A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for writing an allegedly blasphemous book about the Holy Qur’an and the Islamic justice system, a lawyer said yesterday.
Police in the Islamic republic arrested 40-year-old writer Younus Shaik early this year in Karachi after he brought out the book called Shaitan Maulvi (Satanic Cleric).
Blasphemy in Pakistan carries a maximum sentence of the death penalty. Although no-one has ever been executed, the country’s harsh laws for the crime have been heavily criticised by rights groups.
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