1. Home
  2. Religion & Spirituality
  3. Agnosticism / Atheism
photo of Austin Cline

Austin's Atheism Blog

By Austin Cline, About.com Guide to Atheism since 1998

Life in Prison for Blasphemy

Saturday July 12, 2003
What should the legal penalty be for someone who says something negative about religion? In Pakistan, it could be life in prison.

That was the sentence handed down to Munawar Mohsin, an editor who allowed a letter containing a negative remark about Muhammad to be published Frontier Post. I guess he should be counted as lucky - the maximum penalty is death.

And Pakistan is supposed to be a partner against terrorism? The country commits religious terrorism against its own population, sanction and supported by the state.

Read More:

Comments

No comments yet. Leave a Comment

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Explore Agnosticism / Atheism

More from About.com

  1. Home
  2. Religion & Spirituality
  3. Agnosticism / Atheism

©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.