Saturday, April 26, 2014

Man jailed in Pakistan for blasphemy escapes to Scotland with family...

A man jailed under Pakistan's blasphemy laws has spoken of his experience after he escaped to the Scotland.

Masud Ahmad was imprisoned in November last year for reciting a passage from the Qu'ran.

The 73-year-old belongs to the Ahmaddiya community, who were declared non-Muslim by the Pakistan government in 1974 and are barred from practising their faith as Muslims.

Mr Ahmad escaped to Scotland and is now living with his children in Glasgow.

The homeopathic practitioner believes he was deliberately targeted and set up.

Mr Ahmad said he was visited by a man at his clinic in Lahore. Full story...

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