For the past week, riots have again engulfed Pakistan, with police officers killed and taken hostage, and the French embassy taking the 'urgent' step of advising its citizens to leave the country
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Denying the Holocaust is an illegal offence in several European countries including Germany and France and offenders can be sent to prison.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Western governments should treat the people who insult the Prophet the same as those who deny the Holocaust, reported the Pakistani newspaper, Dawn.
Imran said insulting the Prophet hurts Muslims across the world.
“We Muslims have the greatest love & respect for our Prophet,” he tweeted. “We cannot tolerate any such disrespect & abuse.”
Denying the Holocaust is an illegal offence in several European countries including Germany and France and offenders can be sent to prison.
Pakistan PM Khan Battles Fallout In France Blasphemy Row By David STOUT
04/19/21 AT 10:06 PM
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had hoped a fight over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed would result in an easy win placating the ultra-conservative quarters at home while being hailed as a defender of Islam abroad.
The gamble seems to have backfired spectacularly.
For the past week, riots have again engulfed Pakistan, with police officers killed and taken hostage, and the French embassy taking the urgent step of advising its citizens to leave the country.
Khan is now scrambling to keep order, months after launching a war of words with President Emmanuel Macron following the French leader s defence of the magazine Charlie Hebdo s right to republish images of Mohammed an act deemed blasphemous by many Muslims.
As Imran Khan battles fallout, a look at how France blasphemy row backfired in Pakistan
As Imran Khan battles fallout, a look at how France blasphemy row backfired in Pakistan
For the past week, riots have again engulfed Pakistan, with police officers killed and taken hostage, and the French embassy taking the urgent step of advising its citizens to leave the country. Imran Khan is now scrambling to keep order.
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Imran Khan s gamble seems to have backfired spectacularly. (AP Photo)
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had hoped a fight over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed would result in an easy win placating the ultra-conservative quarters at home while being hailed as a defender of Islam abroad.
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