13 December 2012
Imran Firasat is a Pakistani citizen who rebelled against Islam when he and his Buddhist wife were rejected by their society due to their interreligious marriage
.After a series of police persecutions he and his wife were finally granted political asylum in Spain in 2006.
He then started a blog criticizing the Islamic religion, called “A World without Islam
(Mundo sin Islam). Similar to the movie, “The Innocence of Muslims,” he created a short story”The Innocent Prophet: The Life of Mohammed from a Different Point of View,” posted on YouTube (removed recently).
In April of this year he officially campaigned for banning the Qu’ran from Spain and there were indications that he planned to burn the Sacred book in one of the main squares of Madrid
. He was influenced by the North-American Pastor Terry Jones
, his main partner in the making of his movie. The police called him for interrogation and asked him to leave the country
.
As a consequence of this movie, he was condemned to death penalty in Pakistan and Indonesia. In Belgium as well, screenings of the video raised fear of terrorist attacks in the country. Due to fear of terrorist acts, the Madrid Court has requested an alteration the video. His status of political refugee is also in jeopardy. On the 13th of December of 2012 the Court ordered the suspension of the video.
1 http://www.intereconomia.com/noticias-gaceta/internacional/una-vida-condenada-por-criticar-islam-20111105
2 http://mundosinislam.com/suspendido-la-mision-el-profeta-inocente/
3 http://www.intereconomia.com/noticias-gaceta/sociedad/solicitan-prohibicion-coran-espana-20120224
4 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/414634/20121213/innocent-prophet-muhammad-anti-islam-muslims-firasat.htm
