Pakistan has a terrible law called the Blasphemy Law. Anyone who is accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad is automatically given a death sentence. Anyone accused of desecrating the Qur’an gets life in prison. Simply the accusation by a neighbor with a grudge can ruin a person’s life. I have met with government leaders to plead with them to abolish this law. But because of pressure from fundamentalist groups like the Taliban, no politician is willing to risk his neck on this issue.
