Pakistani police who had dismissed false accusations of blasphemy levied against a Christian nurse who was attacked by hospital personnel registered a case against her today after pressure from an Islamist mob, sources said.
Pakistani police who had dismissed false accusations of blasphemy levied against a Christian nurse who was attacked by hospital personnel registered a case against her today after pressure from an Islamist mob, sources said.
On Monday, a Christian sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges six years ago was acquitted by a high court.
Thirty-seven-year-old father of four, Asif Pervaiz, who has been in jail for seven years over a text message deemed blasphemous, has been sentenced to death in Pakistan.
On Friday, Muslim radicals in Sudan took to the streets to protest the transitional government’s decision to decriminalize apostasy and repeal other blasphemy laws.