"I will give Rs.500,000 to a person who will kill Aasia," said Maulana Yousaf Qureshi, the prayer leader of the historic Mohabbat Khan Masjid in Peshawar.
He made the remarks during a rally of the Jamaat-e-Islami party Friday to protest against calls for amendments in the controversial blasphemy law and Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's efforts to have the woman pardoned, reports Daily Times.
Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was sentenced to death by hanging under the blasphemy laws Nov 8, according to media reports. The cleric also appealed to the terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to kill her. "To kill the woman is a service to the religion," he said.
(Published 04 December 2010, 02:58 IST)
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