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Pakistani Christian sentenced to life for blasphemy
The Times of India ^
| April 27 2003
| Associated Press
Posted on 04/27/2003 7:57:27 AM PDT by knighthawk
MULTAN: A court in Pakistan has sentenced a minority Christian to life in prison for blasphemy, police said Sunday.
Ranjah Maseih was convicted Saturday in a court in Faisalabad, 280 kilometers northeast of Multan, in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, police official Nazir Ahmed said.
Maseih was arrested on May 8, 1998, when he allegedly smashed a neon sign bearing a Quranic verse at a rally called to mourn the death of a Catholic clergyman.
The maximum penalty in Muslim-majority Pakistan for blasphemy is death.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blasphemy; christian; christianpersecutio; christianpersecution; islam; pakistan; ranjahmaseih
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To: knighthawk
This is deplorable.
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posted on
04/27/2003 8:00:44 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Freedom is as natural as a drawn breath.)
To: knighthawk
and we're
not at war against a 'religion' ??
foflmfao ...
4
posted on
04/27/2003 8:03:40 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: *Christian persecutio
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posted on
04/27/2003 8:06:09 AM PDT
by
Free the USA
(Stooge for the Rich)
To: knighthawk
Maseih was arrested on May 8, 1998, when he allegedly smashed a neon sign bearing a Quranic verse..... Wasn't exactly shwoing respect for other people's property or loving his neighbor, eh?
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posted on
04/27/2003 8:12:06 AM PDT
by
ppaul
To: knighthawk
This is not a religion, it is a failed belief system.
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posted on
04/27/2003 8:12:33 AM PDT
by
tkathy
To: tkathy
its a bloody cult of death from satan
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posted on
04/27/2003 8:13:28 AM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth.....)
To: knighthawk
bttt
To: ppaul
Christian is not necessarily a religious designation in Pakistan. If his family is traditionally Christian, he is considered a Christian until he becomes a Muslim.
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posted on
04/27/2003 1:31:00 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: knighthawk; dennisw; watchin; VOA; harpseal; timestax; xJones; justshutupandtakeit; TopDog2; ...
Ping again for a link to Islams growing list of atrocities against Christians.
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posted on
01/15/2004 11:55:32 PM PST
by
Cronos
(W2004!)
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