Pakistani woman given death sentence for sending 'blasphemous' messages on WhatsApp and Facebook

as Hassnat Farooq. He said Ateeq sent blasphemous caricatures of holy prophets on WhatsApp and sent other, unspecified blasphemous material on Facebook to other accounts, as per The Guardian, citing her charge sheet.The Guardian reported that the pair met on a mobile gaming app in 2019 and chatted over WhatsApp.

On Wednesday, Judge Adnan Mushtaq found Ateeq guilty of deliberately intending to outrage religious feelings and using derogatory remarks toward"holy personages," according to a copy of a sentence warrant tweeted byAteeq was also found guilty of using derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, which was the charge that resulted in her death sentence.

Pakistan, an Islamic state, enforces strict blasphemy laws that can slap guilty offenders with life in prison or the death penalty.

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