Pakistan crowd vandalizes churches, torches homes after two accused of blasphemy
Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan and though no one has ever been executed for it, numerous accused people have been lynched by outraged crowds.
Supporters of the banned Islamist political party Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) chant slogans demandig the release of their leader and the expulsion of the French ambassador over cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, during a protest rally in Lahore, Pakistan October 22, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHSIN RAZA/FILE PHOTO)ByREUTERS