Christian Couple Killed for Alleged Blasphemy in Pakistan

pakistan-couple-killed-NEWS-smReligious groups around the world are protesting the brutal murder this week in Pakistan of a young Christian husband and wife accused of blasphemy. Neighbors said they saw the wife, who was illiterate, desecrating the Qur’an. Their family denied it, but the two were locked in the brick kiln where they worked and beaten to death by a mob, which then burned their bodies. Police have arrested dozens of people accused of being responsible for the attack.

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