MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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American Accused of Blasphemy Is Killed in Pakistan Courtroom
By artappraiser on Sat, 08/01/2020 - 6:51am |The shooting of Tahir Ahmad Naseem drew strong U.S. condemnation of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, which are often used to persecute and intimidate religious minorities.
By Salman Masood @ NYTimes.com, July 30
The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to overhaul the country’s harsh blasphemy laws a day after an American citizen accused of violating them was fatally shot in a courtroom.
The brazen killing has brought into sharp focus Pakistan’s much-maligned blasphemy laws, which critics say are often used to persecute and intimidate members of religious minorities.
The American, Tahir Ahmad Naseem, 57, was on trial in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on charges that he had claimed to be a prophet. Mr. Naseem was shot six times on Wednesday by a young man whom the authorities identified only as Faisal, 19, a local resident. [....]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-killing-american.html
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