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We are ashamed of unforgettable and
incredible incident occurred in Sialkot, two brothers are been
brutally tortured and assaulted by the vindictive and cruel peoples,
however the defenders of law were playing the role of spectators. I
think, where are we going and would be our destination comprised
on obliteration and destruction. Very pity peoples, who were looking
the regardless of humanity, they silent,
because they were not human being, just only kind of animals.
Why the peoples of Pakistan are sink in various type of calamity,
whether it is from the nature or by our own choice, vote. The masses
are going to ruined because of illeteracy, conservency and
intolerance. And the result is the horrible incident of Sialkot,
which expose the devastation of the society.
Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture,
is:...any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or
mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as
obtaining from him, or a third person, information or a confession,
punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is
suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a
third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind,
when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of
or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other
person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or
suffering arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to, lawful
sanctions.-
The Catechism of the Catholic Church condemns the use of torture as
a grave violation of the Commandment "You shall not kill." In No.
2297-2298 it states:
Torture, which uses physical or moral violence to extract
confessions, punish the guilty, frighten opponents, or satisfy
hatred is contrary to respect for the person and for human
dignity... In times past, cruel practices were commonly used by
legitimate governments to maintain law and order, often without
protest from the Pastors of the Church, who themselves adopted in
their own tribunals the prescriptions of Roman law concerning
torture. Regrettable as these facts are, the Church always taught
the duty of clemency and mercy. She forbade clerics to shed blood.
In recent times it has become evident that these cruel practices
were neither necessary for public order, nor in conformity with the
legitimate rights of the human person. On the contrary, these
practices led to ones even more degrading. It is necessary to work
for their abolition. We must pray for the victims and their
tormentors.
The religion of Islam strongly condemns the use of torture and the
prohibition is explicit in several places in the Qur'an. For example
in Surat Al-Buruj (The Forts of the Stars) Ayat [3 to 10]:
Cursed were the People Of the Ditch. Fire supplied [abundantly] with
fuel, When they sat by it [the Fire]. And they witnessed what they
were doing against the Believers [i.e.burning them]. They had
nothing against them except that they believed in Allah, the
Almighty, Worthy of all praise! The One to Whom belongs the dominion
of the Heavens and the earth. And Allah is Witness over everything.
Verily those who put to trial the believing men and the believing
women [by torturing them and burning them] and then do not turn in
Repentance will have the torment of Hell and they will have the
Punishment of the Burning Fire. [85:4-10]
Nadeem Ahmed Jamal
Editor in Chief
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