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To: JPR who wrote (12360)	7/6/2002 8:14:42 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12475

A Ray of Hope Dawn.com Opinion Section. Nayar So have the NGOs working in Gujarat. They are the only rays of hope in an otherwise murky scenario. All of them are Hindus. They have been looking after the refugee camps from day one. Hindus have contributed lakhs of rupees and some of their organizations have adopted the Muslim villages, razed to the ground during the riots. Indeed, all this has given the victims a feeling that they are part of the Indian nation.

To: JPR who wrote (12360)	7/7/2002 11:46:39 AM
From: JPR	Respond to of 12475

Pak: A Nation of the Kind and the Gentle This kind of Justice awaits the Kashmiris wanting to join the land of the Pure (Holy $@!#) Lynching in Chak Jhumra Dawn.com Editorial section The stoning to death of one Zahid Shah accused of blasphemy in a Chak Jhumra village near Faisalabad on Friday is yet another instance of panchayat justice running its monstrous course in contemptuous disregard of the rule of law. It defies belief that the village preacher should have used the mosque loudspeaker to whip up mob frenzy against the victim, who was dragged out of his brother's house and brutally stoned to death in the village street. Despite the commotion and excitement, the police arrived at the scene four hours later only to dismiss the summary execution as a spontaneous act of violence carried out by the villagers in a fit of anger - an explanation that is at once outrageous and insulting. Such criminal negligence and a complete lack of respect for human life on the part of the so-called custodians of the law are reprehensible and call for a thorough inquiry into the whole sordid episode. The police also had the audacity to say that because the victim's family did not file any complaint with them, no case could be registered and no arrests made. The victim's family members, afraid for their own lives, locked themselves up inside the house while the lynching was going on outside. Indeed, under the circumstances, no one would have dared file an FIR. The victim had been released on bail in 1997 after spending three years in jail in a blasphemy case brought against him by the very same Pesh Imam who this time made a short work of him by setting angry mobs against him. This reminds one of several such instances in the past where angry mobs or individuals took the law in their own hands and killed the alleged blasphemers. This raises serious questions about the blasphemy law itself, which has shown itself open to abuse by misguided zealots. In any event, the state and its law enforcement arms must not be seen wanting in efforts to protect life and safety, as was the case in the brutal killing in Chak Jhumra. The preacher in question must be booked for his flagrant violation of the law and for incitement to murder.