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  • Insult Islam, get life in jail, face prisoners' wrath!

    08/17/2005 12:52:31 AM PDT · by CarrotAndStick · 5 replies · 456+ views
    Reuters ^ | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 0957 hours IST | Reuters
    Karachi, August 17: A Pakistani man sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy is being kept in solitary confinement because of fears other inmates will harm him for insulting Islam, police said on Tuesday. Mohammad Younus Sheikh was found guilty last week of writing and distributing books containing blasphemous and sacrilegious material. "In Pakistan, insulting Islam or Islamic teachings is a very sensitive matter and people try to take the law into their own hands," said investigating police officer Mohammad Younis. Other inmates had already picked fights with Sheikh, 40, and he was being kept in a separate cell. "We told...