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Pak Student Sentenced To Death For "Blasphemy" Over WhatsApp Messages
A 22-year-old student in Pakistan has been sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy over Whatsapp messages, BBC reported on Friday.
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Targeted Christians Found Shelter With Muslims During Pakistan Rampage
Pastor Javed Bhatti was roused from his sleep by the mosque's loudspeaker -- not the usual Islamic call to prayer, but a thundering call to protest against alleged blasphemy by Christians.
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Pak Man Sends Blasphemous Message On WhatsApp Group, Sentenced To Death
An anti-terrorism court in northwest Pakistan has convicted and sentenced a Muslim man to death after he was accused of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group.
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Pakistan's Asia Bibi Left For Canada. Others Remain On Death Row For Blasphemy
One prisoner is an illiterate Christian street cleaner who got into an argument with a Muslim friend while they were out drinking. Another is a US-trained university professor whose liberal Facebook posts upset Islamist student activists.
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Pak Cleric, Who Led Protests Over Asia Bibi Blasphemy Case, Arrested
Pakistani authorities on Friday night arrested an ultra-right religious party leader whose followers have shut down major cities demanding stricter application of stringent laws on blasphemy against Islam.
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Husband Calls For Protection Of Asia Bibi As Protests Erupt In Pakistan
The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case on Saturday criticised a government deal with Islamists that left her in legal limbo, and called on authorities to protect her.
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Pak Man Sentenced To Death For Blasphemy On Facebook: Report
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to death for allegedly committing blasphemy on Facebook, the media reported.
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Man In Pakistan Gets Death Sentence For Posting Blasphemous Content On Facebook
A minority Shia Muslim man in Pakistan was today sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court for posting blasphemous content on Facebook, the first death sentence handed for blasphemy on social media in the country.
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Pakistan Hangs Islamist Who Killed Blasphemy Reform Governor: Police
Pakistan hanged the assassin of a governor today who sought reform of the country's blasphemy law, officials and supporters told AFP, saying Mumtaz Qadri had been executed at a prison in Rawalpindi.
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Madrassah student arrested on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan
A madrassa student has been arrested on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly burning pages of the Quran to save them from desecration, according to a media report today. Junaid Ahmed, 20, a student of a seminary attached to Imdadia Mosque in Chakwal, was disposing of the pages by burning them on Monday when he was seen b...
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Two Christian women beaten in Pak over blasphemy charges
Blasphemy furore hit Pakistan again as two Christian women were beaten and publicly humiliated by an angry mob in this city apparently over allegations of frivolous religious sacrilege.The roughing up of the family forced them to go into hiding for fear of being killed. The fresh incident has come as the country is yet to recover from the assassina...
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Pak Student Sentenced To Death For "Blasphemy" Over WhatsApp Messages
A 22-year-old student in Pakistan has been sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy over Whatsapp messages, BBC reported on Friday.
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Targeted Christians Found Shelter With Muslims During Pakistan Rampage
Pastor Javed Bhatti was roused from his sleep by the mosque's loudspeaker -- not the usual Islamic call to prayer, but a thundering call to protest against alleged blasphemy by Christians.
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Pak Man Sends Blasphemous Message On WhatsApp Group, Sentenced To Death
An anti-terrorism court in northwest Pakistan has convicted and sentenced a Muslim man to death after he was accused of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group.
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Pakistan's Asia Bibi Left For Canada. Others Remain On Death Row For Blasphemy
One prisoner is an illiterate Christian street cleaner who got into an argument with a Muslim friend while they were out drinking. Another is a US-trained university professor whose liberal Facebook posts upset Islamist student activists.
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Pak Cleric, Who Led Protests Over Asia Bibi Blasphemy Case, Arrested
Pakistani authorities on Friday night arrested an ultra-right religious party leader whose followers have shut down major cities demanding stricter application of stringent laws on blasphemy against Islam.
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Husband Calls For Protection Of Asia Bibi As Protests Erupt In Pakistan
The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case on Saturday criticised a government deal with Islamists that left her in legal limbo, and called on authorities to protect her.
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Pak Man Sentenced To Death For Blasphemy On Facebook: Report
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to death for allegedly committing blasphemy on Facebook, the media reported.
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Man In Pakistan Gets Death Sentence For Posting Blasphemous Content On Facebook
A minority Shia Muslim man in Pakistan was today sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court for posting blasphemous content on Facebook, the first death sentence handed for blasphemy on social media in the country.
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Pakistan Hangs Islamist Who Killed Blasphemy Reform Governor: Police
Pakistan hanged the assassin of a governor today who sought reform of the country's blasphemy law, officials and supporters told AFP, saying Mumtaz Qadri had been executed at a prison in Rawalpindi.
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Madrassah student arrested on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan
A madrassa student has been arrested on charges of blasphemy in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly burning pages of the Quran to save them from desecration, according to a media report today. Junaid Ahmed, 20, a student of a seminary attached to Imdadia Mosque in Chakwal, was disposing of the pages by burning them on Monday when he was seen b...
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Two Christian women beaten in Pak over blasphemy charges
Blasphemy furore hit Pakistan again as two Christian women were beaten and publicly humiliated by an angry mob in this city apparently over allegations of frivolous religious sacrilege.The roughing up of the family forced them to go into hiding for fear of being killed. The fresh incident has come as the country is yet to recover from the assassina...
