Danny Pearl's murderers will NOT receive the death penalty because Pakistani law does not value non-Muslim lives

[Shantanu]

If you kill a Muslim in Pakistan, the law states that you must be punished by the death penalty. However, if you kill a non-Muslim in Pakistan, the law states that you *cannot* receive the death penalty, because according the Koran, killing a non-Muslim is not a crime. Allah has decreed that non-Muslims are not technically humans. What do you think about this?

EDIT: Rest assured though. I don't want any of my "blame America first" American friends here at Anandtech to get worried The Pakistani goverment will - in an effort to appease the U.S. and the international press - round up a dozen men and have them executed to avenge the death of Daniel Pearl.

Unfortunatly, none of these men will have had anything to do with the killing of Daniel Pearl, and they are probably going to be Islamic moderates who are political threats to "President" Musharaff. The terrorist organizations in Pakistan are firmly entrenched with the ISI (Pakistan's CIA). If the real killers were caught and exposed, you can see how embarrasing it would be for Pakistan's government.

The man who masterminded the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, Omar Shiekh, was rotting in an Indian jail (he was put there for a foiled kidnapping of Western tourists in the 90's), until 1999, when a group of Taliban hijacked an Indian Airlines flight, and managed to secure his release. Weeks later, Omar Sheikh was reported giving a speech to a large crowd of Islamic radicals gathered in Pakistan. The Pakistani government has never made an attempt to arrest Omar Shiekh and turn him over to India, or at the very least put him in a Pakistani jail.

The government of Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc. does the same thing any time a Westerner is viciously murdered by an Islamic mob over there. Cheers.

 

[b0mbrman]

<< If you kill a Muslim in Pakistan, the law states that you must be punished by the death penalty. However, if you kill a non-Muslim in Pakistan, the law states that you *cannot* receive the death penalty, because according the Koran, killing a non-Muslim is not a crime, since non-Muslims are not technically humans. What do you think about this? >>


I think it's pretty awful but is this statement: according the Koran, killing a non-Muslim is not a crime, since non-Muslims are not technically humans completely true?

KoranOnline

 

[toant103]

man, take him here

 

[Mephistopheles]

I find religious text absurd. Anybody with an ounce of logic will scoff at them. Having said that, I don't think killing the murderers will prevent future murders. We must stop the problem at the root.

 

[b0mbrman]

<< I find religious text absurd. Anybody with an ounce of logic will scoff at them. Having said that, I don't think killing the murderers will prevent future murders. We must stop the problem at the root. >>


Let's pretend that doing so would do exactly 0 to prevent future murders...If that were true, do you think the murderers should be punished?

 

[Hammer]

I believe SEAL Team 6 would disagree with you.



<< Danny Pearl's murderers will NOT receive the death penalty >>

 

[Mister T]

extradition... GW will handle the rest

 

[Squisher]

Throw them in a cell and put a lojack in there we can take care of the rest.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

<< I believe SEAL Team 6 would disagree with you.



<< Danny Pearl's murderers will NOT receive the death penalty >>

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Seal Team 6 is hostage rescue bro Something like 2 or 4 would be sent

 

[b0mbrman]

<< Unfortunatly, none of these men will have had anything to do with the killing of Daniel Pearl, and they are probably going to be Islamic moderates who are political threats to "President" Musharaff. The terrorist organizations in Pakistan are firmly entrenched with the ISI (Pakistan's CIA). If the real killers were caught and exposed, you can see how embarrasing it would be for Pakistan's government. >>


Musharaff's way moderate relative to the region (as are most leaders)...the people opposed to him are the extremists

 

[Balthazar]

<< I find religious text absurd. Anybody with an ounce of logic will scoff at them. Having said that, I don't think killing the murderers will prevent future murders. We must stop the problem at the root. >>



Easier said than done....

 

[Balthazar]

<< I believe SEAL Team 6 would disagree with you.



<< Danny Pearl's murderers will NOT receive the death penalty >>

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Stop playing so damned much Counter-Strike ;p

 

[Hammer]

Six is counter-terrorism/CQB/HR, they would be the one sent or Delta for a snatch and grab.



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<< I believe SEAL Team 6 would disagree with you.



<< Danny Pearl's murderers will NOT receive the death penalty >>

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Seal Team 6 is hostage rescue bro Something like 2 or 4 would be sent >>

 

[veryape]

In that case nuke um'. J/K, but seriously, if that is how they are going to treat our citizens then what the hell do we care what happens to them. We really do need to do something drastic to get these retarded people's attention, and bombing them seems the only thing that works.:frown:

 

[Mephistopheles]

<< Let's pretend that doing so would do exactly 0 to prevent future murders...If that were true, do you think the murderers should be punished? >>



At this point in my life I would have to say yes. However, I believe that any irrational act stems from a psychological malfunction. It is easy to brand somebody a terrorist/murderer but not so easy to comprehend his/her motives -- regardless of the motives' rationality.

Think of it this way: Man's goal is to propogate life through production (goods, services) and reproduction (booty). It is inherent in him to try to attain this goal. So why do we have murderers? If the mind is incapable of error, which I believe to be true, there is something else that has corrupted it when it decides to commit murder. I believe people are basically good. Something compels people to do bad things and I'm not talking about the devil.

Of course, I also believe that the consequence of pain does deter unlawful actions, so I would condone punishment at this moment.

Edit: Whether or not the consequence registers in the would-be murderers mind is another thing...

 

[Shantanu]

<< Musharaff's way moderate relative to the region (as are most leaders)...the people opposed to him are the extremists >>



The only people who are opposed to Musharaff are the Islamic moderates who want to reinstitute a democratic government. Pakistan's ISI created the Taliban in the 1980's. Since then, they have continued to support them. Within Pakistan, the government has supported and armed religious zealots who are fighting for control in Indian administered Kashmir. Musharaff, like all his predecessors, has supported the Taliban and the terrorists that train in Pakistan. That, in fact, is the basis on which he was able to sieze power in the first place. His predecessor, the Prime Minister, was perceived as being not extremist enough. Musharaff seized power when the Pakistani Prime Minister, no moral hero himself, was conducting a peace summit with India. He did this with the full blessing of the Taliban, the Pakstani imams, the ISI, and the millitary.

Do you seriously think Musharaff is just going to distance himself away from "the extremists" so quickly? "The extremists" are the one who put him in power. The entire government, at each level, is composed of Islamic radicals who support the Taliban and hate the U.S.

Musharaff has played the U.S. for a fool. He tells the U.S. that if he starts to crack down on Islamic radicals, they'll kill him, and then a radical government will come in to replace him. The joke is that Musharaff *is* an Islamic radical himself.

 

[sandorski]

Hmm, for justice to be served, no one has to be executed. Life in a skanky Pakistani prison would be a worse punishment anyway.

 

[her209]

If Pakistan doesn't play their cards right, the US will end up supporting the Indian government.

 

[Lucky]

I thought they were being extradidted to the US? Heard that on TV a couple days ago.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Just for the record, I would prefer the death penalty over life imprisonment.

Let's see, a quick death or 50+ years of torture and @ssrape... Hmm, tough choice!

 

[IGBT]

Because non muslims are of "no consequence". Starting to get the picture??

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

P.S. Got a link?