Pakistan

Christian teen charged with blasphemy

Nabeel Chohan held for liking and sharing on social media a disparaging photograph of Khana-e-Kaaba

Afp September 20, 2016

Nabeel Chohan held for liking and sharing on social media a disparaging photograph of Khana-e-Kaaba. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: A Christian teenager has been charged with blasphemy over a derogatory picture of the holiest place, police said on Tuesday.

Nabeel Chohan was arrested for liking and sharing on the social media a disparaging photograph of the Khana-e-Kaaba.

Chohan, who is 18 and from the Punjab, also kept the picture on his phone, police said.

Who will protect the minorities?

A Muslim friend of Chohan's informed police after seeing the Facebook post on September 16 and the teen was arrested after his friend filed the blasphemy case, police official Shahbaz Ahmed said. "A case of hurting religious sentiments of Muslims and desecrating the religious place has been lodged."

Muhammad Hussain, the investigating police officer, confirmed the arrest, saying Chohan was in a police cell.

COMMENTS (10)

John B | 8 years ago | Reply So if I dislike any comment that approve of blasphemy law , then will I also be considered as a blasphemer? Until muslims start learning their own religious texts, they will live in the period of "ignorance".

Kickass | 8 years ago | Reply @Obsid: what crap are you talking.You are too dumb to differentiate between freedom and decency.

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siesmann | 8 years ago | Reply Blasphemy law is the biggest blasphemy .

Anurag Gautam | 8 years ago | Reply Wah wah subhanallah!! Pakistan ne to kamal kar diya.

cautous | 8 years ago | Reply Anyone ever ask how Muslims got control of an artifact from Abraham - seems like Jews would be first, Christians second, and Muslims a distant 3rd. Most Muslims forget that Christians had been around for 600 years (at least 12 generations in those times) b4 Mohammad.

abhi | 8 years ago | Reply But what exactly he shared?

pk | 8 years ago | Reply Eliminate remaining 2% minorities & make it true land of pure.

alobukhara | 8 years ago | Reply So much so for freedom!!

Obsid | 8 years ago | Reply Aren't we the best country in the world? And with complete freedom of thought and speech too.

Fahim | 8 years ago | Reply Ban European and any foreign missionary priest coming to Pakistan. They are just importing hatred in Pakistan. Only they are responsible of hatred among communities

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