Police arrests two Christians under black Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

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Toba Tek Singh: November 21, 2008. (Jawad Mazhar for PCP) City Police of the District Toba Tek Singh in Southern Punjab Province of Pakistan arrested two Christian men who were allegedly accused of committing Blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in a raid on a village of Tehsil Gojra on Tuesday Nov 18th. Police sources said that Rashid Masih and Baboo Masih were booked in the year 2007 under section 295-C of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the charges of desecration of posters containing the name of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on the eve of Eid-Miladun-Nabi (Birthday of Muhammad (PBUH). Both accused Christian men were at large since they had been accused of Blasphemy under black Blasphemy laws of the country. It is pertinent to mention that the local Christian of the Tehsil (Administrative division) Gojra of the district Toba Tek Singh said that both the Christian men are totally innocent and they were implicated into this case by the Muslim neighborhood to settle their personal enmity.

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