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2017 Jun 25, 7:03pm
The AP quotes Qureshi as saying that a counterterrorism force "arrested Raza in April last year following a complaint that he was showing onlookers objectionable material on his cell phone at a bus terminal."
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The death sentence comes as the government pushes a campaign against blasphemy on social media.
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Saroop Ijaz, a lawyer with Human Rights Watch in Pakistan, told the Guardian that "the casual manner in which death sentences are handed in blasphemy cases coupled with the lack of orientation of Pakistani courts with technology makes this a very dangerous situation."
In March, according to The Washington Post, the government "asked Twitter and Facebook to report potentially troublesome posts to authorities.""
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Founded by the principal founder of Pakistan, Dawn remains the largest English language newspaper in Pakistan:
"[T]he minister and the ambassadors...resolved that legal options would be exercised and courts in the countries from where the objectionable material were originating would be moved.
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There was unanimity among those attending the meeting that the Ummah stood united in protecting the sanctity and dignity of its religion and of Prophet Muhammad ([piss] be upon him).
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Muslim countries should join hands to impress upon the international community that it should get rid of major irritants like Islamophobia.
Chaudhry Nisar was of the view that the international community should recognise that wilful distortion of any religion was like carrying out a terrorist attack.
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The countries whose ambassadors or other diplomats attended the meeting included Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Qatar, Somalia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Jordon, Kuwait, Malaysia, Palestine, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates."
Several of these governments would not even exist without American "aid". Now, they want to prosecute "Islamophobia", aka blasphemy against Islam. As is common in "Islamic thinking", they liken blasphemy to terrorism, thus justifying lethal retaliation against blasphemy. KSA law already calls atheists terrorists, because atheists deny the fundamentals of Islam. Nixon's cold war deals with KSA and Pakistan, and bipartisan support for the Pakistani ISI and Afghani Mujahideen, created a monster that's been coming back to bite us ever since.
BTW, if @Rashomon wants to dismiss Pakistan's largest English language newspaper as "fake news," please note the other links in this post go to Human Rights Watch and HIllary Clinton.