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Pakistani Ambassador To The U.S. To Be Investigated For Blasphemy [View all]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/sherry-rehman-blasphemy-pakistan-ambassador_n_2734501.htmlSherry Rehman, the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, is under investigation by Pakistani police for allegedly blasphemous remarks she made more than two years ago on a Pakistani talk show, Agence France-Press reports. If convicted, Rehman could be sentenced to death.
A senior police official confirmed to AFP on Tuesday that authorities had begun investigating Rehman on orders from the Pakistani Supreme Court.
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In Pakistan, anyone who insults the Prophet (even indirectly or implicitly) can be given a death sentence or life imprisonment. Recently, a 14-year-old girl named Rimsha Masih was arrested and jailed for allegedly burning pages from the Quran. She was later freed after a Muslim cleric was accused of framing her.
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While there have been no verified reports of anyone being officially executed, angry lynch mobs have reportedly bypassed the judicial system and carried out the executions themselves.
A senior police official confirmed to AFP on Tuesday that authorities had begun investigating Rehman on orders from the Pakistani Supreme Court.
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In Pakistan, anyone who insults the Prophet (even indirectly or implicitly) can be given a death sentence or life imprisonment. Recently, a 14-year-old girl named Rimsha Masih was arrested and jailed for allegedly burning pages from the Quran. She was later freed after a Muslim cleric was accused of framing her.
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While there have been no verified reports of anyone being officially executed, angry lynch mobs have reportedly bypassed the judicial system and carried out the executions themselves.
Go ahead. Try and tell me it isn't about religion.
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I expect everyone here opposes criminalization of religious or irreligious views,
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#4
The military dictatorship added the blasphemy law to the Constitution in 1986, so one can
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#6
Your framing is most unwise: no one in Pakistan, for example, could argue against the blasphemy
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#12
Human Rights First Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#14
Your political analysis seems naive to me. It is, first of all, entirely clear that politicians
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#15
"it is to argue that the real object of the blasphemy law is not actually to fight blasphemy"
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#16
"overwhelmingly being used to persecute religious minorities and settle personal vendettas"
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#19
You omit to notice that the law requires government action for its operation and
struggle4progress
Feb 2013
#20
"your intervention in this thread seems to be an attempt to divert blame away from the religious.."
cleanhippie
Mar 2013
#23
Vague laws, operating opaquely, so that the accused may never even know the alleged factual basis
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#24
I expect you'll never be troubled by having too many ideas or by the resulting problem
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#28
Pastor in Pakistan Released on Bail After Blasphemy Accuser Admits to Mistake
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#29
The prosecution here refused to drop the case after the complaint was withdrawn:
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#32