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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: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday June 12 2017, @06:13PM (1 child)
Great example of the moral equivalence fallacy. Every culture has its crazies. But US crazies aren't condemning people to death legally for blasphemy.
Correct, the Islamic folk in the US are not condemning people to death for blasphemy.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 13 2017, @12:15AM
Very good point. Even Islam is better in the US than it is in Pakistan.