From TimesOnline March 15
Pakistani Muslim jailed for burning Koran
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, March 15, 2012 (AFP) - A Pakistani court on Tuesday jailed a 42-year-old Muslim man for life for burning a Koran, officials said.
Naseem Ahmed, a father of three, was arrested last June on charges of desecrating Islam's holy book in Lasda village in Pakistani Kashmir, about 40 km (25 miles) east of the regional capital Muzaffarabad.
The farmer was found guilty under the Muslim country's tough blasphemy laws that make defaming Islam punishable by death and which have been heavily criticised in the West, particularly over the persecution of a tiny non-Muslim minority.
“We heard up to 15 witnesses. His mother also testified against the accused and we have given him life imprisonment,” Judge Ameerullah Khan told AFP.
Ahmed said he would appeal the sentence, professing his innocence and saying he had no idea that a Koran was among a pile of books he set alight.
“My younger brother and sister didn't care about their school books and used to leave them scattered around the house,” Ahmed told AFP, speaking by telephone from custody.
“One day I came home and got angry at seeing the books scattered. I collected them up and burnt them. My mother admonished me, telling me that among the books I burnt, was a copy of Holy Koran,” he said.
“The neighbour overheard and called the police. Members of a rival (Sunni Muslim) sect with whom I had been clashing in the past suddenly became active in this case that is why I have been convicted...
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