Taimoor Raza allegedly denigrated the Prophet Muhammad, his wives, and companions, in a debate about Islam, according to Bahawalpur public prosecutor Shafiq Qureshi and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and was arrested and charged for the crime as part of an oppressive crackdown on dissent by the administration of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
“An anti terrorism court of Bahawalpur has awarded him the death sentence,” Qureshi told Reuters. “It is the first ever death sentence in a case that involves social media...”
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