Two Pakistani women get death sentence over ‘blasphemy’ murder

Two Pakistani women have been sentenced to death for murdering their madrassa teacher, whom they accused of committing blasphemy, police said Wednesday. Blasphemy is an incendiary charge in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even unproven allegations of insulting Islam have provoked deadly vigilantism. Police said the “three female students allegedly slaughtered their local female cleric over blasphemy […]

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