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Pakistan: Religious Scholars Caution Against Mourning Slain Governor
January 5, 2011
Pakistani religious scholars warned on Jan. 5 that anyone who grieves the assassination of the former Punjab province governor could face the same fate, Reuters reported. Gov. Salman Taseer, who opposed Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, was killed Jan. 4 by a member of his security detail. More than 500 scholars of the Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat from the Barelvi sect of Sunnis praised the assassin’s “courage” and religious zeal, saying his deed made Muslims worldwide proud. They warned against expressions of grief or sympathy for Taseer’s death. The Jamaat-e-Islami party also called Taseer’s assassination justified, saying there would have been no need for someone to kill him if the government had removed him from his post.