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Pakistani court sentences Christian to death for blasphemy

by Associated Press
| September 10, 2020 4:03 AM

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court sentenced a Christian man to death after finding him guilty of blasphemy for insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad in text messages he sent to a Muslim co-worker in 2013, a defense lawyer said Thursday.

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