Blasphemous Cartoon Contest Cancelled Al-hamdulillah - Aug 2018

BLASPHEMOUS CARTOON CONTEST CANCELLED AL-HAMDULILLAH - AUGUST 2018

The blasphemous cartoon contest against the sanctity of our dear Prophet (pbuh) has been Al-hamdulillah cancelled in Holland. The perpetrator cancelled the competition due to death threats and other concerns. These scums are scared to die basically. Most of the modern Pakistanis did not raise the issue and did not register an angry voice. They just waited for their leader to do something. I received a message on PEACE AND MERCY in relation to our dear Prophet (pbuh) when I sent that "modern Pakistani" a message on ousting the Netherlands ambassador from the country after giving the country a chance.

Imran Khan gave a very cool response about planning to do something with OIC and UN etc. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Quraishi called his Dutch counterpart. Such feeble responses never can stop those abroad with evil intentions even though something is better than nothing. It was the death-threats which made the offender in Holland uneasy. A 26-year old Pakistan was caught in The Hague who had announced earlier that he would kill the offender for holding a cartoon contest. Secondly, Afghan Taliban urged the Afghan soldiers to attack Dutch soldiers in retaliation who are serving under the NATO command in Afghanistan. It was these threats due to which Geert Wilders cancelled the blasphemous cartoon contest.

The collective efforts of all do matter. Raising our voices at different forums always matters hence it is not being suggested that Pak government did not do anything. However, the government needs to become a little more aggressive when dealing with such matters like blasphemous contests designed against our Prophet (pbuh). What have UN and OIC done about the oppression faced by Palestinians and Kashmiris since 70 years? Most believers around the world have little expectations from this Zionist organization. Currently also, Yemen is under attack by the Saudis and infants, old people, women are dying. Israel recently carried out air-raids on Palestinian civilians in August 2018. What did UN and OIC did about that?

Loving our dear Prophet (pbuh) is not about killing people. But it still calls for more steps and concerns on our side when we are faced with such satanic agendas abroad in the name of 'freedom of expression'.

Pak government should still use all international platforms and formulate a strong strategy so that the offenders against Islam think a hundred times before they try to carry out such heinous crimes.

- S Roman Ahsan.