GHULAM JAMAL

There is irony in this act and statement. The film was censored because it was a defamation to Jesus Christ, who the Muslims recognize as a holy Prophet. See {620971} . However, ultra-fundamentalist Muslim clerics preach hate and desecration of Christianity, Judiasm, and Hinduism commonly. None are ever prosecuted in Pakistan. Books and pamphlets excoriating Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Bhai prophets are common place in Pakistan. Ironically, this banned film was called for by the Catholic Church.

There is irony in this act and statement. The film was censored because it was a defamation to Jesus Christ, who the Muslims recognize as a holy Prophet. See {620971} . However, ultra-fundamentalist Muslim clerics preach hate and desecration of Christianity, Judiasm, and Hinduism commonly. None are ever prosecuted in Pakistan. Books and pamphlets excoriating Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Bhai prophets are common place in Pakistan. Ironically, this banned film was called for by the Catholic Church.