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A Pakistani counter-terrorism court has sentenced to death a man who allegedly committed blasphemy on Facebook, a government prosecutor said on Sunday, the first time someone has been handed the death penalty for blaspheming on social media.
[...] Shafiq Qureshi, public prosecutor in Bahawalpur, about 500km (300 miles) south of provincial capital Lahore, said Raza was convicted for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad, his wives and companions.
"An anti terrorism court of Bahawalpur has awarded him the death sentence," Qureshi told Reuters." It is the first ever death sentence in a case that involves social media."
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Entropy on Monday June 12 2017, @06:43AM (2 children)
Yep, that's what they are.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 12 2017, @09:01AM
As despicable as this death penalty for blasphemy is, it is not an act of war. So it doesn't contradict a "religion of peace". It would contradict a "religion of freedom", but then, I've never heard the claim that Islam is such.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 13 2017, @04:30PM
Let's just clear one thing up, the only true religion of peace is Buddhism. Yet there are still some violent Buddhists out there! Human nature, reality, etc. Every other religion can go suck an egg because somewhere in their "holy text" each and every one advocates violence at some point.