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Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan

By Waqar Hussain
Posted: November 20, 2010.

Print: Agence France-Presse

excerpt:

A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a Christian mother of five for blasphemy, the first such conviction of a woman and sparking protests from rights groups Thursday.

Asia Bibi, 45, was sentenced Monday by a local court in Nankana district in Pakistan’s central province Punjab, about 75 kilometres (47 miles) west of the country’s cultural capital of Lahore.

Pakistan has yet to execute anyone for blasphemy, but the case spotlights the Muslim country’s controversial laws on the subject which rights activists say encourages Islamist extremism in a nation wracked by Taliban attacks.

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And people in this country say things are unfair.

posted on November 20, 2010
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2. KJNeighbors

Did this spark protests because of the conviction itself or because of the fact that she is a woman?  Is it common for men to be served such a sentence there for the same thing?

posted on November 21, 2010
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Pakistan. Wonderful place. When religious intolerance in Pakistan comes up, I like to refer to a Pew Poll on Pakistan, which shows an obscenely high level of support for stoning of adulterers, killing of apostates, etc. Roughly 80% support. That’s just a worldview that can’t exist peacefully anywhere near mine.

http://pewglobal.org/2010/07/29/concern-about-extremist-threat-slips-in-pakistan/

posted on November 22, 2010
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This is sick.  Just sick.  She should be able to say whatever she wants about Islam, Christianity, or anything. 

These people who think she should be punished for saying something like that are just an abysmal example of human reasoning.

posted on November 24, 2010
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“They should not misuse the law of blasphemy”. There should be no law of blasphemy!!!

posted on November 29, 2010
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