Pakistan couple gets death over blasphemous text message: A court in eastern #Pakistan has sentenced a Christian couple to death for sending a blasphemous text message insulting to the Prophet Mohammed. Judge Mian Amir Habib handed the death sentence to Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar in a jail in the town of Toba Tek Singh on Friday. Maulvi Mohammad Hussain, the prayer leader at a local mosque in Gojra, lodged a complaint against couple on July 21 last year for sending him a text message which he said was insulting to the Prophet Mohammed. AFP
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 10:07:53 +0000