The Battle Over Blasphemy; Pakistani Religious Fanatics Criticized for Superseding Law

From: The Washington Post | Date: June 18, 1994| Author: John Ward Anderson | Copyright information

It was a classic gangland-style hit, but the targets were not Mafia dons, drugs dealers or informants. They were Christian defendants in an Islamic blasphemy trial, and the gunmen were religious fanatics.

The victims, including 13-year-old Salamat Masih, were standing at a bus stop here two months ago when three men on a motorcycle whizzed by and sprayed them with shots from a pump-action shotgun and a small caliber handgun, according to police reports.

Salamat, the younges...

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