Men gather around an ambulance as they attend a funeral of Muslim cleric Maulana Sami ul-Haq in Akora Khattak, Pakistan, on Nov. 3. Officials and religious leaders from across the ideological spectrum in Pakistan and Afghanistan joined students from the renowned seminary in Akora Khattak where Haq taught and mentored two generations of Afghan Islamist fighters. Some Pakistani attendees from banned religious groups hid their faces behind turbans. “He is a great leader, and he is a martyr for Islam.”In the capital, Islamabad, and other cities, calm returned Saturday after anti-blasphemy groups called off four days of massive street protests. Some warned that Bibi’s life is not safe in Pakistan, where people accused of blasphemy are often lynched.

Source: Washington Post November 03, 2018 14:57 UTC