While the pressure our politicians will face from the religious right will be great, Pakistan cannot continue to be held hostage by the extremist narrative
Source/Credit: Daily Times
By Wasay Ibrahim | January 4, 2018
It has been seven years since Salman Taseer was assassinated by his own security guard for raising his voice against Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws and for a Christian woman who remains incarcerated over blasphemy allegations.
Taseer knew about the implications of his principled position on blasphemy. He was well aware that a number of clerics were issuing fatwas against him, and even putting a price on his head.
As such, it is necessary to look back and observe the trajectory taken by Pakistan on the issue of religious extremism since then. Taseer’s death shocked the world, but did it inspire change or introspection in Pakistan? Unfortunately, it appears that Mumtaz Qadri and his ilk are stronger today than they were in 2011, despite the fact that Qadri was executed in February 2016.
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