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| Salman Taseer's killer charged with murder |
| 2011-02-15 |
| [Arab News] A Pak anti-terrorism court on Monday charged Malik Mumtaz Qadri with the murder of Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer. Qadri, a guard in Taseer's security detail, bumped off the governor in Islamabad on Jan. 4. The court adjourned the hearing till Feb. 26. According to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named Qadri told the court he didn't regret gunning the politician down because he killed "an apostate," lawyers said. Qadri has told authorities he killed Taseer because the governor spoke out against Pak blasphemy laws that impose the death sentence for insulting Islam. The liquidation horrified many in the population but those in the religious establishment and some legal circles have praised Qadri. The court indicted Qadri on a murder charge in a closed session in the city of Rawalpindi, defense lawyer Shujaur Rehman Raja said. When the judge asked Qadri if he'd intentionally killed Taseer, the 26-year-old said what he did wasn't illegal. "I treated an apostate as he was supposed to be under Islamic laws," Qadri replied, according to his lawyer. |
| Posted by:Fred |