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To: Brumar89 who wrote (401340)	1/1/2011 7:06:24 PM
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Pakistani Islamists Clash With Security Forces Over Bid to End Death Penalty For Blasphemy Against “Prophet” Mohammed… ........ AFP reporters said markets were closed on Friday and roads deserted in the otherwise bustling cities of Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Islamabad and its neighbouring garrison town of Rawalpindi. Demonstrators said their goal was to defend the honour of the Prophet Mohammed. ..... Former Information Minister Sherry Rehman, from the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), sparked fury when he lodged a private member’s bill seeking to abolish the death penalty for blasphemy. The country had provoked international condemnation after a death sentence was handed to a Christian woman found guilty of defaming the Prophet Mohammed. Pope Benedict XVI has called for the release of mother-of-five Asia Bibi, who is now in jail pending an appeal. weaselzippers.us Killing apostates and blasphemers seems pretty popular with the masses.