A Muslim shopkeeper in Pakistan faces blasphemy charges for selling shoes engraved with a word that is considered sacred to Hindus, police said Tuesday.
As Islamist protesters turned up the pressure on the Pakistani government this week to hang Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five convicted of blasphemy, one man is risking his own life to stand between her and the gallows.
Wearing masks bearing an impression of a bloodied face, dozens of Afghans protested in Kabul to demand justice for the woman savagely killed a year ago after being falsely accused of blasphemy.
Tens of thousands of supporters of a Pakistani Islamist executed for gunning down a liberal governor gathered for his funeral on Tuesday, sparking fears of violence.
Pakistan's TV regulator censured a leading news channel for airing "hate speech" against Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and her family.
Police in Pakistan have arrested an imam for inciting violence after a 15-year-old boy who was reported to have been mistakenly accused of blasphemy cut off his own hand.
