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Post by Mary on Oct 18, 2014 5:06:32 GMT -5
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29640245Pakistan court upholds Asia Bibi death sentenceMs Bibi consistently denied the allegations against her A Pakistani court has upheld the death penalty for a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy in 2010. Asia Bibi was found guilty of making derogatory comments about the Prophet Muhammad during an argument with a Muslim woman. The Lahore High Court rejected her appeal against the sentence passed by a lower court. Her lawyers have vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court. Ms Bibi's sentence in 2010 sparked global condemnation. Two prominent politicians - Punjab governor Salman Taseer and minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti - were both murdered the following year for calling for reforms to blasphemy laws in the wake of her trial. Ms Bibi consistently denied the allegations against her, saying they stemmed from an argument with a group of women over a pot of water. Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in Pakistan. Critics argue that blasphemy laws are frequently misused to settle personal scores and that members of minority groups are often unfairly targeted. Since the 1990s, scores of Christians have been convicted for desecrating the Koran or for blasphemy. While most of them have been sentenced to death by the lower courts, many sentences have been overturned due to lack of evidence. Muslims constitute a majority of those prosecuted, followed by minority Ahmadis.
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Post by Mary on Oct 18, 2014 5:08:20 GMT -5
Seems to be one way you can win an argument against someone you don't like, is to accuse them of blasphemy and get them killed for it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2014 5:23:54 GMT -5
Yes, seems like much has not changed in this world. I was thinking about the case of Stephen who was stoned to death and Paul was consenting to his death.christians are still being persecuted.
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Post by BobWilliston on Oct 18, 2014 16:55:01 GMT -5
Interestingly it says that Muslims are the majority that have been prosecuted. I think people are really more interested in who is doing the killing than who is being killed.
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