Pakistan State’s Strategy to Curb & Counter Hate Speech: An Appraisal, Analysis and Way Forward
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Pakistan State’s Strategy, Hate Speech, Curb & Counter, Analysis and Way ForwardAbstract
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. So, Words have power, be careful how we use them”. Over the past few decades, clergy has played an important but at places quasi- negative role in influencing the behavior pattern of a large group of people. Their influences have at places induced extremism into certain segments of the society. In addition, a self-styled bigoted religious outburst has polluted the minds of the half-educated people. Their emotional oration and sentimental style of delivery tends to affect the minds of many. Whereas, their sermons may be having an emblem of logics but their hate filled vocabulary adequately supported by bigoted religious thoughts tends to pollute the minds of simple people who trust their stature within the religious norms.
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