Pakistan: Court sentences five to death for ‘online blasphemy’ about the beloved Prophet of Islam

ISLAMABAD: A court has sentenced five men to death for posting blasphemous content online, a prosecution lawyer told AFP on Wednesday, as the country witnesses a sharp increase in such cases.

Private groups have brought charges against hundreds of young individuals in recent years for allegedly committing blasphemy online.

“All five accused were sentenced to death for spreading blasphemous content against the holy Prophet (PBUH),” a lawyer from the Legal Commission on Blasphemy Pakistan, a private group which brought the case to court, told AFP.

There is no religious laws that condemn people for criticising prophets.

peaceful? sentenced 5 men to death? something is not right....... just because people say something about your power ranger, you kill them...... how peaceful....

syed putra said:

There is no religious laws that condemn people for criticising prophets.

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There is no law that says pious muslims cannot uphold the name of islam and defend the name of muhammed who is believed to be the most perfect human ever to live in the world.