{"id":615,"date":"2017-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2017\/04\/14\/23-y-o-student-killed-by-mob-in-pakistan-for-alleged-on-line-blasphemy\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T05:30:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T04:30:16","slug":"23-y-o-student-killed-by-mob-in-pakistan-for-alleged-on-line-blasphemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/23-y-o-student-killed-by-mob-in-pakistan-for-alleged-on-line-blasphemy\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Y\/O student killed by mob in Pakistan for alleged on-line blasphemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 23 year old Ahmadi student named Mishal Khan was beaten to death by a vigilante mob of colleagues after he was accused of publishing blasphemous content<br \/>\n    on-line. &nbsp;Another student named Abdullah was also targeted in the attacked and has thus far survived but is now in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident occurred on the premises of Abdul Wali Khan University&nbsp;in Mardan, police were forced to shut down the university campus and<br \/>\n    its halls of residence to prevent a further escalation of violence.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2MZVFz2zhTI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dawn newspapers have said that at least 45 people had been arrested in connection with the incident by Thursday evening, according to Mardan District<br \/>\n    Police Officer Dr Mian Saeed.<br \/>\n    \n<\/p>\n<p>Police have also stated that there were no investigation into any blasphemy offence by the two students targeted in the attack and that no evidence existed<br \/>\nof any alleged blasphemy. &nbsp;The attack seems to based on mere suspicion and rumour that the two journalism students were promoting the Ahmadi faith,<br \/>\nwrote the Dawn Newspaper.&nbsp; However, eyewitnesses who have spoken to the BPCA have said that Mishal was killed for being a humanist who was sharing<br \/>\nmessages that conflicted with Islam and had named himself as &#8216;The Humanist&#8217; on his FB profile.<\/p>\n<p>Mardan&#8217;s Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mohammad Alam Shinwari said the deceased student, Mashal, had been accused of running Facebook pages<br \/>\n&#8220;which allegedly published blasphemous content&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He was attacked by a large group of students and appears to have succumbed to a gunshot wound, the DIG said.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\u201cThe charged students then wanted to burn his body,<\/span>\u201d<\/span> Shinwari<br \/>\nsaid, before police intervened.<\/p>\n<p>Police rescued Abdullah but are being accused of staying back and simply watching as Mashal Khan was slaughtered by the incensed mob. &nbsp;The Police<br \/>\nhave said that their were too many people involved in the mob for them to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>59 people have been detained by the police and 6 of 20 suspects arrested after video evidence was used to elucidate the culprits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, said:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;This brutal murder that involved colleagues and teaching staff at a University deserves universal condemnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;When the elite especially those who are said to be academic resort to basic carnal instinct after an alleged blasphemy, it leaves little confidence about the state of cognizance in Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;Moreover the displayed violence illustrates the fundamentalism that has permeated through all layers of Pakistani society, yet Pakistan was not on the Donald Trump proposed list of banned countries for migration?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;The levels of violence we see meted out by average citizens in Pakistan suggests that it is a breeding ground for zealots. &nbsp;Foreign aid continues to pour into the nation but has little effect in curbing the extremism that Pakistan now exports globally.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 23 year old Ahmadi student named Mishal Khan was beaten to death by a vigilante mob of colleagues after he was accused of publishing blasphemous content on-line. &nbsp;Another student named Abdullah was also targeted in the attacked and has thus far survived but is now in critical condition. 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