Asma Jahangir: Defying Mulla & the Military By Waseem Altaf In the 1980s, the Zia ul-Haq-appointed Majlis-e-Shoora(Parliament) passed a resolution claiming that Asma Jahangir had blasphemed and she should be sentenced to death. However, she was found not guilty of blasphemy. But it was Salamat Masih, a 14 year old Christian boy, accused of blasphemy, whom Asma defended at the High Court and winning the case in 1995. As a consequence, a mob at the High Court smashed Asma’s car, assaulted her and threatened her with death. In 2005, when she announced to hold a symbolic mixed-gender marathon in Lahore to raise awareness about violence against women. Islamist groups and MMA, armed with firearms and batons violently opposed the race. Asma was beaten and the local police and intelligence agents, began to strip off her clothes in public. A lot of people tried to cover her back but the intelligence agents people made sure that a photograph was taken while her back was bare...
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