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Pakistani court sentences woman to death for WhatsApp ‘blasphemy’
Muslim woman convicted for sharing images deemed to be insulting to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and one of his wives.
By Asad Hashim
Published On 20 Jan 202220 Jan 2022
Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani court has sentenced a Muslim woman to death for committing “blasphemy” by sharing images deemed to be insulting to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and one of his wives, also considered a holy personage by many Muslims.
The trial court in the northern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday sentenced Aneeqa Ateeq under the country’s strict blasphemy laws, which impose a mandatory death penalty for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
“The blasphemous material which was shared/installed by the female accused on her status [on WhatsApp messaging platform] and the messages as well as caricatures which were sent to the complainant are totally unbearable and not tolerable for a Muslim,” Judge Adnan Mushtaq wrote in his verdict in the case.
Ateeq, 26, had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were first filed in May 2020...
Pakistani court sentences woman to death for WhatsApp ‘blasphemy’
Muslim woman convicted for sharing images deemed to be insulting to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and one of his wives.
By Asad Hashim
Published On 20 Jan 202220 Jan 2022
Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani court has sentenced a Muslim woman to death for committing “blasphemy” by sharing images deemed to be insulting to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and one of his wives, also considered a holy personage by many Muslims.
The trial court in the northern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday sentenced Aneeqa Ateeq under the country’s strict blasphemy laws, which impose a mandatory death penalty for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
“The blasphemous material which was shared/installed by the female accused on her status [on WhatsApp messaging platform] and the messages as well as caricatures which were sent to the complainant are totally unbearable and not tolerable for a Muslim,” Judge Adnan Mushtaq wrote in his verdict in the case.
Ateeq, 26, had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were first filed in May 2020...
