Pakistan: Malayalam film’s cast, crew sentenced to death under blasphemy laws


The defendants were given public defenders as lawyers but they refused to represent the defendants saying their conscience and love for Islam didn’t allow them to represent blasphemers.

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By Farhan Janjua | February 27, 2018

In a shocking development, the entire cast including the ‘wink girl’ Priya Prakash Varrier and Muslim co-stars like Roshan Abdul Rahoof as well as the production team headed by Muslim director Omar Lulu have been sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.

In proceedings held here in an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore, everyone behind the said film was prosecuted by the state after country’s spiritual leaders Molvi Khadim Peervi and Hakim Saeed jointly moved the court.

The film in question featured a Malayalam folk song ‘Manikya Malayara Poovi’ which the spiritual leaders said was extremely blasphemous.
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