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Briton sentenced to death for blasphemy
A court in Pakistan has sentenced a British man to death for blasphemy for claiming to be a prophet of Islam, a prosecutor and police said Friday
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court in Pakistan has sentenced a Britishman to death for blasphemy for claiming to be a prophet of Islam, a prosecutorand police said Friday.
Mohammad Asghar, a British national of Pakistani origin, was arrested in 2010 in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, for writing letters claiming to be a prophet, police said.
The special court inside Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, where Asghar is being held, rejected defense claims that the 65-year-old has mental health problems.
Pakistan's tough blasphemy laws have attracted criticism from rights groups, who say they are frequently abused to settle personal scores.
'Asghar claimed to be a prophet even inside the court. He confessed it in front of the judge,' Javed Gul, a government prosecutor, told AFP
