Why Breaking Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan Is Punishable by Death | NowThis

Blasphemy is defined as any person who defames the prophet Muhammad or desecrates the Quran. An estimated 1,274 people have been charged under the blasphemy laws of Pakistan in the past 30 years.
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A mob beat a university student to death in Pakistan for something her posted on Facebook. He was murdered for a difference in opinion; he got in an argument with fellow university students and posted on Facebook something that was alleged to be critical of Islam. Religious freedom is not a luxury people in Pakistan have. Blasphemy is a crime that comes with the death penalty. As an Islamic state, blasphemy laws state you cannot speak in a deragatory manner about the prophet Muhammad or the Quran. An estimated 1,274 people Pakistani people have been found guilty of blasphemy. But sometimes even those who might be innocent are subject to vigilante justice. These human rights abuses have recently come under fire.

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