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Bhatti’s Murderers Promise More to Come

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Nina Shea
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

CBN has released the following English translation of a death threat left near the body of murdered Pakistani minister of minority affairs Shahbaz Bhatti by Pakistan’s al-Qaeda and Taliban. In it, the Islamic militants threaten to send “one by one to Hell … the crusaders, the Jews and their aides who claim to be from the Ummah, especially, the leader of the infidel government of Pakistan Zardari, his ministers and the employees of all the Organizations of this regime of falsehood.”

The threat invokes the sharia and rails against human beings who usurp Allah’s place by trying to “legislate what is lawful and forbidden.” Paradoxically, it was in defense of Pakistan’s blasphemy law that Bhatti’s murderers were moved to commit their deed.

All praise is for none but Allah Most High, who bestows glory on believers and makes them victorious and humiliates the infidels and apostates May innumerable salutations and blessings be on the Leader of Mujahideen, the beloved of the Lord of the worlds, Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. To proceed:

From the Mujahideen of Islam, this fitting lesson for the world of infidelity, the crusaders, the Jews and their aides who claim to be from the Ummah especially, the leader of the infidel government of Pakistan Zardari, his ministers and the employees of all the Organizations of this regime of falsehood.

Oh, enemies of Allah!

Oh, infidels and apostates! Listen and understand whatever is being said. You have transgressed the limits in rebellion against Allah Most High. You legislate what is lawful and forbidden (besides Allah). Love of the Prophet Mohammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is our Iman. Our beloved Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is more dearer to us than this world and whatever is in it. In defense of his honor, we will sacrifice even our lives. And we will never tolerate even a smallest irreverence (insult) in his greatness?inshaAllah. Allah Most High says.

The Prophet is closer to the believers than their ownselves.

(Al-Quran, 33:6)

In the Islamic Sharia, the ruling for one who insults the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is nothing but death.

By Allah! Now only one of us will remain in this world. Your insolence against Allah has reached such a state that you make laws favoring a blasphemer, and make a Christian disbeliever, Shahbaz Bhatti, the cursed one, as the incharge of the committee? This is the fitting end of the accursed one which would serve as an example to others. And now with the blessing and aid of Allah, the mujahideen will send all of you, one by one to Hell inshaAllah.

O Crusaders! Our war with you will continue until the religion of Allah and His Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is victorious, and either disbelief and all the taghoot are destroyed, or we attain martyrdom, in the footsteps of Hamza and Musab may Allah be pleased with them.

And Allah has full power and control over His Affairs, but most of men know not (Al-Quran, 12:21)

From the Martyrdom Seekers of Muhammed sallallahu alaihi wa sallam

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