...the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, or sacred objects, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Some religions consider it to be a crime. In Pakistain you can commit blasphemy by looking cross-eyed at a Koran....The vigilante attack has sparked outrage, with Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka
The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
calling it a "day of shame for Pakistain."
Few issues are as galvanizing in the country as blasphemy, and even the slightest suggestion of an insult to Islam can supercharge protests and incite lynching.
Priyantha Diyawadana was killed on Friday in the central district of Sialkot, in Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
province, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of the capital Islamabad.
"The dead body of the Sri Lankan manager has been airlifted and sent to Colombo," Tahir Ashrafi, a religious scholar and special representative of the prime minister on religious harmony, told AFP.
Police have so far arrested 131 people including 26 prime suspects who have been remanded in jug, Sialkot police front man Khurram Shehzad told AFP.
Several gruesome video clips shared on social media showed a mob beating the prone victim while chanting slogans against blasphemy.
Many in the crowd made no attempt to hide their identity and some took selfies in front of the burning corpse.
However prime minister Khan announced a bravery medal would be awarded to a man who had attempted to save Diyawadana, endangering his own life.
It will be the first time that a person has received the award in a case linked to blasphemy.
Local police officials told AFP that rumors spread that Diyawadana had "torn down a religious poster and thrown it in the dustbin"
Ashrafi told AFP that workers had also complained of the manager being "very strict."
"Police experts are investigating this case from various angles, including that some factory workers played a religious card to take Dire Revenge on the manager," he said at the weekend.
Rights groups say accusations of blasphemy can often be wielded to settle personal vendettas, with minorities largely the target.