Christian in Pakistan Convicted of 'Blasphemy' Released on Bail in a 'Partial Legal Victory'

Morning Star News Staff : Mar 3, 2021
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"I will continue this legal fight for his acquittal." -Naseeb Anjum, Attorney

(Lahore, Pakistan) — [ChristianHeadlines.com] The Lahore High Court has released on bail a 20-year-old Christian two years after his conviction under Pakistan's blasphemy laws for allegedly posting a sacrilegious photograph on social media, his lawyer said. (Image: via Morning Star News)

Incarcerated since his arrest in 2016, Nabeel Masih became the youngest person to be charged with blasphemy in Pakistan at age 16 when a Muslim friend accused him of "sharing" and "liking" on Facebook an allegedly blasphemous photo of the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. In 2018 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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