According to a report on the BBC, 633 Muslims, 494 Ahmedis, 187 Christians and 21 Hindus have been accused under various clauses of the blasphemy law since 1986.
Source/Credit: The Times of India
By Web Desk | January 5, 2017
The US State Department on Thursday put Pakistan on a special watch list for "severe violations" of religious freedom. Over the years, there have been several attacks on religious minorities such as Ahmadis, Hindus, Sufis and Christians. The country's draconian Blasphemy law punishes an insult to Islam with a death penalty. Here is a look at some recent attacks that made the US State Department finally take action:
In 2010, Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, was sentenced to death by hanging under the country's excessively harsh blasphemy law for insulting the Prophet Muhammad, a charge she denied. If executed, she will be the first woman in Pakistan to be lawfully killed for blasphemy.
In May 2010, more than 94 people were killed in simultaneous attacks on two mosques of the minority Ahmadiyya Community in Lahore. The Admadis, a religious minority in Pakistan, have been ostracised chielfy by the orthodox Sunni Muslims of Pakistan because they don't believe that Mohammad is the last prophet sent to guide mankind.
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