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Podcast: Mission Network News - Asia
Episode: TikTok “blasphemy” leads to death sentence for Pakistani Christian
Description: Pakistan (MNN) — Another young Christian is sentenced to death under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws.
The 27-year-old believer allegedly shared a photo of a damaged Quran on TikTok following widespread attacks on the Christian community last August. Even though the young man did not create the image, the court said it was blasphemous and worthy of a death sentence.
Todd Nettleton with The Voice of the Martyrs USA says, “The blasphemy laws are unjust. There’s a presumption of guilt instead of a presumption of innocence.”
Believers accused of blasphemy often face mob justice be...