Showing posts with label blasphemy law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blasphemy law. Show all posts

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Pakistan's blasphemy law

The Pakistan Penal Code prohibits blasphemy against any recognized religion, providing penalties ranging from a fine to death. However, in practice, it is only applied to Islam. An accusation of blasphemy commonly subjects the accused, police, lawyers, and judges to harassment, threats, and attacks.