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The lawyer for a Pakistani woman who was acquitted of blasphemy, sparking protests by religions fundamentalists, has fled to the Netherlands.
Saif al-Mulook said he feared for his life in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit Asia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad, because of a lack of evidence. She had spent eight years on death row.
The ruling sparked violent street protests organised by the Islamist political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Pakistan’s government has said it will try to stop Bibi, 47, leaving the country, while her husband has said he will seek asylum in the UK, US or Canada.
Dutch charity Stichting Hulp Vervolgde Christenen (HVC), which has helped to finance Bibi’s legal defence, confirmed al-Mulook was in the Netherlands, though it did not say if he will seek asylum.
Meanwhile, Dutch officials in Islamabad are seeking assurances from Pakistan’s government about the safety of ambassador ArdiStoios-Braken after he was targeted by TLP.
Pakistan’s interior ministry said it had expressed concerns about threats made to Stoios-Braken relating to a competition organised by Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-Islam PVV party in the Netherlands, for cartoons about the prophet Muhammad.
The Dutch foreign ministry confirmed there had been correspondence on the issue between the embassy and Pakistani authorities, but declined to comment further or say if any extra security measures had been taken on behalf of the ambassador. ‘The safety of our staff is a serious topic of conversation between the Netherlands and Pakistan,’ a spokesman told NOS.
#UPDATE The Pakistani lawyer who saved a Christian woman from death row arrived in The Hague after being told he was "the prime target"https://t.co/wXzHAXhGCF— AFP news agency (@AFP) November 5, 2018
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“… New Tolerance
Look for a softening of finger pointing and an awakening of new tolerance. There will remain many systems for different cultures, as traditions and history are important to sustaining the integrity of culture. So there are many in the Middle East who would follow the prophet and they will continue, but with an increase of awareness. It will be the increase of awareness of what the prophet really wanted all along - unity and tolerance. The angel in the cave instructed him to "unify the tribes and give them the God of Israel." You're going to start seeing a softening of intolerance and the beginning of a new way of being.
Eventually, this will create an acknowledgement that says, "You may not believe the way we believe, but we honor you and your God. We honor our prophet and we will love you according to his teachings. We don't have to agree in order to love." How would you like that? The earth is not going to turn into one belief system. It never will, for Humans don't do that. There must be variety, and there must be the beauty of cultural differences. But the systems will slowly update themselves with increased awareness of the truth of a new kind of balance. So that's the first thing. Watch for these changes, dear ones. ...."
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