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'Blasphemer' dies in Multan jail
 A man on death row for blasphemy died on Wednesday, but groups of angry youths prevented his burial in a local graveyard. Local clerics issued a "fatwa" declaring that Muslims who attend the funeral of Idrees Rabbani, 60, would lose their faith while groups of baton-wielding youths stopped his family from burying him in cemeteries in Multan. Family members said they would now cremate his body or bury him secretly without a funeral. Rabbani was arrested in November 2001 for distributing printed material considered blasphemous and was convicted in May 2002.Ziaullah, the jail superintendent, said Rabbani was suffering from an ulcer. However, his relatives said he should have been shifted to Nishtar Hospital. Posted by: Fred 2005-01-13 |
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