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Imam at Swabi mosque refused to read Mashal's last rites
 [DAWN] At Mashal Khan's funeral, the imam at the local mosque refused to read the last rites, according to Swabi resident Salman Ahmed. A technician who was asked to do so in the holy man's place was confronted by several people afterwards.Mashal has since been buried, but his ransacked university hostel room still has posters of Karl Marx and Che Guevara still hanging on the walls, along with scribbled quotes including one that reads: "Be curious, crazy and mad." The day before his death, a heated debate over religion with fellow students broke out at the dorm and led to people accusing Mashal of blasphemy against Islam. That attracted a crowd that grew to several hundred people, according to witnesses. The mob kicked in the door, dragged Mashal from his room and beat him to death, witnesses and police said. Mashal's death is the latest violence linked to accusations of blasphemy in Pakistain. Those who knew Mashal described him as an intellectually curious student who openly professed devotion to Islam but asked many questions. "Whatever he had to say, he would say it openly, but he didn't understand the environment he was living in," said one of Mashal's teachers at Abdul Wali Khan University, who declined to be named for fear of retribution. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-16 |
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