...the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, or sacred objects, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Some religions consider it to be a crime. In Pakistain you can commit blasphemy by looking cross-eyed at a Koran...was rubbed out in court on Wednesday as he awaited the start of his hearing, police said.
Tahir Ahmad Nasim, 47, was a member of a persecuted sect whose faith has been deemed heretical in Pakistain because they challenge the succession of the Prophet Mohammed.
He had been escorted into court by police in the northern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
when a man opened fire with a pistol.
The victim went titzup while his 24-year-old attacker was arrested.
"He was killed by a young man inside the court while waiting his turn to appear before the judge," official Misal Khan told AFP.
Nasim was first arrested in April 2018 after a local accused him of blasphemy, a highly inflammatory charge in deeply conservative Pakistain that has sparked mob lynchings, vigilante murders and mass protests.
A conviction sometimes carries the death penalty
.He was a member of the Ahmadiyya
| ...they’re the ones who actually believe in the inward, nonviolent jihad of the spirit, not external soft and hard jihads of conquest. For this they are pronounced heretics in much of the Muslim world... |