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Pakistan’s blasphemy law



Pakistani court sentences four people to death for blasphemy

  • Under Pakistan’s laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or its figures can be sentenced to death
  • Authorities have yet to carry out such a penalty, although opposition to the law can incite reprisals
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