B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press. "Pakistan: Teenager Detained over Blasphemy."
Aljazeera, Al Jazeera Media Network, 20 Aug. 2017, www.aljazeera.com/
news/2017/08/pakistan-teenager-detained-blasphemy-170820153639270.html.
Accessed 20 Aug. 2017.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/pakistan-teenager-detained-blasphemy-170820153639270.html
Assif Masih, an 18 year old Christian, was arrested for blasphemy after burning pages of the Quran on August 12 in Pakistan. Vigilantes and mobs in which are passionate on the subject have tried taking manners into their own hands, killing many others just like Masih whom have committed crimes of blasphemy. He was charged with the death penalty, for blasphemy against Islam is a sensitive subject in Pakistan, with 40 other people currently on the death row because of it. Although legal rights experts in Pakistan have been working towards abolishing this law, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom still report many incidents of people serving life long sentences because of it.
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