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Bismillah al-hamdulillah wa salatu wa salamu ala Rasulillah wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa man wa lahamabadi.

Today's Khatera is going to be somewhat sensitive.

A number of you have come to me and asked me

about what has happened in Pakistan of the killing of a person.

For those of you who are not aware,

there was a manager, a non-Muslim manager, who apparently tore down a poster

and on that poster was salat upon the Prophet ﷺ.

And because of this, the people revolted against him, erupted in anger, a mob formed

and they killed him and burnt him.

And they said this is justified because it is blasphemy.

It is dishonoring the Prophet ﷺ.

I have gotten a lot of emails and some of you have asked me

is there something called blasphemy laws in Islam?

And before I answer this question, I would like to state the question itself is actually

not the right one to ask.

You have jumped ten steps ahead and you're asking

is there something called blasphemy laws?

But the reality is that what happened is a tragedy

regardless of what the books of Fick and Law say,

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