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Killing in the name of blasphemy
6 Apr 2021
Amtal Hafiz holds a photo of her son Muhammad Shafique, who was sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws in 2008. (Photograph by Karin Brulliard/ The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Aspontaneous demonstration that started on 27 February in Abbottabad, a large city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, has again drawn attention to the strict and contentious blasphemy laws in the country.
The angry protesters went on the rampage, shutting down markets and bazaars and blocking parts of the Karakoram Highway, also known as the Silk Route, as well as other roads in the city. They demanded the “public hanging” of a prison inmate who had allegedly desecrated a copy of the Qur’an in his cell.
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