Pakistani court proposes the death penalty for false accusations of blasphemy

[muriel_volestrangler]

Pakistan court seeks to amend blasphemy law

The Islamabad High Court asked parliament on Friday to make changes to the current decree to prevent people from being falsely accused of the crime, which is punishable by death if the Prophet Muhammad is insulted.

Other punishments include a fine or prison term, depending on the specific offence.

In a lengthy 116-page order, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui suggested that parliament amend the law to require the same punishment of the death penalty for those who falsely allege blasphemy as for those who commit the crime.
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Friday's ruling noted that some critics are demanding the law be abolished but Siddiqui argued that it's better to stop the law's exploitation rather than get rid of it.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/08/pakistan-court-seeks-amend-blasphemy-law-170814120428595.html

Via The Friendly Atheist. And as he says, this just spreads the death wider. And it leaves intact the fundamental problem, which is that people might be killed by the state for a victimless act - if what they said or did 'really' is 'blasphemy'.

[WoonTars]

1. I'm always amazed at how thin-skinned these deities can be...

...it's almost as is they're not real, and it's just a way to force people to respect your particular brand of fairytale...