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| Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the first mainstream Pakistan leader to defend Christians |
Bhutto goes against the grain in Pakistan -Issam Ahmed
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari [pictured], the son of slain former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has called those who celebrated the murder of a liberal politician who sought changes to the country's blasphemy laws "the real blasphemers."
His fiery remarks, which were made at the Pakistani High Commission in London, mark the toughest stance yet taken by the leadership of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in response to the assassination of Salman Taseer last week.
Mr. Taseer, the governor of Punjab, had personally campaigned for the release of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman awaiting the death penalty on charges of insulting the prophet Muhammad, and had called the blasphemy law a "black law."
[Christian Science Monitor]
[Hat tip: Meir S]
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