Pakistani police say they have arrested a 16-year-old Christian boy on blasphemy charges after he “liked” an “inappropriate” photograph on Facebook of the Kaaba in Makkah, one of the holiest sites in Islam.
Senior police official Akhtar Ansari said Wednesday the arrest was made this week in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province. He says police have sent the boy to jail pending trial.
Ansari says police made the arrest after being alerted of the Facebook post by a Muslim, who said he found it insulting.
Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, anyone accused of insulting Islam can be sentenced to death. However the laws are also sometimes used to settle personal scores and target minorities.
In 2015, Muslims beat a Christian couple to death and burned their bodies for allegedly desecrating the Qur’an.
Source: Arab News
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