A court in Pakistan sentenced a 22-year-old student to death and gave a teenager a life sentence last week after finding them guilty of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
Attorney Aslam Gujar represented student Junaid Munir and said a judge in the city of Gujranwala in Punjab province announced the death penalty for his client after the young man was charged in 2022 for sharing “blasphemous content” on WhatsApp.
Munir’s father, Munir Hussain, has denied the charge against his son and said his legal team will file an appeal, adding, “My son is innocent and he was implicated in a false case.”
Hussain told the Associated Press he was living in hiding along with other members of his family.
“I cannot give you any information about my exact location, as some people in our village believe that I should also be killed as I am the father of a boy who allegedly insulted Islam’s prophet,” he said. “We are Muslims. We love our prophet. No Muslim can even imagine to insult our beloved prophet, and my son is innocent.”
As CBN News has reported, under Pakistan’s harsh Islamic blasphemy laws, anyone accused of insulting Islam or Mohammad can be sentenced to death.
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