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[Fudgepuppy]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...w-supreme-court-death-sentence-salmaan-taseer

The hashtag #hangasia has started being used.

In June 2009, Noreen was involved in an argument with a group of Muslim women with whom she had been harvesting berries after the other women grew angry with her for drinking the same water as them. She was subsequently accused of insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a charge she denies, and was arrested and imprisoned. In November 2010, a Sheikhupura judge sentenced her to death.

If executed, Noreen would be the first woman in Pakistan to be lawfully killed for blasphemy.

The verdict, which was reached in a district court and would need to be upheld by a superior court, has received worldwide attention. Various petitions, including one that received 400,000 signatures, were organized to protest Noreen's imprisonment, and Pope Benedict XVI publicly called for the charges against her to be dismissed.

She received less sympathy from her neighbors and Islamic religious leaders in the country, some of whom adamantly called for her to be executed. Christian minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti and Muslim politician Salmaan Taseer were both assassinated for advocating on her behalf and opposing the blasphemy laws.

Noreen's family went into hiding after receiving death threats, some of which threatened to kill Asia if released from prison.

 

[Sylverstone14]

Religion really does weird things to people. Here's hoping to her freedom.

 

[HStallion]

This is a serious issue in so many countries. Its not even just that blasphemy laws are dumb in general but they are basically used by people to settle grudges with one another. Its on the same level as Philippines vigilante drug dealer justice. Just say someone has blasphemed and problem solved!

 

[G.ZZZ]

Bigotry supremacism at work as usual i see.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Religious minorities have it rough in Muslim majority countries, poor woman