A Pakistani Christian man has been sentenced to death for blasphemy.
Sawan Masih was convicted on Thursday of using derogatory remarks against the Prophet Muhammad in an argument with a Muslim friend.
The 26-year-old was sentenced to death by hanging and fined 200,000 rupees.
The case sparked two days of fierce rioting in the city of Lahore in March last year when the allegations surfaced, with a 3,000-strong group of Muslims torching some 100 Christian homes, Newsweek Pakistan reports.
[ACOMMENT] Staggering!!!! Any nation that has a "Blasphemy law" that can lead to a death sentence (or threat of death) should NOT be welcomed, traded with or aided by ANY civilised secular modern 21st Century nation!!!! [Huffington Post UK] Read more
