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Watch as they build up anti-Pope rage in Pakistan, although so far, unlike Egypt, no government representative has yet spoken out on the Pope's appeal for repeal of the blasphemy law... First sources in English so far from the Indian media:


Pakistani Islamists criticise
Pope's anti-blasphemy law comments



ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 12 - An alliance of Pakistani Islamist organisations said they would hold rallies to protest Pope Benedict XVI's remarks that called on the country to scrap an anti-blasphemy law which allows for the death penalty for insulting Islam.

"The Pope's statement is part of a conspiracy to pit the world's religions against each other," said Sahibzada Fazal Karim, a member of Pakistan's parliament and the leader of Sunni Ittehad, an alliance of eight Sunni Muslim groups, according to Dawn newspaper.

Speaking on Monday during an address to diplomats accredited to the Holy See, Benedict called on governments to do more to protect Christians who have recently been the victims of violence in Egypt, Nigeria and Iraq.

He also called for the abolition of the blasphemy law in Pakistan. Punjab governor Salman Taseer, who was assassinated last week, supported a Christian woman awaiting execution under the blasphemy law.

"I once more encourage the leaders of that country to take the necessary steps to abrogate that law, all the more so because it is clear that it serves as a pretext for acts of injustice and violence against religious minorities," Benedict said.

Karim called the Pope's comments a "violation of the UN's charter of peace," saying they meddled in a sovereign country's internal affairs.


Pakistani hardliners call for
'protest day' against Pope's statement




ISLAMABAD, Jan. 12 - Religious hardliners in Pakistan, who praised the extremist bodyguard of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for having killed him for opposing the blasphemy law, have now trained their guns on Pope Benedict XVI, who has sought the repeal of the controversial statute.

The Tehrik Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat, an alliance of religious and extremist groups, has called for a countrywide "protest day" on January 14 to condemn the Pope's statement calling for the repeal of the law.

The grouping, during a meeting held yesterday, also called on former premier Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to join hands with it to observe the protest day to show their "love for the Prophet Mohammed."

The Tehrik also reviewed preparations for a rally to be held in Lahore on January 30 and warned both ruling and opposition parties to shun an apologetic attitude on the blasphemy law "before their western masters" and take a clear position on "whether they stand with the people or against them" on this issue.

The alliance, which includes groups like Jamaat-ud-Dawah, Jamaat-e-Islami, Sunni Tehrik, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, launched a campaign to oppose any move to repeal or amend the blasphemy law after slain Governor Taseer spoke in defence of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death last year for allegedly insulting the Prophet Mohammed.

Taseer was gunned down in Islamabad on January 4 by his police guard, who said he was angered by the Governor's criticism of the blasphemy law. Liberals and rights groups have called for changes in the law, which they said is often misused to persecute minorities and settle personal and political scores.

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