Fatwa issued against Shaan Taseer for allegedly insulting Islam six years after his governor father died in similar controversy
A Pakistani rights activist whose politician father was assassinated in 2011 for supposedly insulting Islam says he fears the same fate after a hardline religious group issued a fatwa demanding his execution and the police launched an investigation into allegations he had committed blasphemy.
Shaan Taseer said the Sunni Tehreek,a grouping of clerics drawn from the Barelvi movement, was “gunning for my blood and provoking people to consume my life” over a Christmas video he posted on social media in which he criticised Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. Related: How to commit blasphemy in Pakistan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com