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Pakistani lawyer petitions for death of Mark Zuckerberg

theregister.co.uk

18 pointsdman12 comments

This is flamebait. There is absolutely zero chance anything will come of this. Mark Zuckerberg may want to avoid traveling to many Muslim countries, but with a name like Zuckerberg, I'm not sure that would have been advisable to begin with.

No international enforcement agency is going to take this seriously, and specifically with regard to INTERPOL, their constitution would seem to disallow them any involvement in this matter:

Article 3: It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.

http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/LegalMaterials/constitut...

> Article 3: It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.

Would Interpol get involved in a case involving defamation of a head of state? Does that change if the head of state is also a religious figure? (Both the Queen of England and the Roman Catholic Pope are religious figures.)

Heck - did Interpol get involved when the Pope was shot?

These questions are relevant because there's not always a bright line. Are laws against murder religious? ("Thou Shalt not Kill" is one of the commandments.) If not, then why is a civil law against saying the wrong thing about the flying spaghetti monster? What about a law banning non-believers from Mecca?

Interesting part of the law:

"...defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ...shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable for fine."

Death AND a fine.

"Any contact with the chamber floor will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your official testing record, followed by death."

Reminds me of why I like secular government.

Oh, that they had included one of those Facebook "Like" buttons at the end of the article.

Edit: This was a weak attempt at sarcasm. Apologies to anyone who was offended. I do not condone the idea of the Pakistani government killing Mr. Zuckerberg because of some Facebook stunt.

Your point?

The Register isn't affiliated with the Pakistani Police and their decision to investigate Facebook; they just report news.

Wow. Lighten up, Francis.

You just made the list, buddy.

Downmodders are presumably missing the references to the movie "Stripes."

Apparently so.

Can't wait to hear how this plays out. This stuff happens all the time in religiously totalitarian "governments". Where is the moral outrage and street rallies from the moderates? Oh, I know... laying low cause they'll get shot. There a bunch of brave Iranians though, good luck to them. Maybe a few brave Pakistanis will stand up and demand change too.

Religious orthodoxy = idiocy

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