A member of the minority Ahmadi sect has been charged with blasphemy for the second time by authorities in Pakistan's Punjab province for "posing as a Muslim" and for displaying a translation of a Quranic text in his shop.
Muhammad Ashraf, a jeweller from Sargodha, was charged under the controversial blasphemy law after a cleric named Hafiz Muhammad Imran complained against him to police.
Ashraf was earlier charged with his co-workers in 2009 for posing as Muslims. After being charged with blasphemy on July 23, Ashraf was sent to the Central Jail in Sargodha the following day. [Zee News] Read more
