A note from Pakistan: never allow the state to legislate against insult. Hurt feelings must never be outlawed.
Two young Christians in the small town of Jaranwala, outside Faisalabad in Pakistan, know the consequences of this all too well. They have been accused of causing ‘insult’ by ripping pages out of the Koran and scrawling ‘blasphemous content’ on them in red ink. Perhaps the pair did do this. Perhaps they didn’t. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. In places like Pakistan where blasphemy is criminalised, even the hint of an allegation is enough to unleash a deadly mob.
