Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws. #Pakistan #blasphemylaws #TanManNeeloNeel
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ChristianslaudbraveryofTVseriesdaringtoshowdeadlyviolenceofPakistan’sblasphemylawsPoliceofficialsandresidentsstandamiddebrisoutsidethetorchedSaintJohnChurchinJaranwalaontheoutskirtsofFaisalabadonAugust17,2023,adayafteranattackbyMuslimmenfollowingthespreadoffalseaccusationsthatChristianshaddesecratedacopyoftheQuran,theIslamicholybook.PolicewereguardingaChristianneighborhoodincentralPakistanonAugust17,afterhundredsofMuslimmenrampagedthroughitsstreetssettingfiretochurchesandransackinghomesoveraccusationsofblasphemyadayearlier.|AamirQureshi/AFPviaGettyImagesLAHORE, Pakistan—ChurchleadersandothersinPakistanlaudedtheproducersandcastofaTVdramaforriskingtheirlivestobroadcastanunprecedented,nationalmediaportrayaloftheviolentinjusticeresultingfromblasphemylaws.
