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struggle4progress

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21. ... Mohammed Asghar was arrested in 2010 in Rawalpindi, near Pakistan's capital of Islamabad,

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 10:16 PM

Jan 2014

for claiming to be the Prophet Mohammed in letters that were later produced at his trial, prosecutor Javed Gul said. But a lawyer that previously defended Asghar said the case was really a property dispute ... Asghar returned to Pakistan in 2010 after being treated for paranoid schizophrenia in Edinburgh, the lawyer said. The defendant later fell into a dispute with a tenant who brought the blasphemy complaint against him to police. The doctor treating Asghar in Edinburgh said in a letter dated June 2011 that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and believed that the Pakistani and British governments were attempting to control him. The letter was provided to The Associated Press by his lawyer ...

Pakistan Briton sentenced to death
24 January 2014

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Blasphemy case: Briton in Pakistan sentenced to death [View all] Eugene Jan 2014 OP

Extremism is a death sentence get the red out Jan 2014 #1

Well, there are even some progressives... trotsky Jan 2014 #3

The only possible good news here is that they have a moratorium on the death penalty. cbayer Jan 2014 #5

This has nothing to do with religion edhopper Jan 2014 #2

Who told you that? cbayer Jan 2014 #6

That would be a call out, cbayer. trotsky Jan 2014 #7

I have been told in other threads edhopper Jan 2014 #10

And sometimes they are about cultural/economic issues. cbayer Jan 2014 #12

Oh edhopper Jan 2014 #14

But no one said that, did they? cbayer Jan 2014 #15

In this particular case? edhopper Jan 2014 #16

Well, I must have misunderstood post #2 then. cbayer Jan 2014 #17

"here" edhopper Jan 2014 #18

I tire of all this finger pointing, us vs. them stuff. cbayer Jan 2014 #19

I hear you edhopper Jan 2014 #20

Not when you posted this, but yeah, it happened. n/t trotsky Jan 2014 #30

And what do you call the people edhopper Jan 2014 #11

This is particularly egregious since he apparently suffers from a psychiatric illness cbayer Jan 2014 #4

As opposed to all other people claiming to be a prophet of god? trotsky Jan 2014 #8

Yes. rug Jan 2014 #9

Blasphemy laws are horrible! hrmjustin Jan 2014 #13

... Mohammed Asghar was arrested in 2010 in Rawalpindi, near Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, struggle4progress Jan 2014 #21

... Shortly before his arrest in Rawalpindi in 2010, he was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital struggle4progress Jan 2014 #22

... The charges are hard to fight because the law does not define what is blasphemous struggle4progress Jan 2014 #23

... the country has had a de facto moratorium on civilian hangings since 2008. Only struggle4progress Jan 2014 #24

Right on cue. trotsky Jan 2014 #28

How are you today? struggle4progress Jan 2014 #29

It's their deeply held religious beliefs, people! Iggo Jan 2014 #25

Wow, snark in the face of a tragedy. cbayer Jan 2014 #26

The irony of your post skepticscott Jan 2014 #27