Muslim councillor receives death threats over blasphemy case

by Rob Crilly
The Telegraph
February 2, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1116/muslim-councillor-receives-death-threats-over

Excerpt:

A Muslim Conservative councillor has received death threats after taking up the case of a Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy.

Raza Anjum travelled to Pakistan in December and spent three weeks meeting political leaders urging them to release Asia Bibi, a mother-of-five found guilty of defaming the Prophet Mohammed, a conviction that human rights campaigners say is unsafe

In one threatening phone call, which he has reported to police, he was told to "stop supporting Christians or he would be made a terrible example out of".

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