Pakistan’s blasphemy law is a relentless guillotine for minorities
The number of Pakistanis being sentenced or killed for blaspheming against the accepted strain of Sunni Islam is on the rise.
The number of Pakistanis being sentenced or killed for blaspheming against the accepted strain of Sunni Islam is on the rise.
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There was widespread condemnation today of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistan Minister for Minorities, gunned down in broad daylight in the capital Islamabad.