A Pakistani mob lynching of a Sri Lankan manager of a garment factory who was accused of blasphemy was an act against the Islamic religion, a court said in a detailed ruling on Tuesday. The accused had disobeyed the Prophet Mohammed, added the court, which was set up inside a high-security prison. Lynchings over accusations of blasphemy, both crimes that can carry the death sentence in Pakistan, have been frequent in the Muslim-majority country. 'In our society, such incidents are increasing where a person is done to death by a mob on an allegation of blasphemy,' it said. The country’s blasphemy law carries the death penalty for anyone found guilty of the offense

Source: Daily Mail April 20, 2022 02:34 UTC