British citizens have been accused of blasphemy in Pakistan in the past year, both narrowly escaping with their lives.
Masud Ahmed, an Ahmadi Muslim doctor, was arrested last November for ‘pretending to be a Muslim’, after a man posing as a patient recorded him reading the Quran.
Pakistan’s Constitution ‘officially’ excommunicated Ahmadi Muslims in 1974, with the Pakistan Penal Code barring the community from ‘using Islamic titles’, ‘posing as Muslims’, or ‘outraging the religious sentiments of Muslims’.
In Pakistan you can be jailed for reading the Quran if you happen to belong to the Ahmaddiya sect. [Left Foot Forward] Read more
