SMC No. 1/2014 etc
23
Muslim mob torched a predominantly Christian neighbourhood in
Lahore after a Christian man was accused of blasphemy. 100
houses were burnt as residents fled. Individuals charged with
offences relating to religion included 17 Ahmadis, 13 Christians
and nine Muslims. In Badin, dead bodies of two Hindus were dug
up by mobs that claimed that the graveyards belonged to Muslims
and only Muslims could be buried there.”
21.
On
a
query
made
from
the
Chief
Secretary
Balochistan, the letter intimated the Registrar of this Court that
about 415 Hazaras who belong to Shia sect were killed on
sectarian grounds in a period of 11 years.
22.
The afore-referred report and other incidents of faith or
ethnic based violence indicate that mere textual pledges in the
Constitution, though important are not enough to ensure that
those rights would be honored in practice. It is, therefore,
important that the concerned governments / institutions take
proactive lead to ensure that those rights are respected and
enjoyed in practice.
23.
No society or nation is bereft of its share in
discrimination, ethnic or religious bias and the resultant violence.
In 1526 the Bishop of London was tried on the charges of terrorism
and the allegation was that he wanted to blow the Parliament
House
because
the
Protestants
had
won
majority
in
the
Parliament. In his final play Henry VIII, Shakespeare has his
Archbishop predict, “the future Elizabeth will rule by a mixture of
peace, plenty, love and a just measure of terror.” For hundred of
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